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Areva: Outlook bright despite OL3 overruns
Source: World Nuclear NewsAreva is anticipating orders and revenue to increase sharply over the remainder of 2008, although it has had to make an additional provision on the contract…
Kursk workers swap fuel rods for fishing rods
Topics: Industry & BusinessSource: World Nuclear NewsA fishing tournament organized by the Trade Union and the Youth Organization of Russia's Kursk nuclear power plant was dedicated to the memory of the former…
Hutton wants deal soon between BE and EdF
Source: World Nuclear News[Telegraph, 28 August] The UK's business secretary, John Hutton, has said that he wants a deal between British Energy (BE) and Electricité de France (EdF) to…
An agenda to integrate
Source: World Nuclear NewsA new company has been formed to smooth out the lumps and bumps in nuclear fuel supply market. Accord Nuclear Resources will be backed by the…
Coal power to abort the nuclear industry?
Source: World Nuclear NewsAustralia's Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union thinks residents of Queensland would rather work in a coal mine than a nuclear power plant. The union's mining division…
Kazakh uranium workers compete for gold
Topics: Industry & BusinessSource: World Nuclear NewsThe Beijing Olympics may be over, but Kazakh uranium industry workers are now holding their own mini-Olympics. KazAtomProm announced that its 8th Annual Sports Contest began…
Cameco digs into exploration in Niger
Source: World Nuclear NewsCanadian uranium giant Cameco has taken a stake in a company exploring for the mineral in Niger, marking its first foray in the country. The strategic…
'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…
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%,…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…