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Yulia Nagaeva crowned Miss Atom 2008
Topics: Industry & BusinessSource: World Nuclear NewsThe most beautiful woman in the nuclear industry of the former Soviet Union is Yulia Nagaeva, according internet voters in the annual Miss Atom competition. The…
Areva to soon select site for US enrichment plant
Source: World Nuclear News[Associated Press, 7 March] Areva Inc has reportedly narrowed its search for a possible site for its proposed US uranium enrichment plant from some 200 to…
Ontario invites international bids
Source: World Nuclear NewsOntario's Minister of Energy, Gerry Phillips, has announced a two-phase competitive Request For Proposal process to select a nuclear reactor vendor. Four international vendors, Areva NP,…
Toshiba launches US nuclear company
Topics: Industry & BusinessSource: World Nuclear NewsToshiba of Japan has established a new company in the USA to promote and enhance its nuclear power businesses as it works towards its goal of…
France and South Africa sign nuclear skills agreements
Source: World Nuclear NewsFrance's Areva and Nuclear Energy Corporation of South Africa (Necsa) have signed agreements that will see Areva's support for engineering and nuclear skills development extended and…
Sheffield Forgemasters invests in heavy presses
Topics: Industry & BusinessSource: World Nuclear News[The Times, 3 March] Sheffield Forgemasters International (SFI) of the UK is considering building a 15,000-tonne press to satisfy the demand for parts arising from a…
Coal starts to burn investors
Source: World Nuclear NewsCoal-fired power generation in the USA is facing some of the same fundamental problems that nuclear power faced during the 1970s, a new report said. The…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
First Uranium considers generating own power
Source: World Nuclear NewsFirst Uranium announced on 13 February that it has concluded a preliminary review of the feasibility of generating its own power due to on-going power shortages…
Kurchatov Institute signs contract for Iter superconductor
Source: World Nuclear NewsThe Kurchatov Institute is to supply a superconductor for the toroidal field magnet system of the Iter fusion project to be built at Cadarache, France. The…
Nuclear firms applauded
Source: World Nuclear NewsNuclear generator Endesa is the world's most sustainable electricity company, according to a report. The top 15% of companies in the electricity sector included 14 with…
Bulgarian leaders moot energy consolidation
Source: World Nuclear NewsBulgarian leaders have agreed to consolidate the country's biggest state-owned energy companies including the Kozloduy nuclear power plant into a single energy holding, according to prime…
Kazakh warning to foreign investors over contracts
Source: World Nuclear News[Agence France Presse, 8 February; Asia Times, 13 February] Kazakhstan's prime minister, Karim Masimov, has reportedly ordered the suspension of all negotiations with foreign investors on…
UK National Nuclear Archive to be built in Scotland
Source: World Nuclear NewsA UK National Nuclear Archive is to be created in Caithness, Scotland, at a cost of £20 million ($39 million). The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority said that…
Bank concedes to anti-nuclear pressure
Source: World Nuclear NewsThe Dutch ING Group has decided not to invest in the Mochovce nuclear build project after pressure from Greenpeace. The move has come as a result…
Rio Tinto rejects improved bid from BHP Billiton
Topics: Industry & BusinessSource: World Nuclear NewsRio Tinto has rejected an improved offer from BHP Billiton to acquire all of its shares, saying that the offer of some $147.4 billion – up…