Vladimir Povarov, Director of Novovoronezh NPP, stated that loading fifth-generation fuel into the VVER-1200 reactor core is an important stage on the way to closing the nuclear fuel cycle.

In early 2011, the Nuclear Threat Initiative and the CSIS Proliferation Prevention Program launched the New Approaches to the Fuel Cycle (NAFC) project to develop an integrated approach to nuclear ...

The idea of leaving rapidly decaying nuclear waste is an important advantage. I’m not superstitious about fission power, but having waste products that last 100,000 years is a serious problem ...

Key players from the front end of the fuel cycle came together at World Nuclear Symposium 2022 to discuss where they see the pinch points in meeting the needs of expanding nuclear generating capacity ...

Vienna, Austria Special Event on the Nuclear Fuel Cycle during the 50th Session of the IAEA General Conference. I am pleased to welcome you all to this Special Event. I would like to begin by quoting ...

Since the start of operations in the mid-1960s, the La Hague plant has safely processed over 23 000 tonnes of spent fuel — enough to power France’s nuclear fleet for 14 years. Used fuel assemblies ...

High-burnup fuel rods, manufactured by GE Vernova’s Nuclear Fuel business, Global Nuclear Fuel (GNF), have been delivered to the U.S. Department of ...

In the first of a two-part special report from the World Nuclear Fuel Cycle 2025 conference held this month in Canada, Claire Maden reports on the opportunities and challenges facing players across ...

Executive Orders invoke the Defense Production Act and designate the U.S. nuclear fuel cycle as critical to national security. "We applaud the U.S. government's decisive action to revitalize the ...

Management of nuclear waste is the single dimension of nuclear energy on which the public focuses most. The once-through fuel cycle presents two serious problems in this regard. First, because the ...