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Nuclear energy to play bigger role in combating climate change: Chinese diplomat
2019.10.10VIENNA, Oct. 8 (Xinhua) -- China believes that in the fight against climate change, nuclear energy will play a bigger role as a low-carbon, green and clean base-load energy, a Chinese diplomat said here Tuesday.
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Commercial production of Hualong One fuel begins
2019.09.27China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) has started mass production of China Fuel 3 (CF3) fuel assemblies for the domestically-designed HPR1000 (Hualong One) pressurised water reactor design.
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Romania and USA agree to nuclear cooperation
2019.09.27The USA and Romania have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to cooperate on civil nuclear energy. The agreement was signed by US Secretary of Energy Rick Perry and Romanian Prime Minister Viorica D?ncil? on 24 September during the United Nations Climate Action Summit in New York.
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Foratom urges fact-based approach to sustainable finance
2019.09.27Foratom has welcomed the European Council's decision to remain technology neutral in its strategy on financing sustainable growth and the transition to a low-carbon, resource-efficient economy, but it urges the European Commission to establish a group with expertise in nuclear life-cycle technologies to advise on its EU-wide classification system, or 'taxonomy', the implementation of which has been postponed by two years.
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Foundation stone laid for Finnish encapsulation plant
2019.09.26Finnish waste management company Posiva has laid the foundation stone for the start of construction of the used fuel encapsulation plant at the Olkiluoto site in western Finland. Construction of the plant is scheduled for completion in summer 2022.
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Leningrad II-2 fitted with dummy assemblies ahead of March fuel loading
2019.09.16A full set of dummy fuel assemblies has been loaded into unit 2 of the Leningrad II nuclear power plant under construction in western Russia.
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