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fuel-cycle


THE BIG PICTURE: The Nuclear Fuel Cycle


Global Nuclear Fuel Update

Uranium oxide, the basic fuel for nuclear power plants, has recently sold at prices not seen in the past 13 years. In fact, the price is less than the cost…


TOP PLANT: Beloyarsk Nuclear Power Plant Unit 4, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia

Owner/operator: Rosenergoatom Fast-neutron reactors are pivotal to Russia’s ambitious nuclear power plans. The successful construction, grid-connection, and testing of the country’s first BN-800 reactor at its Beloyarsk nuclear plant is…


NRC To Begin Expedited Cybersecurity Rulemaking for Nuclear Fuel-Cycle Facilities

Staff at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) should expeditiously complete and implement cybersecurity rulemaking for nuclear fuel-cycle facilities, the regulatory agency's commissioners have ordered.  In a March 24 agency memorandum…