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NucNet: Global Nuclear News
The nuclear communications network
July 2008
Ground Broken At Site Of China’s Haiyang Nuclear Power Plant
30 Jul (NucNet): Ground has been broken one month ahead of schedule at the site of the Haiyang nuclear power plant in Shandong province on the east coast of China.
Consultation Starts In UK Over Draft Criteria For New Nuclear Plant Sites
22 Jul (NucNet): Draft criteria for the siting of potential new nuclear power plants in England and Wales have been published for consultation by the UK government today.
Inspections Draw To Close At Quake-Hit Japan Plant
22 Jul (NucNet): External inspections of Japan’s Kashiwazaki Kariwa nuclear power plant are expected to be completed by the end of this month – just over one year after the plant was shut down following a major earthquake.
Rolls-Royce To Establish New Unit For ‘GBP 50 Billion’ Nuclear Market
17 Jul (NucNet): British aircraft engine maker Rolls-Royce is establishing a new business unit to address the global market for civil nuclear power. The company estimates that this worldwide market could be worth 50 billion pounds (GBP) (100 billion US dollars, 63 billion euro) a year in 15 years time.
Areva Invests In Future Nuclear Professionals At Bulgarian University
17 Jul (NucNet): France’s Areva group is to support academic studies at a university in Bulgaria to help support the development of nuclear engineering skills.
New ‘Brown
Book’ Shows Nuclear Share In OECD Countries Remains Strong
16 Jul (NucNet): The nuclear share of total electricity
production in countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation
and Development (OECD) was more than 21 percent in 2007, according
to new figures published today by the OECD’s Nuclear Energy Agency
(NEA).
Poll
Shows Japanese ‘Unaware Of Nuclear Significance
In Reducing Carbon’
15 Jul (NucNet): A new opinion poll indicates that the majority of
Japanese believe nuclear energy to be of least importance in achieving
a low-carbon society.
Court
Challenge Launched Over End Of Development At MAPLE Reactors
14 Jul (NucNet): Legal action has been launched
against Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) over its decision
to discontinue development work of the MAPLE reactors at the Chalk
River Laboratories in Ontario.
UK
Prime Minister ‘Convinced’ Nuclear Renaissance Is Needed
14 Jul (NucNet): British prime minister Gordon Brown is “convinced” that
a renaissance of nuclear power is necessary if continued oil dependence and
unchecked climate change are to be avoided.
Special
Surveillance’ To Continue At France’s Tricastin Site
11 Jul (NucNet): France’s Nuclear Safety Authority
(ASN) is to continue “special surveillance” of two small
rivers – La Gaffière and Le Lauzon – near the
Tricastin nuclear site following an incident earlier this week when
a solution containing 12 grams of natural uranium per litre entered
the rainwater drainage system after overflowing from a tank.
NDA
Announces Preferred Bidder For Sellafield Contract
11 Jul (NucNet): The UK’s Nuclear Decommissioning
Authority (NDA) has announced that its preferred bidder for the 1.3
billion pounds-a-year (GBP) (2.5 billion US dollars, 1.6 billion
euro) contract to decommission the Sellafield nuclear site in north-west
England is Nuclear Management Partners, a consortium consisting of
Washington International Holdings, British engineering group Amec
and Areva NC.
UK
Committee Says Cleanup Costs Could Rise ‘Significantly’
10 Jul (NucNet): The cost of decommissioning nuclear
power sites in the UK could rise “significantly” above
the 73 billion pounds (GBP) (144 billion US dollars, 91 billion
euro) already estimated, a cross-party committee of MPs (members
of parliament) has said.
Safety
Inspectors at French Site After Release Of Natural Uranium Solution
9 Jul (NucNet): An incident in southern France when
a solution containing 12 grams of natural uranium per litre entered
the rainwater drainage system after overflowing from a tank had only “limited
and falling” environmental impact, plant operator Socatri said
yesterday.
Nuclear
Industry ‘Ready To Help’ Developing
Countries
8 Jul (NucNet): The nuclear energy industry is ready to supply developing
countries with small and medium capacity nuclear reactor units as a
way of contributing to their development and improving their energy
security, the director-general of Russia’s Rosatom State Nuclear
Energy Corporation has said.
IAEA
Completes Conceptual Safety Review Of Atmea-1 Reactor Design
7 Jul (NucNet): The International Atomic Energy
Agency (IAEA) has completed its review of the conceptual safety design
features of the advanced generation Atmea-1 reactor being developed
by a joint venture between Areva and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
(MHI).
Kazakhstan
Named As Potential Member Of ITER Project
4 Jul (NucNet): Kazakhstan could become the newest
partner of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER)
project based in Cadarache, southern France.
Industry
Welcomes Increased EU Public Support For Nuclear
4 Jul (NucNet): The European nuclear industry has
welcomed the results of the latest Eurobarometer survey* on attitudes
towards radioactive waste, which was published on 3 July 2008.
Feasibility
Study To Consider Candu Reactor Programme For Jordan
3 Jul (NucNet): Canada is to work with Jordan on
assessing the feasibility of launching a domestic nuclear power programme.
Areva
Boosting Production Of EPR Components In France
3 Jul (NucNet): Areva is to boost the production
capacity of forged nuclear components including reactor vessels and
steam generators, the group announced today.
‘Consensus
Needed For Nuclear Revival To Succeed In EU’
2 Jul (NucNet): Harmonising certification procedures for new reactor
models could be a first step towards consensus on energy policies including
nuclear within the EU, according to the France-based Areva group.
Nuclear
Cooperation Outlined In Japan-Kazakhstan Agreement
2 Jul (NucNet): The leaders of Japan and Kazakhstan
have signed a statement paving the way for bilateral cooperation
including nuclear energy activities, according to the Japan Atomic
Industrial Forum (JAIF).