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Molten Salt Reactor review with benefits like very little waste and 2000 energy return on invested energy
The non-profit Weinberg Foundation has a 23 page report on the status and background on Thorium Fuelled Molten Salt Reactors Thorium-fuelled Molten Salt Reactors (MSRs) offer a potentially safer, more efficient and sustainable form of nuclear power. Pioneered in the US at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in the 1960s and 1970s, MSRs benefit from novel […]
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Heshan decision to abandon uranium plant ‘unjustified’
When Chinese nuclear authorities approached an overseas expert about plans to build a nuclear fuel facility in Heshan, in the western Pearl River Delta, he immediately raised concerns about locating such a plant so close to a major urban area. “It was a few years ago. I asked if they had another choice,” the expert […]
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ANALYSIS: Updated HPP Based on Public Documents and Eyewitness Accounts
The Huntington Pilot Plant (HPP) existed on the International Nickel Company campus in Huntington, WV from the early 1950s until 1979. The Atomic Energy Commission leased facility only operated from the early 50s until the early 60s. It sat intact on “cold standby” until 1978. At that time (and through 1979), it was dismantled and […]
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Upgraded Metropolis cleared for restart
Honeywell has been given regulatory approval to resume full operation of its Metropolis uranium conversion plant in Illinois. The plant, which had been idle for over a year, will be restarted by mid-July. During the plant’s annual maintenance outage, which began in May 2012, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) conducted inspections to assess the plant’s […]
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Metropolis, IL: Honeywell closer to reopening
The Honeywell Metropolis Works has completed upgrade work and today will begin restarting front-end operations, plant manager Larry Smith said in a Wednesday letter to employees. Those operations include ore preparation work and green salt production. “We have all worked very hard to get to this point, and this is an important step to get […]
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Gift of salt for Czech research program
A Czech nuclear research institute has received a shipment of fluoride salt from the US Department of Energy. The ?ež research institute is conducting studies into the use of the salt as a coolant in high-temperature nuclear reactors. The provision of such raw materials is provided for under a memorandum of understanding signed by the […]
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Hamburg: Burning ship had tonnes of uranium hexafluoride
After a freighter went up in flames at the start of the month while carrying radioactive material into Hamburg’s harbour, it has emerged that the German port city receives such hazardous cargo up to seven times a month. Fire fighters said they had only narrowly been able to prevent a catastrophe on May 1st when […]
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Czech, US cooperate in developing new reactors
PRAGUE (AP) — The United States says it has completed a transfer of 75 kilograms (165 pounds) of salt coolant material to the Czech Republic as part of cooperation between the two countries in developing new nuclear reactors. The U.S. Embassy in Prague says the fluoride salt comes from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge […]
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Ohio: Honeywell ramping up to reopen; Metropolis plant will start up in June
Honeywell is calling back employees for a scheduled June reopening of its Metropolis plant. The chemical plant converts uranium ore into uranium hexafluoride, UF6, a compound used to produce enriched uranium for use as fuel in nuclear power plants. About 135 salaried and 135 hourly employees will be in place when the Metropolis Works facility […]
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Will Cameco Bid For Urenco?
Cameco (CCJ) is a Canadian company best known for mining uranium and accounting for 16% of world uranium production from its operating mines in North America and Kazakhstan. Cameco has a market capitalization of $7.85B and is listed on Yahoo Finance with a forward P/E of 15.51. Trading just below $20.00 at the time of […]
Canada, Ontario Nuclear Industry