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Westinghouse, FirstEnergy Ink 10-year Alliance Contract
Source: NewsServices will range from large component replacements to support and spare parts By Stephen Heiser Westinghouse Electric Company has announced the signing of a comprehensive, 10-year agreement with FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (FENOC) through which…
Westinghouse, Progress Energy Sign Contract for Pair of AP1000 Nuclear Plants
Source: NewsWestinghouse, Progress Energy Sign Contract for Pair of AP1000 Nuclear Plants By Stephen Heiser Westinghouse Electric Company has announced that it and its partner The Shaw Group Inc.'s Power Westinghouse, Progress Energy Sign Contract for…
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 Miliband, with Mike O'Brien taking the central task of…
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 power Shanghai. …
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 new nuclear capacity in coming years. …
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 seeking a federal loan guarantee for the project. …
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 moves from both the USA and North Korea. …
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 "clean, competitive and ecologically virtuous." …
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 to find the cause. …
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 material from the country. In all, 1190 kg of…
'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 a nuclear engineering joint venture. …
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 recent equity market volatility. …
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 covers the exploration, mining and milling of uranium ores…
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 and radiological events. …
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 two 1000 MWe reactors, with a 1.05 million tonne…
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 what the DoE has allocated. …
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 Reform, where he spearheaded government efforts to facilitate new…
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 support could easily be eroded. So warns a new…
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 it has resumed production. Operations were voluntarily halted at…
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 that it does not object to the deal. BHP…