Nuclear News

Funds for Legacy Waste Facility in Ontario, Canada

Government of Canada awards C$20 million for design and construction oversight for long-term facility to manage historic low-level radioactive waste at Port Hope in Ontario. Contract covers detailed design of long-term waste management facility as well as the design of supporting infrastructure and planning the remediation of numerous other sites throughout the Port Hope municipality.
10/03/2010 More »

Approval for Myhhra

Belgian nuclear scientists given go-ahead to work towards an advanced new research reactor system with a role in researching the transmutation of wastes. The project should create about 2000 long-term jobs.
10/03/2010 More »

Teams Compete for NGNP Design

USA asks for more reactor design work from two technology teams led by General Atomics and Westinghouse. One of the designs could be picked for construction as the Next Generation Nuclear Plant (NGNP).
10/03/2010 More »

Siting Study Licence Issued in United Arab Emirates

First licence to be issued by the United Arab Emirates' nuclear regulator will enable the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (Enec) to study potential sites for the country's first nuclear power plant.
10/03/2010 More »

GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy and EnergyLab to Help Italy Pursue Next Generation of Safe Nuclear Power Plants for Near-Zero-Carbon Electricity

GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) today announced it has signed an agreement with EnergyLab Foundation to support Italy's pursuit of safe nuclear energy to address the country's goals for energy security and cleaner energy.
09/03/2010 More »

GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy, Polish Energy Company PGE Sign Agreement to Explore Diversifying Poland's Energy Production, Reduce Carbon Emissions

GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) and Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (PGE) announce new agreement to collaborate on Poland's initiative to build next-generation commercial nuclear power plants. Poland plans to build two nuclear power plants to help diversify its energy production, which relies heavily on coal-based technologies.
08/03/2010 More »

Kazakhstan Signs Cooperation Deal with Japan

Japan and Kazakhstan sign an agreement to cooperate in the peaceful uses of nuclear power. Meanwhile, Romania's president has said the country is open to cooperation with Kazakhstan, including in nuclear energy.
03/03/2010 More »

Russian's Construction of New Nuclear Power

Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin announces the allocation of 53 billion roubles ($1.77 billion) of federal money towards the construction of new nuclear power in 2010. Putin announced the funding for domestic new build in a meeting on investment in the Russian power industry.
02/03/2010 More »

Areva Granted Uranium Mining Rights in Jordan

Areva granted exclusive rights to mine for uranium in central region of Jordan under an agreement signed with the Jordan Atomic Energy Commission. Under the terms of the mining agreement, Areva has been granted the exclusive right to mine the deposit for 25 years.
01/03/2010 More »

Eskom Owned PBMR Facing Massive Cuts

South Africa stops funding development of the pebble bed modular reactor, leaving the project company looking at 75% cuts in staff. PBMR Pty is owned by Eskom, the South African state's power company, which has long struggled to meet growing demand for power in the country.
26/02/2010 More »

UK Nuclear Energy Centre Secures Funding

New Centre for Nuclear Energy Technology (C-NET) that will help develop nuclear industry professionals and support nuclear R&D has secured a share of a major UK government funding initiative.
24/02/2010 More »

Westinghouse is Formally Qualified for the Completion of Temelin

Westinghouse Electric Company notified by CEZ that it has successfully complied with the qualification requirements stipulated in the Qualification Documentation for the public contract "Completion of the Temelin Nuclear Power Plant".
24/02/2010 More »

Italian Cabinet Defines Nuclear Framework

Italian cabinet approve the nuclear law that should return nuclear energy to the country. It sets out a framework for a number of vital new-build issues, such as siting and waste management. This latest 'nuclear delegate law' is a requirement of the development law of July last year, that swept aside a 23-year ban on nuclear energy as part of a drive to increase energy independence.
18/02/2010 More »

PROFNET Expert Alerts: Iran's Nuclear Capabilities

President Obama imposed new sanctions on Iran after President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced Iran has produced its first batch of enriched uranium, sparking concerns from the U.S. and its allies that Iran can easily make the leap to weapons-grade enrichment.
18/02/2010 More »

CanAlaska Uranium and Mitsubishi Initiate Winter Exploration on 50:50 Joint Venture

CanAlaska Uranium Ltd. announces that as at February 12th, 2010, MC Resources Canada Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mitsubishi Corporation, completed the Cdn$11 million investment specified under the project's option agreement and formally earned a 50% ownership interest in the West McArthur uranium project.
18/02/2010 More »

Westinghouse Statement Regarding Issuance of Conditional Loan Guarantees for New Nuclear Construction

Westinghouse and its consortium team member The Shaw Group contract to provide two of Westinghouse AP1000™ nuclear power plants at Southern's Vogtle site in Georgia. The consortium is also building four AP1000s™ in China and been selected to provide no less than 12 additional AP1000s elsewhere in the United States.
16/02/2010 More »

SC EnergoNuclear S.A. and Atomic Energy of Canada Limited Sign Contract

SC EnergoNuclear S.A. and Atomic Energy of Canada Limited today announced the signing of a major contract to assess the technical and commercial viability, and planning of the Cernavoda Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) Units 3 and 4 investment project in Romania, currently in the pre-project phase.
10/02/2010 More »

AREVA and KEPCO Sign Partnership to Develop Imouraren Mine

AREVA and Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) sign agreement for the Korean group to join the Imouraren mine in Niger. The agreement is a continuation of that reached by AREVA and KEPCO for the Georges Besse II enrichment plant, and confirms their desire to work together at the front end of the nuclear fuel cycle.
09/02/2010 More »

AREVA Receives NRC Approval for Safety-Related Digital I&C System

AREVA today announced that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has granted approval for the digital Instrumentation & Controls (I&C) system upgrade of a U.S. nuclear station. AREVA is the first and only supplier to receive NRC approval for full application of a safety-related digital I&C system.
02/02/2010 More »

CanAlaska Uranium and Kodiak Start Drilling at McTavish Uranium Project

CanAlaska Uranium Ltd announces that Kodiak Exploration Limited commenced their initial drill program on the McTavish uranium project, situated in the prolific Athabasca Basin of northern Saskatchewan. Kodiak granted an option by the Company to acquire an initial 50% interest in the Project for $4,000,000 in exploration, $600,000 of which is to be completed before June, 2010.
02/02/2010 More »

Obama: Nuclear Power Part of America's Energy Future

In his first State of the Union address, President Obama said "to create more of these clean energy jobs, we need more production, more efficiency, more incentives. And that means building a new generation of safe, clean nuclear power plants in this country." In the Republican response, Governor Bob McDonnell of Virginia also called for more nuclear energy.
29/01/2010 More »

Babcock & Wilcox Receives $450 Million Order for Nuclear Components

Babcock & Wilcox Company through a subsidiary receives an award for manufacture of nuclear components to support U.S. defense programs, including the manufacture of U.S. Naval nuclear power systems for submarines and aircraft carriers.
27/01/2010 More »

Westinghouse Opens European Pump and Motor Maintenance and Repair Center in Belgium

Westinghouse Electric Company, the pioneering nuclear company, today inaugurated its European Pump and Motor Maintenance and Repair Center here to provide tailor-made solutions for its nuclear energy customers in Europe.
22/01/2010 More »

AECL Provides Update on NRU Activities

Atomic Energy of Canada Limited's (AECL) ongoing commitment to voluntary public disclosure of events related to the Chalk River Laboratories (CRL). AECL reports that the NRU reactor vessel repair activities are currently focused on preparation work in advance of the next series of weld repairs. To date, 29 per cent of the repair activities are complete.
21/01/2010 More »

Uranium Energy Corp Announces Palangana ISR Uranium Project Now Fully Permitted

Uranium Energy Corp announces the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has granted a Radioactive Materials License for the Palangana ISR Uranium Project located in Duval County, Texas.
18/01/2010 More »

Kivalliq Initiates Metallurgical Testing at Lac Cinquante

Kivalliq Energy Corporation today announced that SGS Mineral Services has been engaged to carry out initial metallurgical studies on samples prepared from drill core generated during the 2009 Program on the historic Lac Cinquante Uranium Deposit located in Nunavut, Canada.
18/01/2010 More »

Westinghouse Responds to Florida PSC's Rate Decision

Florida Public Service Commission's decision to reject Florida Power & Light's rate increase request will likely have a significant and long-term negative impact on both the Florida economy and environment.
18/01/2010 More »

U.S. and Morocco Work to Minimise Threats and Expand Cooperation on Nuclear Incident Response

National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) today completed cooperative training exercises in Morocco at the National Center for Nuclear Energy, Science and Technologies (CNESTEN) in Rabat. This training is part of the preparation for an exercise to be conducted under the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism.
15/01/2010 More »

Shaw Awarded Power Uprate Study for American Electric Power's Cook Nuclear Plant

Shaw Group today announced contract award for feasibility study by American Electric Power to support the first phase of a potential two-unit power uprate at the Cook Nuclear Plant near Bridgman, Mich., USA. Shaw will perform the study to define the feasibility, scope of work and estimated cost to uprate the 2,155-megawatt (MW) plant, providing an anticipated 400-MW increase of electricity.
14/01/2010 More »

Shaw and Westinghouse Reach Critical Milestone at Unit 1 of Sanmen AP1000(TM) Nuclear Site in China

The Shaw Group Inc. and Westinghouse Electric Company, along with China's State Nuclear Power Technology Corporation, Sanmen Nuclear Power Company and China Nuclear Industry Fifth Construction Corporation successfully completed the lift and setting of the containment vessel bottom head of Unit 1 at the Sanmen AP1000 nuclear power plant project.
11/01/2010 More »

Shaw Receives $10.8 Million Recovery Act Advanced Energy Manufacturing Tax Credit

Shaw Group awarded $10.8 million federal tax credit from U.S. Department of Energy and U.S. Internal Revenue Service for its Shaw Modular Solutions, LLC, nuclear module assembly facility in Lake Charles, La., USA. The goal of the tax credit, also referred to as Section 48C of the Internal Revenue Code, is to help build a robust, high-technology domestic manufacturing capacity to supply clean energy projects with U.S.-made parts and equipment.
08/01/2010 More »

SNC-Lavalin Nuclear (USA) Awarded Major Contract for Steam Generator Replacement in USA

SNC-Lavalin Nuclear (USA) signs contract with Xcel Energy to replace the Unit #2 steam generators at the Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant (PINGP), located at Welch, Minnesota, USA.
08/01/2010 More »

GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy, Detroit Edison Team up with Site Planning Agreement for World's Most Advanced Nuclear Reactor

GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) and Detroit Edison, Michigan's largest electric utility, today announced an agreement advancing the potential deployment of a next-generation nuclear reactor design. Agreement on site preparation work planning is a step forward in the federal license application process as GEH brings to market the ESBWR nuclear reactor to help energy companies meet rising electricity demand with clean-air energy.
17/12/2009 More »

B&W Wins Nuclear Contract for Condenser Replacement Project

Babcock & Wilcox, a subsidiary of McDermott International, awarded contract to support a condenser replacement project at Energy Northwest's Columbia Generating Station in Richland, Washington, USA.
15/12/2009 More »

McDermott Plans to Separate Into Two Independent Companies: Babcock & Wilcox and J. Ray McDermott

McDermott International, Inc. ("McDermott" or "the Company") announced today that it plans to separate its operating subsidiaries, The Babcock & Wilcox Company ("B&W") and J. Ray McDermott, S.A. ("J. Ray"), into two independent, publicly traded companies.
07/12/2009 More »

ABB Wins $73 Million Power Order in Switzerland

ABB wins orders worth $73 million from Kernkraftwerk Leibstadt to refurbish and upgrade the non safety related operational control and automation system at their 1,220 megawatt Leibstadt nuclear power plant in Switzerland.
02/12/2009 More »

AMEC Joins Forces with HCC to Pursue Nuclear New-build in India

AMEC signs Memorandum of Understanding with Hindustan Construction Co. Limited (HCC), an engineering construction company in India. The strategic partnership will bring world-class design, safety and project/programme management experience to support the development of new civil nuclear projects in India. HCC has proven expertise and a successful track record in the Indian nuclear power sector, having constructed 50 per cent of India's nuclear power capacity.
30/09/2009 More »

National Grid to Launch Major Public Consultation on Hinkley Point C Connection

National Grid unveils its proposals to connect a new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point to the national electricity transmission network. The company has been asked by EDF Energy to connect a 3600MW nuclear power station to be built close to the existing generating plant at Hinkley Point.
15/09/2009 More »