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Iran to soon clarify nuclear program
Topics: Policy & RegulationSource: World Nuclear News[RIA Novosti, 12 January; IAEA, 13 January] Iran has agreed to clarify all outstanding questions over its past nuclear activities within one month, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) announced following a two-day visit to…
French energy consortium to offer nuclear plant to UAE
Source: World Nuclear NewsOil giant Total has joined Areva and Suez to sign a partnership agreement to submit a nuclear power plant project to authorities in the United Arab Emirates. The move comes just prior to a visit…
Firms get set for new build
Source: World Nuclear NewsCompanies involved in the push for new nuclear power in the UK reacted favourably to the government invitation to submit their plans for new build. Areva has announced that it wants to build four to…
Bruce refurb and uprate project progresses
Topics: Plant OperationsSource: World Nuclear NewsBruce Power has progressed on its refurbishment and uprate projects. All the replacement steam generators have now been delivered for units 1 and 2, while three of the units have now been uprated. …
Man makes nuclear reactor in garage
Source: World Nuclear News[NBC 5, 9 January; Dallas News, 10 January] A 22-year-old man from Rockwall, Texas, has reportedly attempted to build a small-scale nuclear power reactor in his garage. Representatives from the police, the FBI and the…
Companies take action to secure sulfuric acid supplies
Topics: Fuel & WasteSource: World Nuclear NewsCompanies are taking action to overcome a shortage in Kazakhstan of sulfuric acid, used as the main chemical reagent in in-situ leaching (ISL) uranium production, following a fire at a production plant and the delayed…
Funding brings international fuel bank closer
Source: World Nuclear NewsA $50 million funding allocation granted by the US Congress towards a nuclear fuel reserve managed by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has been welcomed by agency director general Mohamed ElBaradei. …
Zapatero vows nuclear energy cuts in Spain
Topics: Policy & RegulationSource: World Nuclear News[AFP, 9 January] Spain's prime minister, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, has promised that if he is re-elected on 9 March he will reduce the country's dependence on nuclear power. Speaking at an economic forum in…
Nuclear power is "vital" to Britain
Source: World Nuclear NewsNew nuclear power is at the heart of the UK government's low carbon energy bill. Private companies were invited today to propose plans to build new reactors. …
Canadian safety chief rebuts minister’s claims
Source: World Nuclear NewsLinda Keen, Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) president, has published a letter strongly rebuting written comments made by Gary Lunn, Natural Resources Minister, which questioned Keen's judgement. …
Suez "close" to nuclear sale
Topics: Industry & BusinessSource: World Nuclear News[Hemscott, 8 January] Suez, owner of Belgium energy company Electrabel, is reported to be close to reaching an agreement with SPE of Belgium on the sale of 635 MWe of nuclear capacity. Under the deal,…
Westinghouse invests in zirconium tube plant
Source: World Nuclear NewsWestinghouse is to invest nearly $13 million in improvements at a plant that makes zirconium alloy tubes for nuclear fuel in readiness for the worldwide nuclear renaissance. …
Higashidori-1 NPS delays reported
Source: World Nuclear News[Nikkei: 5 January] TEPCO will postponed plans for construction of the Higashidori-1 NPS by one year, according to Japanese business daily Nikkei. Construction was due to start in December 2008. With the delay, necessitated by…
China contributes $1.4 billion to ITER
Topics: Research & TechnologySource: World Nuclear NewsChina will contribute 10 billion yuan ($1.4 billion) to the International Thermonuclear Experimental Nuclear Reactor (ITER). Chinese researchers will build components and transport them to Cadarache, where construction of ITER is due to start this…
Crack at Davis-Besse "non-emergency"
Source: World Nuclear NewsA leak too small to measure, discovered during a scheduled outage at the Davis-Besse nuclear power plant, has been classed as a "non-emergency". …
US research facility cleanup contract
Source: World Nuclear NewsURS Corporation's Washington Division has been awarded a $67 million task order to deactivate and demolish a 1950s nuclear research facility at the Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory, New York State. …
UK media attention on energy
Topics: Policy & RegulationSource: World Nuclear NewsEnergy issues are dominant in the UK media three days ahead of the government's announcement on the future of nuclear power. Prime minister Gordon Brown has said he "will not shirk from the tough long-term…
Agreement on testing of thorium fuels
Source: World Nuclear NewsThorium Power of the USA announced on 31 December that it had reached a new formal agreement with Russia's Kurchatov Institute relating to the irradiation testing program for Thorium Power's thorium-based nuclear fuel designs. The…
Remote control tokamak
Topics: Research & TechnologySource: World Nuclear NewsA fusion reactor in Japan has been remotely controlled from Germany as part of preparation work for the multinational Iter project that could make fusion power a reality. …
Israeli nuclear complex ‘very pretty’ inside
Source: World Nuclear News[Associated Press, 2 January] The Israel Atomic Energy Commission has shown footage of the interior of the Dimona nuclear complex at a jobs fair at Ben Gurion University. Nili Lifshitz, a spokeswoman for the commission,…