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CNNC Signs Two-Plant Deal With Argentina
Source: NewsArgentina's government said Sunday that it had worked out deals with the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) to build two nuclear power plants, which will double the country's generation capacity from nuclear power. The plants…
GEH Signs Cooperation Agreements In Canada And Vietnam
Source: NewsGE Hitatchi (GEH) moved forward with two international agreements this week, signing memorandum of understanding letters with Bruce Power in Canada and the Vietnam Atomic Energy Agency (VAEA). In Canada, GEH Energy Canada has entered…
Nuclear Is Only Reliable Baseload Power In Fight Against Climate Change, Says NEA
Source: NucNet13 Nov (NucNet): There are only two options – nuclear power and renewable energy sources – to decarbonise an ever increasing electricity sector and of those only nuclear provides “firmly dispatchable” baseload electricity because the…
Finland To Become First Country To Begin Construction Phase For Final Repository
Source: NucNet10 Nov (NucNet): Finnish nuclear waste management company Posiva has been granted a licence by the government for the construction of a final disposal facility for spent nuclear fuel at Olkiluoto on the country’s southwest…
CNG Signs $7.7 Billion Deal For Two Unit Build In Romania
Source: NewsChina General Nuclear Power Group has signed a $7.7 billion financial deal with Romania's state-owned nuclear power company Nuclearelectrica SA that covers the construction of the third and fourth reactors for the Cernavoda nuclear power…
IEA Sees Global Energy Shifts In Demand And Efficiency
Source: NewsThe International Energy Agency said that world energy demand could grow close to 33 percent between 2013 and 2040 with demand reaching a plateau in China, which has been the leading growth market in recent…
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Seeks Minority Stake In AREVA NP
Source: NewsJapanese conglomerate Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) confirmed that it is seeking to obtain a minority stake in nuclear power giant AREVA's reactor constrution business, which has been the focus of attention for investors since AREVA…
Incentives And Financial Certainty Are Crucial For Deployment Of Low-Carbon Nuclear, Says IEA
Source: NucNet10 Nov (NucNet): Key conditions for the faster deployment of nuclear power include the promotion of incentives for all types of low-carbon solutions to provide financing certainty for investment, the International Energy agency says in…
DOE To Supplement Loan Guarantee Program — And Launches Industry Clearinghouse
Source: NewsThe Department of Energy said Friday it would supplement its $12.5 billion loan guarantee program for nuclear power innovation focusing on a push to license new reactors. The DOE is “supplementing its existing solicitation that…
Dominion To Apply For Second Surry NPP License Extension
Source: NewsDominion Virginia Power said Monday that it had notified the Nuclear Regulatory Commission of its intent to file a second license renewal application for each of its two reactors at the Surry Power Station. The…
New Nuclear In The UAE: Lessons Learned From The Regulator
Source: NucNet9 Nov (NucNet): The nuclear build programme in the United Arab Emirates has benefitted from the government having put a clear policy in place and from “serious interaction” with the International Atomic Energy Agency, the…
The UAE: Lessons Learned From A New Nuclear Regulator
Source: NucNetChrister Viktorsson, director-general of the UAE’s Federal Office for Nuclear Regulation (FANR), talks to NucNet about the challenges of establishing a nuclear regulatory body from scratch in a country where nuclear stations have never been…
Nuclear energy development news roundup for 11/9/15
Source: Neutron BytesX-Energy Pebble Bed design gets interest from SCE&G X-Energy’s Xe-100 pebble-bed nuclear reactor would be a technically and economically viable option to expand or replace an existing coal-fired plant, a joint study by X-Energy and…
AREVA Signs Service Contracts With EDF And CNAT
Source: NewsAREVA said that it had signed two service contracts this week, the first to supply fuel assemblies to the Trillo nuclear power plant in Spain and the second to carry out preventative chemical cleaning services…
White House Event To Focus On Nuclear Power Friday
Source: NewsThe White House today is holding what a key energy researcher called a coming out party for nuclear energy in an event that will be broadcast live on the Internet at WhiteHouse.gov and on YouTube.…
JAEA Not Fit To Operate Monju FBR, Says Japan’s Regulator
Source: NucNet5 Nov (NucNet): The state-run Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) is “not fit to operate” the Monju prototype fast breeder reactor (FBR) because it has repeatedly failed to correctly carry out inspections of the plant,…
Westinghouse Contracted For Barseback NPP Dismantling In Sweden
Source: NewsWestinghouse Electric said it has signed a contract with Barseback Kraft AB to provide support for the dismantling of the Barseback Nuclear Power Station in Sweden, which will be the first undertaking of its kind…
AREVA Signs Fuel Cycle MOU With China National Nuclear Corp.
Source: NewsStruggling French nuclear power corporation AREVA on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding with the China National Nuclear Corporation that paves the way for a possible partnership between the companies that includes "capitalistic and industrial…
EIA Does The Math And Says U.S. Nuclear Is Gaining Capacity
Source: NewsThe U.S. Energy Information Administration said Tuesday that the scheduled closure of more than 2,000 megawatts of nuclear generating capacity by 2019 would be offset by additions to capacity that are expected between 2016 and…
Entergy To Close Down New York's James A. FitzPatrick NPP
Source: NewsEntergy Corporation said Monday morning that it would close the 838 megawatt James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant in Scriba, NY, in late 2016 or early 2017, due to what the company called the "deteriorating…