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A few different developments in the Ontario/Canadian nuclear space since my last update last year:
1. Cameco has been tapped to provide uranium hexafluoride to the Ukraine for fuel fabrication to get them away from Russia.
www.cameco.com
2. The BWRX-300 has completed phases 1 and 2 of the VDR:
nuclearsafety.gc.ca
3. OPG has submitted a license to construct the above BWRX-300 at Darlington. Site prep is already well underway.
4. OPG's Pickering page has been updated with points about the potential refurbishment:
5. OPG Darlington A is now producing Molybdenum-99:
laurentisenergy.com
6. OPG Darlington A Unit 3 is being prepared to return to service. Initial fuel loading started at the beginning of January. This is the 2nd unit to have completed its refurbishment. Unit 1 is also actively being refurbished and Unit 4 is slated to go down the end of this year, and that's the final unit. Ideally, refurbishment staff will then move to Pickering B and start on those units.
7. Bruce Power Unit 3 has gone down for refurbishment. This is the 3rd A unit to be refurbished (1 and 2 were completed in 2013):
www.brucepower.com
8. Bruce Power Unit 6 is being prepared to return to service. This is the first of the B units to be refurbished.
1. Cameco has been tapped to provide uranium hexafluoride to the Ukraine for fuel fabrication to get them away from Russia.
CCO and Energoatom Agree on Commercial Terms to Supply Ukraine’s Full Natural UF6 Needs through 2035
SE NNEGC Energoatom (Energoatom), Ukraine’s state-owned nuclear energy utility, and Cameco Corporation (Cameco) (TSX: CCO; NYSE: CCJ), one of the largest global producers of uranium fuel based in Canada, have reached agreement on commercial terms for a major supply contract for Cameco to provide...
www.cameco.com
2. The BWRX-300 has completed phases 1 and 2 of the VDR:
Executive summary: Combined phases 1 and 2 pre-licensing vendor design review – General Electric Hitachi Nuclear Energy - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) is an independent federal government agency that regulates the use of nuclear energy and material to protect health, safety, security and the environment and to respect Canada&rsquo:s international commitments on the peaceful use of nuclear energy.
nuclearsafety.gc.ca
3. OPG has submitted a license to construct the above BWRX-300 at Darlington. Site prep is already well underway.
4. OPG's Pickering page has been updated with points about the potential refurbishment:
5. OPG Darlington A is now producing Molybdenum-99:
Darlington Nuclear now capable of producing life-saving medical isotopes » Laurentis Energy Partners
Life-saving Mo-99 isotopes can now be produced at OPG's Darlington station thanks to an innovative isotope system by Laurentis and BWXT.
laurentisenergy.com
6. OPG Darlington A Unit 3 is being prepared to return to service. Initial fuel loading started at the beginning of January. This is the 2nd unit to have completed its refurbishment. Unit 1 is also actively being refurbished and Unit 4 is slated to go down the end of this year, and that's the final unit. Ideally, refurbishment staff will then move to Pickering B and start on those units.
7. Bruce Power Unit 3 has gone down for refurbishment. This is the 3rd A unit to be refurbished (1 and 2 were completed in 2013):
Bruce Power begins Unit 3 Major Component Replacement outage - Bruce Power
www.brucepower.com
8. Bruce Power Unit 6 is being prepared to return to service. This is the first of the B units to be refurbished.
