World Nuclear News
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Ministers assigned at new UK energy department
Topics: Policy & RegulationSource: World Nuclear NewsThe new UK government Department of Energy and Climate Change has announced how its work is to be divided. Overall strategy comes from cabinet minister Ed…
Joint venture formed to construct Chinese plant
Source: World Nuclear NewsA joint venture has been formally established in eastern China's Anhui province for the construction of the country's first inland nuclear power plant, which will help…
Manager appointed for UAE's nuclear program
Source: World Nuclear NewsCH2M Hill will act as a managing agent for the United Arab Emirates' nuclear power program, which is expected to include orders for several gigawatts of…
Application for Bell Bend nuclear power plant
Source: World Nuclear NewsA subsidiary of PPL Corporation has submitted the 17th application to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commision for a combined construction and operating license. The firm is…
Nuclear disablement back on in North Korea
Topics: Policy & RegulationSource: World Nuclear NewsNorth Korean nuclear cooperation was suddenly reinstated at the weekend, two days after the process had apparently ground to a halt. The breakthrough came with major…
Electric cars, courtesy EdF
Source: World Nuclear NewsElectricité de France (EdF) has signed two separate agreements with car manufacturers to support the widespread development and use of zero-emissions electric vehicles. They will be…
Smoke alert at Tokai II
Source: World Nuclear NewsSmoke filled a room in a waste-processing facility at Tokai II nuclear power plant this morning. Engineers from Japan Atomic Power Company (Japco) are currently trying…
German research reactor fuel returned to USA
Source: World Nuclear NewsSome nine kilograms of US-origin highly enriched uranium (HEU) research reactor fuel has been shipped from Germany to the USA, marking the return of all such…
'Very long term' deals for Areva and CGNPC
Source: World Nuclear NewsAreva has announced two new agreements with China Guangdong Nuclear Power Company (CGNPC). The Chinese firm will gain supplies of uranium, and the two will start…
Market conditions halt company offering
Source: World Nuclear NewsAs the uranium price slides below $50 per pound, uranium investment company Nufcor Uranium Limited has withdrawn a proposed equity offering, citing adverse market conditions and…
Uranium mining law signed in Zambia
Source: World Nuclear News[Reuters, 6 October] Zambia's minister of mines, Kalombo Mwansa, has signed a law paving the way for uranium mining in the country. The law – which…
Event scale revised for further clarity
Source: World Nuclear NewsThe International Nuclear Event Scale has been revised to improve the clarity of reporting when things go wrong at nuclear facilities, clarifying the safety significance of…
Nuclear aluminium plans progress
Source: World Nuclear News[Nuclear.Ru] Two projects involving Rosatom and Russian Aluminium (Rusal) are moving towards decision. One is Phase II the of Balakovo nuclear power plant, which will involve…
DoE takes stock of nuclear loan guarantees
Source: World Nuclear NewsThe US Department of Energy has 14 nuclear power projects to consider in its loan guarantee program. Their combined value of $188 billion is ten times…
UK nuclear loses Hutton
Topics: Policy & RegulationSource: World Nuclear News[BBC, 3 October] An early report from the BBC said that British politician John Hutton has been moved from the Department of Business, Enterprise and Regulatory…
Nuclear seen as 'part of the landscape'
Topics: Policy & RegulationSource: World Nuclear NewsLocal residents may view their local nuclear power station as familiar and unremarkable, but reactor builders beware: they will not support new build unconditionally, and their…
Port Hope resumes UF6 production
Source: World Nuclear NewsUranium hexafluoride (UF6) production has been restarted at Port Hope, where operations had been suspended since July 2007. Cameco, which owns the plant, has announced that…
Australian OK for BHP's purchase of Rio
Source: World Nuclear NewsThe story of BHP Billiton's attempt to buy Rio Tinto has taken a small step forward with a decision by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission…
Areva and others beat loan guarantee deadline
Source: World Nuclear NewsAreva has submitted an application for a US government loan guarantee for its proposed Eagle Rock uranium enrichment facility. Would-be reactor builders Duke Energy and PPL…
ARMZ makes U deal with Korean consortium
Source: World Nuclear NewsRussian uranium mining company AtomRedMetZoloto (ARMZ) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on strategic cooperation on uranium projects with a consortium of South Korean companies.…