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27 Aug (NucNet): Areva is to invest a further 20 million euro (30 million US dollars) to improve environmental and health monitoring at its Tricastin site in southern France, following an incident last month, and to “settle the balance of its industrial legacy”.
27 Aug (NucNet): Westinghouse Electric and The Shaw Group have signed a letter of intent to form a joint venture company to make and assemble structural and equipment modules for Westinghouse’s AP1000 nuclear plants to be built in the US and in markets where in-country supplies are unavailable.
22 Aug (NucNet): South Africa’s Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (PBMR) project has moved a step closer to the construction of a commercial-scale demonstration unit at Koeberg near Cape Town with the signing of a contract for the provision of engineering, procurement, project and construction management (EPCM) services for the plant.
China And Jordan Plan Cooperation On Nuclear Power And Uranium Mining
20 Aug (NucNet): Jordan and China have signed an agreement that paves the way for future cooperation in nuclear power projects including electricity generation and desalination.
Proposed Vogtle Early Site Permit ‘Has No Environmental Impacts’
19 Aug (NucNet): There are no environmental impacts that would preclude issuing an early site permit (ESP) that could lead to building new units at a site near the Vogtle nuclear power plant in the US, regulators said yesterday.
19 Aug (NucNet): Vietnam is hosting a five-day regional seminar on infrastructure development for the introduction of nuclear power generation. The seminar began yesterday.
Proposal For Next Generation Nuclear Plant Sent To US Congress
16 Aug (NucNet): A blueprint for the Next Generation Nuclear Plant (NGNP) to be built in the US was delivered to Congress yesterday.
15 Aug (NucNet): An application has been filed to renew the operating licence of the single-unit Kewaunee Power Station in the US.
15 Aug (NucNet): The latest results from the use of radiation technology in producing plant and crop varieties that are resistant to disease and adaptable to difficult growing conditions were discussed at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna this week.
15 Aug (NucNet): China and South Korea are to restart ministerial-level talks in the first half of 2009 about the potential expansion of bilateral technical and commercial links in nuclear energy projects.
13 Aug (NucNet): The Cameco Corporation has reported a setback in remediation work at the Cigar Lake uranium mine in northern Saskatchewan, Canada.
13 Aug (NucNet): Building has begun in Japan of a plant that will manufacture a new centrifugal separator, the Japan Atomic Industrial Forum (JAIF) said yesterday.
Cameco
Completes Acquisition Of Stake In Australian Uranium Project
12 Aug (NucNet): Canada’s Cameco Corporation
said yesterday that it had completed the acquisition of a 70 percent
interest in the Kintyre uranium exploration project in Western Australia.
Nuclear ‘At
Forefront Of Japan Energy Policy’ As New Ministers Appointed
12 Aug (NucNet): Japan has a “pressing need” to
firmly establish the nuclear cycle as part of the future direction
of domestic energy policy, according to the head of the country’s
Agency for Natural Resources and Energy (ANRE).
11 Aug (NucNet): A special inspection has begun at the Palisades nuclear power plant in the US to review operational and equipment problems that prevented workers from leaving the containment area.
UAE
Pledges USD 10 Million For International Fuel Bank Initiative
8 Aug (NucNet): The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has
pledged 10 million US dollars (USD) (6 million euro) towards a fuel
bank proposal originally launched by the Nuclear Threat Initiative
(NTI) in 2006.
Texas
Energy Plan Encourages New Nuclear Development
8 Aug (NucNet): A blueprint for future energy policy
in the US state of Texas calls for greater encouragement for the
development of nuclear power and recommends that permit procedures
should be speeded-up so as not to delay projects.
McCain
Reiterates Support For Nuclear During Enrico Fermi Visit
8 Aug (NucNet): Republican presidential nominee
John McCain has reiterated his call for the US to construct 45 new
nuclear reactors by the year 2030, almost doubling the 104 nuclear
plants now in use.
UK
Publishes Guide To Applying For Nuclear Site Licence
8 Aug (NucNet): The UK’s Health and Safety
Executive (HSE) has published a step-by-step guide aimed primarily
at organisations who want a licence to construct a nuclear power
plant in the country.
Russia Unveils Plans To Become 'Global Player'
7 Aug (NucNet): The opening of international uranium enrichment centres in Russia is one of the key priorities of the country as it plans to become “a global player” in the nuclear energy sector, the Rosatom State Nuclear Energy Corporation has said.
6 Aug (NucNet): The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said yesterday that it is conducting a special inspection at the country’s twin-unit Prairie Island nuclear power plant to review the causes of a reactor trip and a subsequent trip of one of two auxiliary feedwater pumps.
6 Aug (NucNet): The total cost estimate of the proposed Yucca Mountain deep geological repository in the US has increased 38 percent before inflation since the last published estimate in 2001, the Department of Energy (DOE) has said.
5 Aug (NucNet): UK utility Centrica confirmed yesterday that it has held talks with a third party about taking a minority ownership stake in British Energy (BE).
5 Aug (NucNet): The Cooper nuclear power plant in Nebraska will continue to receive additional oversight from the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) because of a violation that affected the reliability of one of the plant’s emergency diesel generators, the commission has confirmed.
Investigation Into Incident At IAEA's Seibersdorf Laboratory
4 Aug (NucNet): There are no indications of any release of radioactivity to the environment from an incident at an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) laboratory in Austria, the agency said yesterday.
UK Nuclear Workers Urge Government To Push Ahead With New N-Plants
4 Aug (NucNet): The UK’s largest trade union has called for “urgent” talks with the government after a proposed deal for the sale of British Energy (BE) to France’s state-owned Electricite de France was rejected.
Proposal For Sale Of British Energy To EDF Is Rejected
1 Aug (NucNet): A proposed deal for the sale of British Energy (BE) to France’s state-owned Electricite de France (EDF) has been rejected, it was announced today.
