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IAEA considers India safeguards
Topics: Policy & RegulationSource: World Nuclear NewsThe India-specific safeguards agreement is currently under consideration at an International Atomic Energy Agency board meeting. It represents a vital step in allowing India to buy and sell civil nuclear power generation technology and fuel.…
What now for British Energy?
Topics: Industry & BusinessSource: World Nuclear NewsBritish Energy (BE) rejected a revised takeover offer from Electricité de France (EdF) late last night. Matching announcements from both sides confirm that discussions continue. The French generator and supplier put in an offer of…
Ensa and TR unite to supply heat exchangers
Topics: Industry & BusinessSource: World Nuclear NewsTwo Spanish companies – Equipos Nucleares SA (Ensa) and Tecnicas Reunidas (TR) – have agreed to collaborate in the supply of heat exchangers for nuclear and thermal power plants worldwide. …
Cornerstone of Kozloduy's casks
Topics: Fuel & WasteSource: World Nuclear NewsThe cornerstone of a new used nuclear fuel store was laid yesterday in Bulgaria. The €50 million facility will store all the old fuel from the six Kozloduy power reactors above ground for at least…
Low priority for new reactors
Source: World Nuclear NewsSmall advanced reactors offer enormous potential to extend the reach of nuclear power – but safety regulators in some leading nuclear nations are too busy to approve the designs. …
Ontario reactor bid deadline extended
Source: World Nuclear News[The Canadian Press, 26 July] Ontario's energy minister, George Smitherman, has announced that the deadline for reactor vendors to submit bids for two new reactors at the existing Darlington site has been extended. In June,…
Equipment delays push back Ezulwini startup
Topics: Fuel & WasteSource: World Nuclear NewsProduction from a new uranium recovery plant at First Uranium's Ezulwini gold and uranium mine in South Africa has been put back from August to October 2008. Although partial commissioning of the 1.2 million tonnes…
India: Confidence vote clears path for trade?
Topics: Policy & RegulationSource: World Nuclear NewsAs India's first indigenously designed nuclear power plant celebrates its 25th anniversary, a vote of confidence in prime minister Manmohan Singh's coalition government could pave the way for the conclusion of the long-awaited US-India nuclear…
EOn and Statkraft finalize asset swap
Topics: Industry & BusinessSource: World Nuclear NewsGermany's EOn group has finalized its agreement with Statkraft for a €4.5 billion ($6.2 billion) asset swap under which EOn will take total ownership of its Swedish subsidiary, EOn Sverige. As part of the agreement,…
Tricastin pauses for alarm
Source: World Nuclear NewsRefuelling and maintenance work is to restart at Tricastin 4 this afternoon, following a radiation alarm yesterday morning. Workers in and around unit 4 were sent to the power plant's medical centre after alarms sounded…
Contracts for new US Areva plants
Source: World Nuclear NewsTwo contracts have been awarded related to new Areva facilities in the USA. One concerns an environmental study of an enrichment plant; the other, detailed engineering of sintering furnaces for a MOX plant. …
UK national laboratory confirmed
Source: World Nuclear NewsThe UK's National Nuclear Laboratory is to be an international "centre of excellence", said a minister today when confirming the facility will indeed go ahead. It is to be a main part of a regional…
Kazakhstan eyes top spot in uranium output
Topics: Fuel & WasteSource: World Nuclear NewsKazakhstan aims to overtake Canada and Australia to become the world's leading uranium supplier next year. The country is also getting involved in all stages of the front-end of the nuclear fuel cycle. …
ARMZ links with Areva, plans new U plant
Source: World Nuclear NewsRussian uranium mining company Atomredmetzoloto (ARMZ) has said it intends to set up a joint uranium prospecting and mining venture with French nuclear company Areva. Meanwhile, its Lunnoye subsidiary is to build a new uranium…
Malaysia looks into nuclear
Source: World Nuclear News[AFP, 22 July; The Star Online, 21 July] Malaysian utility Tenaga has set up a nuclear energy taskforce to look into building a nuclear power station at the request of the country's government. According to…
Russian reactor designer and constructor to merge
Topics: Industry & BusinessSource: World Nuclear NewsRussian reactor builder AtomStroyExport and design organization St Petersburg Scientific Research and Design Institute AtomEnergoProekt are to merge to boost their chances in the international nuclear reactor market. …
Sichuan province plans nuclear power plant
Topics: New ReactorsSource: World Nuclear News[Xinhua, 22 July] China's Sichuan province will soon submit an application to the state planner, the National Development and Reform Commission, for the construction of a nuclear power plant in the inland region, according to…
Plan to construct SVBR at Obninsk
Source: World Nuclear NewsRosatom and Russian Machines will establish a joint venture to develop a nuclear power plant employing an SVBR reactor, Nuclear.Ru reported. Vladimir Petrochenko, Russian Machines' director of power machine engineering, said the company was ready…
CNNC to develop uranium deposits in Qinghai
Topics: Fuel & WasteSource: World Nuclear NewsChina National Nuclear Corp has signed an agreement with the provincial government of Qinghai to jointly develop uranium deposits in the province in northwest China. …
Spanish firms target Chinese market
Topics: Industry & BusinessSource: World Nuclear NewsFour Spanish companies have formed a joint venture specifically targeted at supplying products and services to the Chinese nuclear power market. …