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A plan to license NGNP
Source: World Nuclear NewsThe Next Generation Nuclear Plant (NGNP) project took another step forward on 15 August when the US Department of Energy and Nuclear Regulatory Commission submitted a joint licensing plan for the advanced reactor. …
New date for Atucha 2
Topics: New ReactorsSource: World Nuclear News[Dow Jones, 15 August] Argentina's planning minister, Julio De Vido, has said that the country's third nuclear power plant – Atucha 2 – will begin operating by October 2010. Construction of the 750 MWe Atucha…
'Nuclear' city athletes win silver for Russia
Topics: Industry & BusinessSource: World Nuclear NewsThe head of Rosatom, Sergei Kiriyenko, has congratulated two athletes from the Russian 'nuclear' city of Novouralsk near Yekaterinburg in the Urals for winning a silver medal as part of the men's 4×200 metres freestyle…
North American uranium output dips
Topics: Fuel & WasteSource: World Nuclear NewsFigures show that uranium production in the USA and Canada has dropped during the first half of 2008. …
EdF may increase stake in Constellation
Topics: Industry & BusinessSource: World Nuclear NewsThe board of Electricité de France (EdF) has authorised management to increase the company's stake in US utility Constellation Energy from the current 4.97% to 9.9%, and this may be increased later. …
Kazakh acid shortage eases for Uranium One
Topics: Fuel & WasteSource: World Nuclear NewsUranium One reported that the recent Kazakh sulphuric acid crisis has abated without impact on the company's uranium operations and start-up projects in the country. The recent start-up of a new acid plant and plans…
First customer for Hyperion reactor
Source: World Nuclear NewsHyperion Power Generation announced that it has received a letter of intent from investment company TES Group to purchase the Hyperion Power Module (HPM) – a 27 MWe nuclear power reactor. The intention is to…
Ritual ceremony heralds construction of U plant
Source: World Nuclear News[Times of India, 11 August; Thomson Financial, 8 August] A bhumi puja, or ritual ground breaking ceremony, performed by the chairman of India's Atomic Energy Commission, Anil Kakodkar, has formally marked the start of work…
Chinese nuclear company registers interest in Belarus
Source: World Nuclear NewsChina Guangdong Nuclear Power Group (CGNPG) has expressed an interest in taking part in the construction of the first nuclear power plant in Belarus, according to the country's deputy energy minister. …
Russian civil nuclear reorganisation proceeds
Topics: Industry & BusinessSource: World Nuclear NewsRussia has announced that its nuclear power generation organisation has been reconstituted and renamed. Rosenergoatom becomes simply Energoatom. …
Australian uranium deposit sale completed
Source: World Nuclear NewsCameco and Mitsubishi have completed their joint acquisition of the Kintyre uranium deposit in Western Australia from Rio Tinto for $495 million. Canadian uranium miner Cameco now has a 70% interest in the deposit, with…
B&W to acquire Nuclear Fuel Services
Source: World Nuclear NewsBabcock & Wilcox (B&W) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Nuclear Fuel Services (NFS), a provider of specialty nuclear fuels and related services, for an undisclosed sum. …
Chinese power plant plans sprint ahead
Source: World Nuclear NewsAs Electricité de France (EdF) finalises a joint venture with China Guangdong Nuclear Power Co enabling it to co-own and operate two nuclear reactors at Taishan, China National Nuclear Corp has announced work will start…
Russia aims to be 'global player'
Source: World Nuclear News[Nuclear.Ru, 6 August] Russia's Ministry for Economic Development, in a draft concept of Russia’s social and economic development up to 2020 submitted to the government for preliminary review, says that state policy on nuclear power…
AtomEnergoProm buys into Hungarian manufacturer
Topics: Industry & BusinessSource: World Nuclear News[Bloomberg, 6 August] AtomEnergoProm, a subsidiary of Rosatom, has acquired a 51% stake in Ganz Energetika, a Hungarian manufacturer of fuel-loading and hydraulic equipment for nuclear power plants. The value of the deal was not…
Positive thinking in Italy, Canada and Poland
Source: World Nuclear NewsRecent opinion surveys have found broad support for new nuclear power plants amongst Italians, Poles, and residents of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan – all areas currently without nuclear power but looking into nuclear new-build…
Areva finalises Bakouma
Source: World Nuclear News[Reuters, 2 August] Production at the Bakouma mine in the Central African Republic (CAR) should start in 2010, after the end of difficult negotiations over the uranium deposit. The CAR government had been unhappy about…
Nuclear-grade Olympic safety
Source: World Nuclear NewsWhen the officials of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) take their rest tonight in the luxurious Beijing Hotel, they will be kept safe in part by the efforts of Chinese nuclear workers. The hotel is…
Alstom to supply turbines for first Chinese EPRs
Source: World Nuclear NewsAlstom is to provide the engineering and procurement of the complete turbine islands for the first two EPR nuclear power units to be constructed in China. The deal follows Alstom's longstanding involvement with other project…
Areva to supply fuel for Taipower BWRs
Source: World Nuclear NewsAreva has signed a contract with Taiwan Power Co (Taipower) for the long-term supply fuel assemblies for the Chinshan and Kuosheng nuclear power plants. The deal is worth more than $200 million and covers four…