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atw Vol. 65 (2020) | Issue 5 ı May 296 NEWS All approved design documentation is available to regulator Stuk, but does not require Stuk’s approval. The preliminary safety assessment, which is a condition for the construction licence, is a separate documentation package, and must be submitted to Stuk for approval. The documents are part of the basic design review for the plant, which takes place in two stages. In the first stage, Fennovoima evaluates the safety of the plant, availability and main tenance aspects. At this stage, Fennovoima only issues conditional approvals for the documentation, meaning there are no technical obstacles in the design documentation that would prevent its final approval at a later stage. Fennovoima did not say how many documents it is still waiting for from Raos Project Oy or when the preliminary safety assessment would be ready. Statistics in the company’s 2019 annual report, published on 25 March, suggested that as of 15 January 2020 almost 50 % of the documents had been submitted. Project engineering director Petri Jyrälä said once the first review stage is complete, the documents will already clearly determine what the physical plant will look like. “We do not expect to see any major modifications of the plant after that stage, and we can proceed to finalising the documentation,” he said. Preparatory construction work on the Hanhikivi headland has reached a point where “we are ready for the construction of the nuclear power plant as soon as the construction licence is granted”, the report said. However, before beginning the construction of the plant, some 700,000 cubic metres of rock must be extracted from the excavation pit and the levelling concrete for the plant foundation must be poured. The plant’s projected startup date has been pushed back to 2028, four years behind the original schedule and eight years later than the proposed start when Finland’s government approved the project in 2010. Fennovoima, a consortium of Finnish industrial and energy companies, had warned in 2017 of potential delays. The aim is to receive the construction licence and to start construction in 2021. Hanhkivi-1 will be a 1,200-MW VVER pressurised water reactor. The reference plant for the unit Leningrad 2 in Sosnovy Bor, Russia. According to Fennovoima’s website, the total investment cost for Hanhikivi-1 will be between € 6.5 and € 7 bn, which includes initial plant costs, financing and waste management. This estimate has remained the same since spring 2014, when the original investment decision was made, Fennovoima said. | www.fennovoima.fi (201121516) Company News Framatome earns high safety marks from US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (framatome) Framatome’s fuel manufacturing facility in Richland, Washington, received a positive report from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) following its recent biennial license performance review (LPR). The NRC concluded that no program areas require improvement – an accomplishment the site has achieved for seven con secutive reviews. “We hold our manufacturing facilities around the world to the highest standards of excellence for safety, quality, performance and delivery,” said Lionel Gaiffe, senior executive vice president, Framatome Fuel Business Unit. “This outstanding report by the NRC is recognition of our commitment to continuous improvement.” The NRC review takes place every two years, and examines four major categories for fuel manufacturing: Safety Operations, Radiological Controls, Facility Support and Other Areas. This latest review confirmed that the Richland facility continues to conduct activities safely and securely, while protecting public health and the environment during the 2018-19 review period. “Our workforce manufactures the most advanced nuclear fuel designs with an uncompromising focus on safety and operational excellence,” said Ron Land, Richland site manager at Framatome. “This review confirms our commitment to our customers and our community.” In 2019, Framatome’s Richland facility celebrated its 50th anniversary. After receiving the industry’s first 40-year nuclear fuel fabrication license renewal from the NRC in 2009, Framatome’s Richland facility is licensed to operate to 2049. | www.framatome.com (201121444) Decommissioning of the GNS plant in Duisburg-Wanheim is completed (gns) On 31 March 2020, GNS Gesellschaft für Nuklear-Service mbH vacated its former premises in Duisburg- Wanheim, returned the buildings and the premises to the lessor and thus terminated its activities at the site after 35 years. Since 1985, GNS had been processing low to intermediate-level radioactive waste from the operation and decommissioning of German nuclear power plants in three rented halls of the former Thyssen precision forge and packing it for subsequent interim storage or final disposal. In the course of the decommissioning, all facilities and installations for waste treatment and packaging were completely removed by GNS and, with the involvement of independent experts, the freedom from contamination of the entire site was demonstrated to the supervisory authority. This was the prerequisite for GNS to return the radiation pro tection handling permit required for operation by then as early as mid-March. Thus, the site can be put to conventional use again in the future. The employees who were last employed at the Duisburg plant will in future be deployed at other GNS locations. Background In Duisburg-Wanheim, GNS has operated a facility for the packaging of low- to intermediate-level radioactive waste from the operation and decommissioning of German nuclear power plants since 1985. For this purpose, the waste was generally compacted, dried and packed in containers suitable for interim storage and final disposal. With the gradual shutdown of the German nuclear power plants, the amount of operational waste as processed at the Duisburg facility of GNS is decreasing. At the same time, new capacities for processing local decommissioning waste have been created at the power plant sites. Therefore, GNS already announced the decision to close the Duisburg plant in December 2013. | www.gns.de (201121405) ROSATOM presents new type of SMR (rosatom) ROSATOM participated in Africa Energy Indaba Forum, which was hosted in Cape Town, South Africa. Ryan Collyer, acting CEO of Rosatom Central and Southern Africa highlighted the global shift towards nuclear, not only in the energy sector but also to address a myriad of other issues. His speech was focused on the possible use of nuclear technologies News
atw Vol. 65 (2020) | Issue 5 ı May Uranium Prize range: Spot market [USD*/lb(US) U 3O 8] 140.00 ) 1 Uranium prize range: Spot market [USD*/lb(US) U 3O 8] 140.00 ) 1 120.00 120.00 297 100.00 100.00 80.00 80.00 60.00 40.00 20.00 Yearly average prices in real USD, base: US prices (1982 to1984) * 60.00 40.00 20.00 NEWS 0.00 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 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 2020 and from 2009 to 2020. 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 26.00 ) 1 ) 1 160.00 140.00 0.00 24.00 22.00 20.00 Jan. 2009 Jan. 2010 Jan. 2011 Jan. 2012 Jan. 2013 Jan. 2014 Jan. 2015 Jan. 2016 Jan. 2017 Jan. 2018 Jan. 2019 Jan. 2020 Jan. 2021 120.00 18.00 16.00 100.00 14.00 80.00 12.00 10.00 60.00 8.00 40.00 6.00 20.00 4.00 2.00 0.00 0.00 Jan. 2009 Jan. 2010 Jan. 2011 Jan. 2012 Jan. 2013 Jan. 2014 * Actual nominal USD prices, not real prices referring to a base year. Year Jan. 2015 Jan. 2016 Jan. 2017 Jan. 2018 Jan. 2019 Jan. 2020 Jan. 2021 Sources: Energy Intelligence, Nukem; Bild/Figure: atw 2020 Jan. 2009 Jan. 2010 Jan. 2011 Jan. 2012 Jan. 2013 Jan. 2014 * Actual nominal USD prices, not real prices referring to a base year. Year Jan. 2015 Jan. 2016 Jan. 2017 Jan. 2018 Jan. 2019 Jan. 2020 Jan. 2021 Sources: Energy Intelligence, Nukem; Bild/Figure: atw 2020 | Separative work and conversion market price ranges from 2009 to 2020. 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 for desalination purposes apart from heat and electricity supply and the latest developments of ROSATOM in the area of SMRs featuring RITM-200 reactor technology. ROSATOM SMRs can be a good alternative to diesel generators providing reliable power supply and preventing harmful emissions at a competitive price. Speaking at Energy Indaba, Ryan Collyer put a special emphasis on ROSATOM’s current developments in the field of small modular reactors. In particular, he presented RITM-200, an advanced pressurized-water reactor that incorporates all the best features from its predecessors – ship reactors. R. Collyer added that the main advantages of RITM-200 reactor are costefficiency, small size and safety. RITM-200 is designed for nuclear icebreakers, land-based small NPPs, and floating nuclear power plants. He also pointed out that RITM-200 is a reference reactor. ROSATOM has already constructed six RITM-200 reactors by now. Two reactors onboard Arktika icebreaker have already attained criticality. The speaker also outlined the features of the floating nuclear power plant that was connected to the grid at the end of 2019 and started supplying electricity to the grid. At present, ROSATOM is working on the next generation of the offshore nuclear power plants – an optimized floating power unit (OFPU). “We are working hard to do our part in delivering the great stories from our industry, to highlight its true potential to become a catalyst for sustainable development in Africa. We all understand that nuclear will play a vital role in achieving the United Nations sustainability goals not only in Africa but across the globe,” noted Ryan Collyer. | www.rosatom.ru (201121448) 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 = 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 to June 2019 p Uranium: 23.90–29.10 p Conversion: 13.50–18.00 p Separative work: 41.00–49.00 July to December 2019 p Uranium: 24.50–26.25 p Conversion: 18.00–23.00 p Separative work: 47.00–52.00 2020 January 20202 p Uranium: 24.10–24.90 p Conversion: 22.00–23.00 p Separative work: 48.00–51.00 February 20202 p Uranium: 24.25–25.00 p Conversion: 22.00–23.00 p Separative work: 45.00–53.00 | Source: Energy Intelligence www.energyintel.com News
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