REGULATION & SAFETY: NRC approves final rule on used fuel storage
The issuance of licences for new US nuclear power reactors and the extension of operating licences for existing ones will soon resume following the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC's) approval of a final rule on the continued storage of used fuel.
NEW NUCLEAR: Cooperation deal to develop advanced reactor
South Korean designers have secured help from Argonne National Laboratory to develop an advanced reactor, which is partly based on America's successful EBR-II prototype. A 150 MWe sodium-cooled demonstration unit is slated for 2028.
WASTE & RECYCLING: Ukrainian used fuel store under construction
A ceremony has been held to mark the start of construction of Ukraine's central used fuel storage facility, which is being built near resettled villages in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone.
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