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Published: Mon, 27 Mar 2023 14:43:00 GMT
The Canada Revenue Agency has issued revised reassessments that will result in the Canadian company being refunded a total of some CAD300 million (USD219 million) - CAD89 million in cash and CAD211 million in letters of credit - but the company's broader tax dispute with the CRA continues.
Published: Mon, 27 Mar 2023 11:10:11 GMT
Unit 3 of the Fangchenggang nuclear power plant in China's Guangxi Autonomous Region has entered commercial operation, China General Nuclear announced. The unit is the first of two CGN-designed Hualong One (HPR1000) reactors at the site.
Published: Mon, 27 Mar 2023 14:01:49 GMT
Three low-enriched uranium fuel test assemblies have successfully been tested in Belgium's BR2 research reactor. The Belgian Nuclear Research Centre plans to fully convert the reactor from using highly-enriched uranium in 2026.
Published: Mon, 27 Mar 2023 14:00:08 GMT
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and US President Joe Biden have pledged to coordinate efforts to develop secure and reliable nuclear fuel supply chains in North America and build partnerships to help ensure access to low-enriched uranium. They will launch a one-year task force to accelerate cooperation on critical clean energy opportunities and supply chains, and Canada is to join a US-led programme to support small modular reactors.
Published: Mon, 27 Mar 2023 10:34:49 GMT
The Belarus Nuclear Power Plant's unit 2 has reached the minimum controllable power level with a self-sustaining controlled nuclear reaction.
Published: Mon, 27 Mar 2023 10:01:38 GMT
International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi is to make his second visit to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant since the Russia-Ukraine war began. The six-unit plant is on the frontline of the conflict and Grossi has spent months seeking to get agreement on a safety and security zone around it.
Published: Fri, 24 Mar 2023 15:09:58 GMT
South Australia's Flinders University has signed agreements with universities in the USA and UK that will enable the Australian university to begin developing the specialist skills needed to underpin the future construction of nuclear submarines under the Australia-United Kingdom-United States security partnership.
Published: Wed, 01 Mar 2023 09:33:08 GMT
How has the Russia-Ukraine war changed the world's uranium and wider nuclear energy industry? Bannerman Energy's CEO Brandon Munro considers what effect it has had so far and the likely longer term consequences.
Published: Fri, 24 Mar 2023 12:32:53 GMT
ARC Clean Technology Canada, Inc has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Government of Alberta's Invest Alberta Corporation to jointly pursue activities to support commercialisation of ARC's ARC-100 small modular reactor technology in the province.
Published: Fri, 24 Mar 2023 12:28:13 GMT
The International Atomic Energy Agency has launched the Global Water Analysis Laboratory Network to help countries generate their own chemical, biological and isotopic water data and develop tailored water management strategies.