Archive

September 2009

Sep 25, 2009: GTRI announces reactor conversions, fuel removals
Sep 19, 2009: Russia will restart plutonium production reactor
Sep 13, 2009: Atomenergoprom reportedly in collaboration talks with British industry

July 2009

Jul 16, 2009: U.S. and Russian experts talk nuclear security at Angarsk
Jul 6, 2009: Moscow summit yields little visible progress on nuclear cooperation

June 2009

Jun 30, 2009: Spent HEU fuel removed from Romania by air
Jun 27, 2009: Fresh HEU fuel removed from Romania
Jun 3, 2009: Rosatom signs another fuel contract in U.S.

May 2009

May 31, 2009: Plutonium production reactor in Zheleznogorsk shut down
May 26, 2009: Russia in talks about centrifuge plant in the U.S.?
May 26, 2009: Russia will sell enrichment services directly to U.S. utilities
May 22, 2009: VVR-M reactor in Ukraine received LEU fuel
May 19, 2009: Spent HEU fuel removed from Kazakhstan
May 4, 2009: Metallurgical plant at Mayak to close by 2014
May 4, 2009: The last Russian plutonium production reactor to shut down
May 4, 2009: Russia ships centrifuges to China

April 2009

Apr 1, 2009: Obama-Medvedev statement notes civil HEU minimization, 123

March 2009

Mar 24, 2009: Update on GTRI strategy and numbers
Mar 18, 2009: Russia signs nuclear agreements with Mongolia, Nigeria
Mar 10, 2009: Russia to build Belarusian NPP
Mar 6, 2009: Kuwait pledges 10 million to NTI fuel bank
Mar 3, 2009: IAEA BG approves India's additional protocol
Mar 3, 2009: Rosatom and Siemens form joint venture

February 2009

Feb 27, 2009: The end of Yucca Mountain
Feb 27, 2009: Ukraine signs fuel supply contract with TVEL
Feb 26, 2009: Russia and Jordan initial nuclear cooperation agreement
Feb 25, 2009: Iran says it's still interested in Angarsk IUEC
Feb 24, 2009: Rosatom plans for floating reactors
Feb 21, 2009: Vietnam is exploring nuclear power
Feb 20, 2009: USEC and Tenex revise pricing agreement
Feb 19, 2009: Russia will bring back spent fuel from research reactor in Romania
Feb 19, 2009: IAEA reports on Iran and Syria
Feb 19, 2009: Areva and Mitsubishi form fuel fabrication company
Feb 16, 2009: Russian nuclear expcon law amended for India
Feb 14, 2009: Cooperation on shared nuclear waste repository in Europe
Feb 13, 2009: HFR isotope production reactor restart
Feb 12, 2009: Kudankulam equipment deliveries continue
Feb 11, 2009: Launch of Rokkasho plant delayed
Feb 11, 2009: TVEL will supply fuel pellets to India
Feb 10, 2009: Ukraine is joining Angarsk center
Feb 8, 2009: Areva to supply reactors and fuel to India
Feb 6, 2009: Financing problems at the American Centrifuge Plant
Feb 5, 2009: GLE begins licensing process
Feb 5, 2009: Bushehr start date is uncertain
Feb 3, 2009: Areva to supply enrichment services to EdF
Feb 2, 2009: Large spent fuel repository planned for Krasnoyarsk region
Feb 2, 2009: India signs safeguards agreement

January 2009

Jan 29, 2009: MOX fuel shipment to Japan prepared
Jan 29, 2009: Rosatom to get access to Mongolia's uranium
Jan 26, 2009: U.S. Supreme Court rules that enriched uranium is "goods"
Jan 23, 2009: Uncertain future of Turkey's nuclear power plant tender
Jan 23, 2009: NNSA releases plan for nuclear complex
Jan 23, 2009: GTRI to bring gap material from Canada, South Africa
Jan 16, 2009: Enrichment plant in Resende to begin operations

September 2008

Sep 8, 2008: Russia prepares to bring spent fuel from Hungary
Sep 8, 2008: U.S. withdraws 123 agreement with Russia from Congress
Sep 6, 2008: NSG approves nuclear trade with India
Sep 4, 2008: Bushehr reactor will not start in 2008
Sep 4, 2008: Last Russian plutonium production reactor to shut down in 2009
Sep 4, 2008: Rosatom plans for Zheleznogorsk
Sep 3, 2008: USEC American Centrifuge Plant to cost $3.5 billion

August 2008

Aug 29, 2008: Construction of spent fuel storage facility in Zheleznogorsk to resume
Aug 28, 2008: Europe's isotope production reactors are down
Aug 28, 2008: 123 agreement in danger
Aug 27, 2008: No centrifuge safeguards in Angarsk
Aug 27, 2008: Rosatom took control over nuclear icebreakers
Aug 20, 2008: Ukraine considers fuel fabrication
Aug 7, 2008: UAE supports NTI fuel bank
Aug 5, 2008: MOX fuel controversy
Aug 4, 2008: U.S. donates $50 million to fuel bank

July 2008

Jul 29, 2008: Massive subsidy to Rosatom
Jul 18, 2008: Research reactors conversion in Russia
Jul 18, 2008: Spent HEU fuel removed from Bulgaria
Jul 16, 2008: Plutonium from last Russian production reactors
Jul 16, 2008: Fuel from reactor in Hungary will be removed this year
Jul 14, 2008: Zheleznogorsk reactor shutdown schedule
Jul 2, 2008: Mayak plans expansion of reprocessing

June 2008

Jun 30, 2008: Mayak wants to build a MOX fabrication plant
Jun 26, 2008: Kudankulam fuel shipments completed
Jun 23, 2008: Cameco joins the Silex project
Jun 5, 2008: Russia ends plutonium production in Seversk
Jun 2, 2008: Russia will work to remove spent fuel of a research reactor from Bulgaria
Jun 2, 2008: More fuel for Kudankulam

May 2008

May 26, 2008: Russia began shipment of fuel to India
May 25, 2008: Areva signs contract to build MOX fuel fabrication facility
May 23, 2008: Russia and China sign enrichment deal
May 21, 2008: Accelerated downblending: Domenichi amendment
May 16, 2008: Spent HEU fuel removed from Latvia
May 13, 2008: U.S.-Russian agreement on nuclear cooperation
May 10, 2008: AREVA will build an enrichment plant in Idaho

April 2008

Apr 30, 2008: GE-Hitachi plans to build a Silex plant in U.S.
Apr 20, 2008: Plutonium production reactor in Seversk shut down
Apr 19, 2008: Failure of GNEP strategy
Apr 16, 2008: Japan is cautious about Angarsk

March 2008

Mar 31, 2008: Ukraine fuel supply between TVEL and Westinghouse
Mar 30, 2008: Ukraine is holding back its spent fuel due to raising cost
Mar 16, 2008: Russia will continue supplying centrifuges to China
Mar 11, 2008: Russia may build a centrifuge plant in the U.S.?
Mar 2, 2008: Ukraine tries to diversify fuel supply
Mar 1, 2008: U.S.-Russian agreement on nuclear cooperation stalled

February 2008

Feb 28, 2008: Norway pledges $5 million to a fuel bank
Feb 28, 2008: Russia will not cross the NSG line
Feb 26, 2008: Proposals for multinational enrichment facility in Iran
Feb 15, 2008: Russia and Iran will jointly operate the Bushehr reactor
Feb 12, 2008: Russian-Indian agreement on Kudankulam
Feb 6, 2008: Armenia joins Angarsk center
Feb 6, 2008: Angarsk will be under IAEA safeguards
Feb 4, 2008: Russia and the United States signed a uranium deal
Feb 1, 2008: Russian-Indian nuclear cooperation and NSG

January 2008

Jan 30, 2008: Ukraine to create fuel reserve
Jan 29, 2008: Egypt will build a nuclear reactor
Jan 28, 2008: U.S. and Russia to sign a uranium enrichment deal
Jan 28, 2008: Final fuel shipment
Jan 27, 2008: Ukraine is building spent fuel storage facility
Jan 26, 2008: One more shipment to go
Jan 25, 2008: France will support NSG exception for India
Jan 24, 2008: Russia raises the cost of spent fuel takeback
Jan 24, 2008: Price of Russian fuel for Ukraine
Jan 24, 2008: More fuel to Iran
Jan 22, 2008: U.K. is ready to give India an exemption from NSG rules
Jan 22, 2008: Fifth fuel shipment to Bushehr
Jan 20, 2008: Fourth fuel delivery to Bushehr
Jan 18, 2008: Third batch of fuel to Iran
Jan 15, 2008: China wants reprocessing technology from France
Jan 12, 2008: TVEL will supply HEU fuel to Poland

December 2007

Dec 16, 2007: Russia begins shipment of fuel to Iran

November 2007

Nov 20, 2007: Kazakhstan eyes fuel fabrication market
Nov 19, 2007: U.S.-Russian agreement on plutonium disposal