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atw Vol. 65 (2020) | Issue 3 ı March Organisations People 176 NEWS | The first serial batch of MOX fuel loaded into BN-800 fast reactor at Beloyarsk NPP. View of the site. the feedstock for nuclear power plants. Second, this would enable to recycle spent nuclear fuel instead of storage. And third, we once again involve into nuclear fuel cycle and utilize the accumulated ground stocks of depleted uranium hexafluoride and plutonium”, commented Vitaly Khadeev, Vice-President for Development of Closed Nuclear Fuel Cycle Technologies and Industrial Facilities at TVEL JSC. Director of Beloyarsk NPP Ivan Sidorov emphasized: “At power unit No. 4, we have carried out the first general overhaul in four years of its operation. This power unit has two tasks, not only to produce electricity, but also to master a promising technology that is important for the future of nuclear power. The works performed during the overhaul are aimed to ensure the long-term safe operation of the whole power unit and the reliability of equipment.” Serial batch-production of MOX fuel started in late 2018, at the site of Mining and Chemical Combine in Zheleznogorsk, Krasnoyarsk region (Russia’s East Siberia). The launch of this unique highly automatized fabrication shop-floor had been provided due to the broad cooperation of Russian nuclear industry enterprises with the coordination role of TVEL Fuel Company, which is also the official supplier of the MOX fuel to Beloyarsk NPP. The BN-800 reactor was initially launched with a hybrid core containing both uranium and MOX fuels. But as the uranium BN-800 fuel assemblies were produced by Elemash, TVEL’s major fabrication facility in Elekrostal, Moscow region, the MOX fuel assemblies were experimental ones, assembled at the Research Institute of Atomic Reactors in Dimitrovgrad, Ulyanovsk Region. | (20500850) www.tvel.ru www.rosatom.ru NEA launches new initiatives in nuclear innovation (oecd-nea) NEA is organising two workshops focused on the need to bring more innovation into the nuclear energy sector. The first event is the NEA Workshop on Innovative Financing: Towards Sustainable Nuclear Financing, which will be held on 6 to 7 April 2020 in Warsaw, Poland, hosted by the Polish Ministry of Energy and organised in collaboration with the Cambridge Nuclear Energy Centre and the International Framework for Nuclear Energy Cooperation (IFNEC). This first- of‐itskind workshop will bring together experts from the nuclear energy and financing sectors to discuss approaches for financing sustainable, large infrastructure projects with a focus on nuclear new build. The second event is the KAERI/ NEA International Workshop on Disruptive Technologies for Nuclear Safety Applications, which will take place on 19 to 20 May 2020 in Jeju Island, Korea. This workshop will gather experts from within and outside the nuclear sector to exchange insights on the potential for disruptive technologies to have a positive impact on the construction and operation of nuclear power plants. These efforts will culminate in the 2020 Global Forum on Innovation for the Future of Nuclear Energy on 4 to 7 October 2020 in London, United Kingdom. Organised in partnership between the UK National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL), EDF Energy, the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the NEA, this event will build on the outcomes of the workshops highlighted above and the 2019 Global Forum. The report summarising the 2019 Global Forum, which took place in June 2019 in Gyeongju, South Korea, is available on the NEA website. | (20491528) www.oecd-nea.org German association AEK re-established: Invitation to members meeting (aek) The “Aktionsgemeinschaft Energiesicherung und Kerntechnik – AEK e.V.” (founded 1981) invites all members and interested persons to its re-establishing meeting on 28. March 2020, Hotel Kaiserhof, Münster, Germany. | (20491534) Contact: mitglieder@energiesicherung.org FORATOM selects new President Esa Hyvärinen (foratom) FORATOM announced that Esa Hyvärinen has been appointed by the association’s General Assembly as FORATOM President for a two-year period starting on 1 January 2020. “I feel deeply honoured to be appointed as the new president of FORATOM and I look forward to the next two years working with the General Assembly, Executive Board, FORATOM Members and the Secretariat as well as all external stakeholders involved in the European decision-making process” – states Mr. Hyvärinen. “Even though the European Commission and the European Parliament have recently recognised nuclear energy as an important element of Europe’s decarbonised future, the European nuclear industry will face many challenges in the upcoming months and years in order to maintain and improve its current role in the energy mix. That is why we will do our best to convince decision makers that low-carbon, cost-effective and reliable nuclear energy can help the EU achieve its climate and energy objectives”. Mr. Hyvärinen is currently Head of the CEO Office at Fortum Corporation. In the past, he was Senior Vice President for Public Affairs at Fortum, Head of Recycling and Environmental units at the Confederation of European paper industries in Brussels, and Senior Advisor at the Finnish Ministry of Trade and Industry. He has been member of the FORATOM Executive Board since 2016. Esa Hyvärinen replaces Dr Teodor Chirica, Senior Adviser to the CEO of NuclearElectrica, who has reached the end of his mandate as FORATOM President. | (20491525) www.foratom.org Market data (All information is supplied without guarantee.) Nuclear Fuel Supply Market Data Information in current (nominal) U.S.-$. No inflation adjustment of prices on a base year. Separative work data for the formerly “secondary market”. Uranium prices [US-$/lb U 3 O 8 ; 1 lb = 453.53 g; 1 lb U 3 O 8 = News
atw Vol. 65 (2020) | Issue 3 ı March Uranium Prize range: Spot market [USD*/lb(US) U 3 O 8 ] 140.00 ) 1 Uranium prize range: Spot market [USD*/lb(US) U 3 O 8 ] 140.00 120.00 120.00 177 100.00 100.00 80.00 60.00 40.00 20.00 0.00 1980 Yearly average prices in real USD, base: US prices (1982 to1984) * 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2019 Year * Actual nominal USD prices, not real prices referring to a base year. Year Sources: Energy Intelligence, Nukem; Bild/Figure: atw 2020 * Actual nominal USD prices, not real prices referring to a base year. Sources: Energy Intelligence, Nukem; Bild/Figure: atw 2020 | Uranium spot market prices from 1980 to 2019 and from 2008 to 2019. The price range is shown. In years with U.S. trade restrictions the unrestricted uranium spot market price is shown. Separative work: Spot market price range [USD*/kg UTA] Conversion: Spot conversion price range [USD*/kgU] 180.00 ) 1 23.00 160.00 140.00 120.00 80.00 60.00 40.00 20.00 0.00 Jan. 2008 Jan. 2009 Jan. 2010 Jan. 2011 Jan. 2012 Jan. 2013 Jan. 2014 Jan. 2015 Jan. 2016 Jan. 2017 Jan. 2018 Jan. 2019 Jan. 2020 NEWS 100.00 80.00 60.00 40.00 20.00 0.00 Jan. 2008 Jan. 2009 Jan. 2010 Jan. 2011 Jan. 2012 Jan. 2013 * Actual nominal USD prices, not real prices referring to a base year. Year Jan. 2014 Jan. 2015 Jan. 2016 Jan. 2017 Jan. 2018 Jan. 2019 Jan. 2020 Sources: Energy Intelligence, Nukem; Bild/Figure: atw 2020 ) 1 Sources: Energy Intelligence, Nukem; Bild/Figure: atw 2020 22.00 20.00 18.00 16.00 ) 1 14.00 12.00 10.00 8.00 6.00 4.00 2.00 0.00 Jan. 2008 Jan. 2009 Jan. 2010 Jan. 2011 Jan. 2012 Jan. 2013 * Actual nominal USD prices, not real prices referring to a base year. Year Jan. 2014 Jan. 2015 Jan. 2016 Jan. 2017 Jan. 2018 Jan. 2019 Jan. 2020 | Separative work and conversion market price ranges from 2008 to 2019. The price range is shown. )1 In December 2009 Energy Intelligence changed the method of calculation for spot market prices. The change results in virtual price leaps. * Actual nominal USD prices, not real prices referring to a base year Sources: Energy Intelligence, Nukem; Bilder/Figures: atw 2020 0.385 kg U]. Conversion prices [US-$/kg U], Separative work [US-$/SWU (Separative work unit)]. 2017 p Uranium: 19.25–26.50 p Conversion: 4.50–6.75 p Separative work: 39.00–50.00 2018 p Uranium: 21.75–29.20 p Conversion: 6.00–14.50 p Separative work: 34.00–42.00 2019 January 2019 p Uranium: 28.70–29.10 p Conversion: 13.50–14.50 p Separative work: 41.00–44.00 February 2019 p Uranium: 27.50–29.25 p Conversion: 13.50–14.50 p Separative work: 42.00–45.00 March 2019 p Uranium: 24.85–28.25 p Conversion: 13.50–14.50 p Separative work: 43.00–46.00 April 2019 p Uranium: 25.50–25.88 p Conversion: 15.00–17.00 p Separative work: 44.00–46.00 May 2019 p Uranium: 23.90–25.25 p Conversion: 17.00–18.00 p Separative work: 46.00–48.00 June 2019 p Uranium: 24.30–25.00 p Conversion: 17.00–18.00 p Separative work: 47.00–49.00 July 2019 p Uranium: 24.50–25.60 p Conversion: 18.00–19.00 p Separative work: 47.00–49.00 August 2019 p Uranium: 24.90–25.60 p Conversion: 19.00–20.00 p Separative work: 47.00–49.00 September 2019 p Uranium: 24.80–26.00 p Conversion: 20.00–21.00 p Separative work: 47.00–50.00 October 2019 p Uranium: 23.75–25.50 p Conversion: 21.00–22.00 p Separative work: 47.00–50.00 November 2019 p Uranium: 23.95–26.25 p Conversion: 22.00–23.00 p Separative work: 48.00–50.00 December 2019 p Uranium: 24.85–26.00 p Conversion: 22.00–23.00 p Separative work: 48.00–52.00 | Source: Energy Intelligence www.energyintel.com News
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