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Signing of definitive binding agreements for the sale of AREVA NP's activities
Dec 27, 2017 (SPX)
These agreements foresee the acquisition by EDF of 75.5% of New NP's capital on the basis of an adjusted valuation of euro 2.47 billion (for 100% of the capital...
For ailing US nuclear industry, new plants a shot in the arm
Dec 23, 2017 (AFP)
But this may not reverse the industry's recent decline. The Georgia Public Service Commission on Thursday approved construction of Vogtle reactors three and fou...
Japan company says to close two large ageing nuclear reactors
Dec 22, 2017 (AFP)
Kansai Electric Power's reactors No.1 and No.2 of the Oi plant in central Japan will be decommissioned, the largest reactors to be closed down aside from those ...
Russia to build nuclear power plant in Sudan
Dec 22, 2017 (AFP)
Bashir, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for genocide and war crimes, has been pushing for closer energy and military ties with Russia. T...
Bruce Power Contracts Major Industry Suppliers for Steam Generator Replacement Project
Dec 14, 2017 (SPX)
Work is scheduled to reach substantial completion in the first quarter of 2022. In addition to the contract for Unit 6, SGRT signed a long-term Preferred Suppli...
Defects found at China nuclear reactor project
Dec 13, 2017 (AFP)
The issue concerned equipment used in one of two new European Pressurised Reactors (EPR), large units designed to offer improved power and safety. With EPRs in ...
Australian waste treatment technology plays major role in management of radioactive waste
Dec 13, 2017 (SPX)
The Australian first-of-a-kind technology will be based in the soon-to-be-built Synroc radioactive waste treatment facility (SyMo), which is part of the $168 mi...
Mainz physicists propose a new method for monitoring nuclear waste
Dec 11, 2017 (SPX)
Neutrinos undergo almost no interaction with matter, and so they can penetrate practically unhindered through the Earth and any man-made shield. "Every second a...
AREVA NP Maintenance Technique Reduces Frequency of Component Inspections at Two Exelon Plants
Dec 11, 2017 (SPX)
AREVA NP applied its cavitation peening technique for the first time on an in-service RVCH at Byron Unit 2 in spring 2016. Subsequently, AREVA NP teams implemen...
Cairo, Moscow sign contract for Egypt's first nuclear plant
Dec 11, 2017 (AFP)
The contract to build the plant in Dabaa on the Mediterranean coast was signed during a live ceremony shown on state television and attended by the Russian lead...
For Gabon's sickly uranium miners, a long quest for compensation
Nov 29, 2017 (AFP)
The 82-year-old is a retired geochemist who used to work in a uranium mine in Gabon owned by French nuclear giant Areva. He and hundreds of other former workers...
Belarus nuclear power plant stirs fears in Lithuania
Nov 26, 2017 (AFP)
Construction of the facility, located in the northwestern Belarusian town of Ostrovets only around 20 kilometres (12 miles) from the Lithuanian border, is enter...
Lightbridge and AREVA NP Sign Agreements to Immediately Advance Fuel Development
Nov 22, 2017 (SPX)
The three agreements include a Research and Development Services Agreement, a Co-Ownership Agreement and an Intellectual Property Annex. These agreements are an...
UK made grave errors over Hinkley nuclear project: MPs
Nov 22, 2017 (AFP)
The House of Commons' Public Accounts Committee stressed that consumers will pay a high price for construction of the Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant, which...
Swiss nuclear plant finds defective tubes from France's Areva
Nov 20, 2017 (AFP)
"The nuclear power plant in Leibstadt informed the Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate (IFSN) a few days ago that some of its fuel production components did not...
Embattled Toshiba to boost capital by $5.3 bn share issuance
Nov 19, 2017 (AFP)
A board meeting on Sunday decided on the move, it said. Toshiba will issue 2.28 billion new shares to raise a total of 600 billion yen ($5.3 billion), with fina...
A fast reactor system to shorten the lifetime of long-lived fission products
Nov 15, 2017 (SPX)
The new method, published in Scientific Reports, could dramatically reduce the effective half-life (an indicator of the amount of time it takes to bring radioac...
AREVA NP introduces FORERUNNER robot to optimize steam generator inspections
Nov 13, 2017 (SPX)
AREVA NP plans to deploy the device as part of the suite of tools and software it uses to inspect and repair steam generators. This deployment will start in spr...
Nuclear energy programs may not increase likelihood of proliferation
Nov 08, 2017 (SPX)
In a historical analysis of the relationship between nuclear energy programs and proliferation from 1954 to 2000, the study finds that the link between the two ...
France backtracks on nuclear power reduction target
Nov 07, 2017 (AFP)
Environment Minister Nicolas Hulot admitted it "will be difficult to keep to the 2025 calendar without relaunching energy from fossil fuels". In 2015, the previ...
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