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India running out of time
Topics: Policy & RegulationSource: World Nuclear NewsChallenges facing Indian leaders are growing more acute as time runs short for nuclear trade deals. The US-India deal is now jeopardised by the American election schedule, while talks with the IAEA have been slow…
UK joins Global Nuclear Energy Partnership
Topics: Policy & RegulationSource: World Nuclear NewsThe UK has become the 21st member of the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP), after business and enterprise minister John Hutton accepted an invitation to sign the scheme's Statement of Principles. …
Argentina and Brazil team up for nuclear
Source: World Nuclear NewsNuclear energy and cooperation were at the heart of discussions between the two largest countries and greatest powers in South America. The result was an agreement to jointly develop nuclear power reactors, uranium enrichment as…
Centrica plans to invest in nuclear power
Source: World Nuclear NewsCentrica, the owner of British Gas, plans to invest in new energy sources, including nuclear power, in order to diversify power generation away from natural gas-fired plants. "We are going to be a major user…
Turkey delays nuclear power plant tender
Source: World Nuclear News[Associated Press, 21 February; Turkish Daily News, 23 February] Turkey has delayed the opening of a tender for the construction of the country's first nuclear power plant. The energy ministry said it was waiting for…
Mongolian uranium deposit feasibility study begins
Topics: Fuel & WasteSource: World Nuclear NewsWestern Prospector Group reported on 20 February that work has begun on a feasibility study for its Gurvanbulag uranium deposit in the Dornod region of Mongolia. Aker Kvaerner Canada is leading the work by consultants…
Areva carbon neutral; Fortum agrees to trade
Source: World Nuclear NewsFrench nuclear fuel cycle company Areva has announced that it achieved carbon neutrality in 2007. Meanwhile, Finland's Fortum has agreed to purchase 5 million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) emission units from Russian companies to…
Toshiba opens fast reactor research facility
Topics: Research & TechnologySource: World Nuclear NewsToshiba has opened a new facility in Yokohama, Japan, equipped with a high-temperature liquid-sodium test loop for conducting advanced research on fast reactor technology. The test loop will be used to conduct simulations at actual…
Chalk River nuclear chief to step down
Source: World Nuclear NewsBrian McGee will step down in May from his position as senior vice president and chief nuclear officer of Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd (AECL). The change comes in the wake of the medical isotope…
Georges Besse II project reaches 'major milestone'
Topics: Fuel & WasteSource: World Nuclear NewsAreva announced on 19 February that it had passed possession of the centrifuge assembly facility at the Tricastin site in France to Enrichment Technology Company (ETC), a joint venture between Areva and Urenco. Areva said…
GE creates New Energy Ventures
Topics: Industry & BusinessSource: World Nuclear NewsGeneral Electric has created a New Energy Ventures business unit for all its low-carbon technologies and placed its former head of nuclear energy at its head. The move places nuclear power at the centre of…
Residents relied on TV for details of Kashiwazaki Kariwa quake
Topics: Safety & EnvironmentSource: World Nuclear NewsAlmost everyone in the Tokyo region of Japan relied on the television for information about the July 2007 earthquake and its effects on the Kashiwazaki Kariwa nuclear power plant, a survey has found. …
Paladin wins Angela and Pamela
Source: World Nuclear NewsTwo Australian uranium deposits identified in the 1970s are to be exploited by a Paladin-Cameco joint venture. Dubbed Angela and Pamela, they contain around 12,000 tonnes of uranium. The joint venture hopes to move forward…
Cigar Lake successfully plugged
Source: World Nuclear NewsA concrete plug required to dewater the flooded Cigar Lake uranium mine has been proven effective, according to Cameco, 50% owner of the mine. The 7000 tonne per year mine could operate in 2011. …
Germany's nuclear phase-out 'isn't comprehensible'
Source: World Nuclear News[Energia.gr, 18 February; Reuters, 19 February] The head of EOn has called for a review of Germany's policy for the phase-out of nuclear power. Wulf Bernotat, EOn's CEO, speaking at an energy congress in Essen,…
Boosting Monticello
Source: World Nuclear NewsThe Monticello nuclear power plant in Minnesota, USA could have its output boosted by 10% – some 71 MWe – if owners Xcel are granted permission. …
Russia, Iran to initially jointly operate Bushehr
Source: World Nuclear NewsRussia and Iran held a meeting at the Bushehr nuclear power plant to discuss the commissioning of the first reactor and the formation of a joint venture to initially operate it. …
Norway's thorium option 'should be kept open'
Source: World Nuclear NewsCurrent knowledge of thorium-based energy production and the geology of the natural resource are insufficient to determine the potential value to Norway, according to a report to government. The thorium option 'should be kept open…
Inauguration of Ningde construction
Topics: New ReactorsSource: World Nuclear NewsAn inauguration ceremony was held today at the site of the Ningde nuclear power plant in China. It is to be the first of four in this phase of construction. …
Environmental study for Olkiluoto 4
Source: World Nuclear NewsBuilding a fourth nuclear power reactor at Finland's Olkiluoto site would have a positive effect on the local economy, without causing danger to the public, TVO concluded in its environmental impact assessment. …