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ATM No 10 2025 APR 14
Saudi Arabia, US on 'pathway' to civil nuclear agreement, US Energy Secretary says
- The United States and Saudi Arabia will sign a preliminary agreement to cooperate over the kingdom's ambitions to develop a civil nuclear industry, U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright told reporters in the Saudi capital Riyadh on Sunday.
- Wright, on his first visit to the kingdom as secretary as part of tour of energy-producing Gulf states, said further details over a memorandum detailing the energy cooperation between Riyadh and Washington would come later this year.
Southern Nuclear breaks ground with first US use of enriched nuclear fuel above 5%
- Southern Nuclear has taken a bold step forward in nuclear innovation by becoming the first US company to load enriched nuclear fuel exceeding 5% uranium-235 into a commercial reactor for testing.
- The newly introduced fuel assemblies utilise uranium enriched up to 6 weight percent in uranium-235, a crucial fissile isotope that drives energy production in nuclear reactors.
- This enhanced fuel enables reactors to run longer between refuelling outages, extending operating cycles from the standard 18 months to as long as 24 months.
한수원, 건설사업 경쟁력 확보 방안 논의
- 한수원은 11일 서울 콘퍼런스 하우스 달개비에서 ‘제3차 건설사업관리 선진화 자문회의’를 개최했다고 밝혔다. 이날 회의에는 황주호 한수원 사장을 비롯해 산업계, 학계, R&D 분야 등 사내외 전문가 17명이 참석했다.
- 황주호 한수원 사장은 “이번 자문회의에서 논의된 내용들을 바탕으로 국내는 물론, 해외에서도 다수의 원전 건설사업을 동시에 수행할 수 있도록 건설사업의 경쟁력을강화하겠다.”라고 말했다.