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28 Nov (NucNet): The Cameco Corporation said today that it is temporarily suspending production of uranium hexafluoride (UF6) at its Port Hope plant in Canada’s Ontario province until the second half of 2009.
28 Nov (NucNet): Work towards the eventual return to operation of Japan’s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant is progressing steadily, the Japan Atomic Industrial Forum (JAIF) has said.
28 Nov (NucNet): The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said yesterday that countries considering starting domestic nuclear energy programmes need the agency’s assistance to ensure they have a solid infrastructure.
28 Nov (NucNet): The start of the sale process for land adjacent to three Magnox nuclear power plant sites in the UK was announced on 26 November 2008 by the country’s Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) and Electricite de France (EDF).
27 Nov (NucNet): The head of Germany-based utility group E.ON today called for a renewed public debate about the continued operation of the country’s nuclear power plants.
26 Nov (NucNet): The European nuclear industry has welcomed today’s adoption by the European Commission (EC) of a proposed new directive setting up an EU framework for nuclear safety.
David Bonser To Chair New UK-Based Westinghouse Organisation
26 Nov (NucNet): Westinghouse Electric said today it had formed a new UK-based company to pursue commercial nuclear power business in the country.
26 Nov (NucNet): Japan is dealing with requests from several countries including the United Arab Emirates and Jordan for help in launching nuclear power programmes, nuclear industry representatives have been told.
Canada’s Midwest Project Postponed As Utah Mine Operations Suspended
26 Nov (NucNet): The Areva group said yesterday it is shelving its Midwest mine project in Canada’s Saskatchewan province.
24 Nov (NucNet): Shares in the UK’s Sellafield nuclear site company have been transferred from British Nuclear Fuels Ltd to a specially-created private sector consortium – Nuclear Management Partners Ltd (NMP).
US Wolf Creek Operating Licence Renewed For Further 20 Years
21 Nov (NucNet): The operating licence of the US Wolf Creek nuclear power plant in Kansas has been renewed for a further 20 years, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said yesterday.
21 Nov (NucNet): Japan says a summit meeting next year with Pacific island nations will be important for its transports of nuclear fuel from Europe.
21 Nov (NucNet): The world’s nuclear community if facing an historic turning point, an international conference in India on topical nuclear safety issues was told this week.
Leaders Discuss Nuclear Opportunities For South Korea In Brazil
20 Nov (NucNet): Proposals for companies from South Korea to take part in an expansion of Brazil’s nuclear energy programme have been discussed at a meeting of the countries’ leaders.
19 Nov (NucNet): The scheduled start of operations at Japan’s Ohma nuclear power plant will be delayed by about two years to 2014, the Japan Atomic Industrial Forum (JAIF) reported today.
19 Nov (NucNet): A safety evaluation report has been issued for the early site permit (ESP) application and limited work authorisation (LWA) that could lead to building two units on a site near the US Vogtle nuclear power plant.
Argentina Agrees On Nuclear Energy Cooperation With Algeria
18 Nov (NucNet): Algeria and Argentina have agreed to cooperate in the peaceful use of nuclear energy under a bilateral agreement signed by both countries yesterday.
18 Nov (NucNet): An international conference in India on topical nuclear safety issues will help countries new to nuclear power focus on ‘a 100-year horizon’.
10 Nov (NucNet): Australia’s Opal research reactor has returned to full operation and will restart production of technetium 99m, a radioisotope used in some 80 per cent of all nuclear medicine procedures globally, later this month.
10 Nov (NucNet): Kazakhstan is to take part in the building of nuclear power plants in China as part of a new strategic partnership.
7 Nov (NucNet): So-called alternatives to the proposed Yucca Mountain deep geological repository in the US state of Nevada are a distraction from the key issue of getting the repository built, a conference heard this week.
7 Nov (NucNet): EU energy commissioner Andris Piebalgs has said a revised proposal for a European Commission directive on nuclear safety will be presented within the next few weeks.
7 Nov (NucNet): More nuclear generating capacity will be needed in Finland, according to a ‘Long-Term Climate and Energy Strategy’ published by the government yesterday.
6 Nov (NucNet): The US nuclear energy industry has congratulated Barack Obama on his election as the country’s next president.
6 Nov (NucNet): The head of US-based developer of thorium-based nuclear fuel designs Thorium Power has said the marketplace for new opportunities in India’s commercial nuclear energy sector is worth an estimated 150 billion US dollars (116 billion euro).
5 Nov (NucNet): India’s prime minister Manmohan Singh has said Japan can be his country’s “preferred partner” in developing energy efficient technologies including nuclear.
5 Nov (NucNet): Vattenfall has acquired an 18.7 per cent stake in Polish energy company ENEA – one of four of the country’s state-owned energy companies, it was announced today.
5 Nov (NucNet): The Cameco Corporation said yesterday that a “modest increase” of water was flowing into the McArthur River uranium mine in Canada but there was no impact on production.
4 Nov (NucNet): Canada’s Bruce Power is to conduct an environmental assessment (EA) into the possible construction of a new nuclear power plant in the Haldimand-Norfolk region of southern Ontario.
4 Nov (NucNet): The formation of a body to oversee nuclear decommissioning and waste disposal funding arrangements in the UK was announced by the government yesterday.
4 Nov (NucNet): Companies considering building new nuclear power plants in the US are being offered contracts for the disposal of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radwaste from the Department of Energy (DOE).
4 Nov (NucNet): Work on the completion of units 3 and 4 of the Mochovce nuclear power plant in western Slovakia resumed yesterday.
3 Nov (NucNet): The US Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded a 2.5 billion US dollar (USD) (1.9 billion euro) management and operating contract to USA Repository Services (USA-RS) for a wide range of work to licence and complete the proposed Yucca Mountain deep geological repository in Nevada.
