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28 Aug (NucNet): The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) says it will continue to monitor the performance of the new emergency notification system (ENS) for the two-unit Indian Point nuclear power plant now that it has been placed into service.
Areva To Boost ‘Environmental And Health Monitoring’ At Tricastin
27 Aug (NucNet): Areva is to invest a further 20 million euro (30 million US dollars) to improve environmental and health monitoring at its Tricastin site in southern France, following an incident last month, and to “settle the balance of its industrial legacy”.
27 Aug (NucNet): Westinghouse Electric and The Shaw Group have signed a letter of intent to form a joint venture company to make and assemble structural and equipment modules for Westinghouse’s AP1000 nuclear plants to be built in the US and in markets where in-country supplies are unavailable.
South Africa’s PBMR Project Moves ‘Closer To Construction’
22 Aug (NucNet): South Africa’s Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (PBMR) project has moved a step closer to the construction of a commercial-scale demonstration unit at Koeberg near Cape Town with the signing of a contract for the provision of engineering, procurement, project and construction management (EPCM) services for the plant.
20 Aug (NucNet): Jordan and China have signed an agreement that paves the way for future cooperation in nuclear power projects including electricity generation and desalination.
19 Aug (NucNet): There are no environmental impacts that would preclude issuing an early site permit (ESP) that could lead to building new units at a site near the Vogtle nuclear power plant in the US, regulators said yesterday.
19 Aug (NucNet): Vietnam is hosting a five-day regional seminar on infrastructure development for the introduction of nuclear power generation. The seminar began yesterday.
16 Aug (NucNet): A blueprint for the Next Generation Nuclear Plant (NGNP) to be built in the US was delivered to Congress yesterday.
15 Aug (NucNet): An application has been filed to renew the operating licence of the single-unit Kewaunee Power Station in the US.
15 Aug (NucNet): The latest results from the use of radiation technology in producing plant and crop varieties that are resistant to disease and adaptable to difficult growing conditions were discussed at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna this week.
15 Aug (NucNet): China and South Korea are to restart ministerial-level talks in the first half of 2009 about the potential expansion of bilateral technical and commercial links in nuclear energy projects.
13 Aug (NucNet): The Cameco Corporation has reported a setback in remediation work at the Cigar Lake uranium mine in northern Saskatchewan, Canada.
13 Aug (NucNet): Building has begun in Japan of a plant that will manufacture a new centrifugal separator, the Japan Atomic Industrial Forum (JAIF) said yesterday.
Cameco Completes Acquisition Of Stake In Australian Uranium
Project
12 Aug (NucNet): Canada’s Cameco Corporation said yesterday that
it had completed the acquisition of a 70 percent interest in the Kintyre
uranium exploration project in Western Australia.
Nuclear ‘At Forefront Of Japan Energy Policy’ As
New Ministers Appointed
12 Aug (NucNet): Japan has a “pressing need” to firmly
establish the nuclear cycle as part of the future direction of domestic
energy policy, according to the head of the country’s Agency
for Natural Resources and Energy (ANRE).
11 Aug (NucNet): A special inspection has begun at the Palisades nuclear power plant in the US to review operational and equipment problems that prevented workers from leaving the containment area.
UAE Pledges USD 10 Million For International Fuel Bank
Initiative
8 Aug (NucNet): The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has pledged 10 million
US dollars (USD) (6 million euro) towards a fuel bank proposal originally
launched by the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) in 2006.
Texas Energy Plan Encourages New Nuclear Development
8 Aug (NucNet): A blueprint for future energy policy in the US state
of Texas calls for greater encouragement for the development of nuclear
power and recommends that permit procedures should be speeded-up so
as not to delay projects.
McCain Reiterates Support For Nuclear During Enrico Fermi Visit
8 Aug (NucNet): Republican presidential nominee John McCain has reiterated
his call for the US to construct 45 new nuclear reactors by the year
2030, almost doubling the 104 nuclear plants now in use.
UK Publishes Guide To Applying For Nuclear Site Licence
8 Aug (NucNet): The UK’s Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has
published a step-by-step guide aimed primarily at organisations who
want a licence to construct a nuclear power plant in the country.
7 Aug (NucNet): The opening of international uranium enrichment centres in Russia is one of the key priorities of the country as it plans to become “a global player” in the nuclear energy sector, the Rosatom State Nuclear Energy Corporation has said.
6 Aug (NucNet): The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said yesterday that it is conducting a special inspection at the country’s twin-unit Prairie Island nuclear power plant to review the causes of a reactor trip and a subsequent trip of one of two auxiliary feedwater pumps.
6 Aug (NucNet): The total cost estimate of the proposed Yucca Mountain deep geological repository in the US has increased 38 percent before inflation since the last published estimate in 2001, the Department of Energy (DOE) has said.
5 Aug (NucNet): UK utility Centrica confirmed yesterday that it has held talks with a third party about taking a minority ownership stake in British Energy (BE).
5 Aug (NucNet): The Cooper nuclear power plant in Nebraska will continue to receive additional oversight from the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) because of a violation that affected the reliability of one of the plant’s emergency diesel generators, the commission has confirmed.
4 Aug (NucNet): There are no indications of any release of radioactivity to the environment from an incident at an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) laboratory in Austria, the agency said yesterday.
4 Aug (NucNet): The UK’s largest trade union has called for “urgent” talks with the government after a proposed deal for the sale of British Energy (BE) to France’s state-owned Electricite de France was rejected.
1 Aug (NucNet): A proposed deal for the sale of British Energy (BE) to France’s state-owned Electricite de France (EDF) has been rejected, it was announced today.
