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Uranium on menu if mine proceeds, ALP warns
Source: World Nuclear News[Northern Territory News, 26 March] An Australian Labor Party (ALP) document suggests that residents of Alice Springs would be eating uranium for breakfast if proposed mines go ahead in the area. According to the document,…
Nuclear-powered aluminium smelter plan progresses
Source: World Nuclear News[Nuclear.Ru, 24 March] AtomStroyExport (ASE) and United Company Rusal, the world's largest aluminium and aluminium oxide producer, have established a design company to conduct a feasibility study and site studies for a combined nuclear power…
Contract signed for Leningrad II construction
Source: World Nuclear NewsSt Petersburg-based AtomEnergoProekt has signed a 136 billion rouble ($5.8 billion) state contract for the construction of two new nuclear units at Phase II of the Leningrad nuclear power plant. Anatoly Molchanov, first deputy director…
Belgian nuclear plans stay the same
Source: World Nuclear NewsPlans to extend the lives of Belgium's nuclear power plants, a topic much discussed in the run-up to the inauguration of the country's new government, have not been included in the government's platform and are…
Fennovoima makes further land acquisition
Topics: New ReactorsSource: World Nuclear NewsFennovoima announced on 26 March that it has acquired almost 100 hectares of land in the Norrskogen area in Kristinestad on Finland's western coast. Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) are currently being conducted in Kristinestad, Pyhäjoki,…
New company formed to promote ABWRs in North America
Source: World Nuclear NewsToshiba of Japan will participate in Nuclear Innovation North America LLC, a new company formed by NRG Energy to promote the use of GE-Hitachi's Advanced Boiling Water Reactor in North America. …
New Japanese nuclear power reactors delayed
Topics: New ReactorsSource: World Nuclear NewsTokyo Electric Power Co announced that the start of operation of four new nuclear power reactors would be delayed, while Electric Power Development Co said the start of construction of its Ohma plant had been…
Shaw gets Haiyang turbine island support contract
Source: World Nuclear NewsThe Shaw Group announced on 25 March that it had signed a contract with Shandong Electric Power Engineering Consulting Institute (SDEPCI) to provide engineering service support for the turbine island of the Haiyang nuclear power…
Middle Eastern nations do nuclear diplomacy
Topics: Policy & RegulationSource: World Nuclear NewsMiddle Eastern diplomats have been busy, with new nuclear cooperation agreements signed by Egypt and Russia, Bahrain and the USA, and Algeria and China. Meanwhile, the United Arab Emirates has established its own agency to…
Promote nuclear energy to combat climate change, says AEC
Source: World Nuclear NewsJapan should take the lead in promoting nuclear energy worldwide as part of efforts to combat global climate change, the Atomic Energy Commission recommended in its annual report submitted on 21 March to the government.…
Turkey tender formally launched
Source: World Nuclear News[Reuters, 24 March] Turkey has finally launched the tender process for the construction of the country's first nuclear power plant, originally planned for February. According to a statement in the country's Official Gazette the closing…
UK announces prioritized GDA process
Source: World Nuclear NewsThe UK government has announced the start of an operator-led prioritization process to select no more than three nuclear reactor designs to proceed to the next stage of Generic Design Assessment (GDA). This is to…
Support for more nuclear in Romania
Source: World Nuclear NewsBuilding another nuclear power plant in Romania is "extremely necessary", said prime minister Calin Popescu Tariceanu. The country already has two reactors and has recently selected investors to complete another two. …
Rosenergoatom teams in winter sports contest
Topics: Industry & BusinessSource: World Nuclear NewsThe opening ceremony of the Polar Nucleus 2008 sporting contest will be held this evening in the town of Poliarnye Zori near Kola nuclear power plant. Two teams from Rosenergoatom will compete in the games:…
Areva partners to double uranium production
Source: World Nuclear NewsAreva is planning to double its production rates of uranium, and has signed a partnership with minerals engineering firm Technip. …
Toshiba, AtomEnergoProm sign framework agreement
Topics: Industry & BusinessSource: World Nuclear NewsJapan's Toshiba Corporation and Russia's AtomEnergoProm have signed a general framework agreement under which they will explore collaboration in the civil nuclear power business. It could develop into a strategic partnership. …
UK regulators give initial OK to proposed reactor designs
Source: World Nuclear NewsThe UK's nuclear regulators have given their initial approval to all four reactor designs proposed for the country's next generation of nuclear power plants. …
New Brazilian steam generators ready
Source: World Nuclear NewsEletronuclear, operator of Brazil’s only nuclear power plant, has officially received two new steam generators for Angra unit 1. The plant is currently undergoing preparatory work in readiness for the installation of the new steam…
Edison keen to build new reactors in Italy
Source: World Nuclear News[Bloomberg, Thomson Financial, 18 March] Umberto Quadrino, CEO of Italian utility Edison, said that it would take at least ten years to construct a nuclear power plant in Italy if the country ends its moratorium…
Issues unresolved on US-India nuclear deal
Topics: Policy & RegulationSource: World Nuclear News[AFP, 17 March; Reuters, 18 March] The Indian government said that it would hold further talks in April with its communist allies after talks on 17 March failed to break a deadlock over the nuclear…