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• AREVA and Fresno Nuclear Energy Group to look at the U.S. EPR™ to meet California’s Energy Needs

  By Katherine Berezowskyj Last week, AREVA and Fresno Nuclear Energy Group (FNEG), LLC announced that they have signed a Letter of Intent to formalize their work together in the development of a nuclear power plant project for the Fresno, California area. This Letter of Intent means that AREVA and Fresno Nuclear Energy Group will begin cooperation on [...] Read More... Posted Jan 04 2010, 03:34 PM by AREVA Blog - North America Filed under: Nuclear Power, AREVA North America, News, AREVA EPR Reactor, Nuclear Power Plants, Energy Security, Uncategorized, California, Fresno Nuclear Energy Group

• AREVA Leads the Way in Tackling Climate Change, Part II

  by Mary Douglas Reprinted from AREVA Energy Business, Issue 8 Other Carbon-Free Energies Nuclear is only one option, albeit a key one, among AREVA’s range of carbon-free energy choices. The group is developing synergistic solutions including a range of renewable energies that make sense in a balanced energy mix. Renewable energy use is increasing worldwide. In emerging countries [...] Read More... Posted Dec 16 2009, 08:29 AM by AREVA Blog - North America Filed under: Nuclear Power, Nuclear Energy, AREVA North America, AREVA Inc., AREVA EPR Reactor, Nuclear Power Plants, Climate Change, Renewable Energy, Renewables, Carbon Emissions, AREVA M5000 Multibrid Wind Turbine, Copenhagen, COP-15, Mary Douglas, AREVA Energy Business

• AREVA Leads the Way in Tackling Climate Change, Part I

  by Mary Douglas Reprinted from AREVA Energy Business, Issue 8 Climate change is a reality and some of its impacts may already be irreversible. The Catlin Arctic Survey team has found out that most of the ice in the region is first-year ice that will melt next summer. Within a decade, the North Pole will turn into [...] Read More... Posted Dec 15 2009, 10:14 AM by AREVA Blog - North America Filed under: Nuclear Power, Nuclear Energy, AREVA North America, AREVA Inc., AREVA EPR Reactor, Nuclear Power Plants, Climate Change, Renewable Energy, Renewables, Carbon Emissions, International Energy Agency, Copenhagen, COP-15, Connie Hedegaard, Catlin Arctic Survey, Mary Douglas, Kashmir University, AREVA Energy Business, Denmark

• Copenhagen and Climate Change: Chart of the Day

  Germany’s Der Spiegel has a chart on their website that we think best illustrates the key role nuclear energy has to play in any climate change plan. Not only is nuclear energy baseload and reliable, but it’s also much, much less expensive: Using AREVA’s own EPR as a baseline for the cost of nuclear energy, it’s [...] Read More... Posted Dec 14 2009, 11:50 AM by AREVA Blog - North America Filed under: Nuclear Power, Nuclear Energy, AREVA North America, AREVA Inc., AREVA EPR Reactor, Climate Change, Carbon Emissions, Copenhagen, COP-15

• AREVA Ohio Supplier Day Sees Enthusiastic Response

  by Jarret Adams Read More... Posted Dec 04 2009, 03:36 PM by AREVA Blog - North America Filed under: Nuclear Power, Nuclear Energy, AREVA North America, AREVA Inc., AREVA EPR Reactor, Green Jobs, Department of Energy, Ohio, U.S. Supplier Day, Southern Ohio Clean Energy Alliance, Columbus, Ohio Supplier Day

• Overwhelming Response to First AREVA Supplier Day in Baltimore

  by Jarret Adams AREVA’s first U.S. Supplier Day in Baltimore played to a full house as representatives from more than 100 current and potential suppliers came to learn about how they can partner with AREVA to build new EPR™ reactors in the United States and internationally. Maryland is the first stop in a series of Supplier [...] Read More... Posted Nov 20 2009, 11:35 AM by AREVA Blog - North America Filed under: AREVA North America, AREVA Inc., AREVA EPR Reactor, Nuclear Power Plants, U.S. EPR, Maryland, Calvert Cliffs, AREVA NP, Baltimore, Mike Rencheck, U.S. Supplier Day

• UK Invests in Nuclear Power as CO2-Free Solution

  The news out of the United Kingdom on Monday was that they’re going to be giving the go-ahead to start the process of building 10 new nuclear power plants in England and Wales. According to the BBC, most of the new plants will be built on sites where there are already nuclear power plants in [...] Read More... Posted Nov 11 2009, 05:34 PM by AREVA Blog - North America Filed under: Nuclear Power, Nuclear Energy, AREVA North America, Idaho Samizdat, AREVA Inc., News, AREVA EPR Reactor, Nuclear Power Plants, United Kingdom, Ed Miliband

• AREVA Clarifies Communication from European Regulatory Agencies on EPR™ Reactor

  The nuclear safety authorities in Finland, France and the United Kingdom have raised common questions regarding the respective I&C (instrumentation and control) certifications for the EPR™ reactor in each country. AREVA pointed out in a statement today that the authorities have not called into question the safety of the EPR™ reactor. This constant dialog between operators, [...] Read More... Posted Nov 02 2009, 06:18 PM by AREVA Blog - North America Filed under: Nuclear Power, Nuclear Energy, AREVA North America, AREVA Inc., AREVA EPR Reactor, Nuclear Power Plants, France, Olkiluoto, OL3, United Kingdom

• Nuclear Energy: Way More than Carbon Neutral

  by Jarret Adams Antinuclear activists lately have been trotting out that old chestnut that nuclear energy is not really CO2-free and that this claim is some type of deception. Here’s the short version: nuclear power plants do not produce CO2 while they are producing electricity. For each new AREVA EPR™ reactor that we build, we can [...] Read More... Posted Sep 29 2009, 02:46 PM by AREVA Blog - North America Filed under: Nuclear Power, Nuclear Energy, AREVA North America, AREVA Inc., AREVA EPR Reactor, Sustainable Development, Carbon Emissions, AREVA M5000 Multibrid Wind Turbine, University of Wisconsin, United Kingdom, International Energy Agency

• AREVA Installs Dome at Olkiluoto 3 in Finland

  On Sept. 6 AREVA announced a major milestone with the installation of the massive reactor building dome for the Olkiluoto 3 EPR™ reactor in Finland. This is a significant step in the reactor’s construction as it’s now the first generation III+ plant in the world with a fully sealed reactor building. This step also marks [...] Read More... Posted Sep 11 2009, 02:13 PM by AREVA Blog - North America Filed under: Nuclear Power, Nuclear Energy, AREVA North America, AREVA Inc., AREVA EPR Reactor, Nuclear Power Plants, AREVA Newport News, Olkiluoto, OL3

• Outlook for New Nuclear Plants in the U.S.

  By Katherine Berezowskyj What’s next for nuclear reactors in the United States? Rebecca Smith of the Wall Street Journal just tackled the answer to this question. Her recent piece, “The New Nukes,” took a look at what’s being developed for the new nuclear reactors and how they are going to “be safer, cheaper, and more efficient [...] Read More... Posted Sep 08 2009, 06:50 PM by AREVA Blog - North America Filed under: Nuclear Fuel Recycling, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Energy, AREVA North America, AREVA Inc., News, AREVA EPR Reactor, Nuclear Power Plants, Spent Fuel Recycling, La Hague, Wall Street Journal, Rebecca Smith

• Clean Skies Report on New Nuclear Power Plants

  A recent Clean Skies TV report tackled the question that many nuclear opponents see as the downside to the reliable, CO2-free energy produce by nuclear power plants; What about the cost? The report by Tyler Suiters explores how the new nuclear power plants are not necessarily a burden to the taxpayer, but a benefit to the [...] Read More... Posted Aug 20 2009, 12:50 PM by AREVA Blog - North America Filed under: Nuclear Power, Nuclear Energy, AREVA North America, AREVA Inc., Eagle Rock Enrichment Project, News, AREVA EPR Reactor, Carbon Emissions, Clean Skies, AREVA Newport News LLC, Tyler Suiters

• TIME’s Look at AREVA and the Future of Nuclear Energy

  AREVA prides itself on being the leader in the nuclear energy cycle, and the company’s success has caught the attention of Time Magazine. In a piece posted to Time’s online section from August 7, AREVA was identified as “the first place that countries or power companies go when looking for all of their nuclear services─ [...] Read More... Posted Aug 13 2009, 12:25 PM by AREVA Blog - North America Filed under: Nuclear Fuel Recycling, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Energy, AREVA North America, AREVA Inc., News, AREVA EPR Reactor, Fuel Cycle, Nuclear Renaissance, Anne Lauvergeon, Olkiluoto, Ben Elias, Time Magazine, OL3

• New Chemistry and Materials Center Opens at AREVA Facilities in Lynchburg, Va.

  Today in Virginia we at AREVA celebrated the grand opening of a new, $6.5 million Chemistry and Materials Center (CMC). It’s an 8,000 square foot, two-story building at our facility in Campbell County. Here several labs will work and provide key services to help AREVA’s customers with their continuing efforts to fight corrosion [...] Read More... Posted Aug 04 2009, 02:37 PM by AREVA Blog - North America Filed under: AREVA North America, AREVA Inc., News, AREVA EPR Reactor, Virginia, Region 2000 Economic Development Council, Chemistry and Materials Center, Michael Rencheck, AREVA NP, Bryan David

• Video: Jarret Adams at OL3

  Here’s a video from Jarret Adams’ recent visit to the Olkiluoto 3 (OL3) construction site in Finland. This is where AREVA is building its EPR™ reactor- it’s a pressurized water reactor that will produce approximately 1,600 megawatts of electricity per year. Right now AREVA is the only company in the world with [...] Read More... Posted Jul 28 2009, 11:27 AM by AREVA Blog - North America Filed under: AREVA North America, AREVA Inc., AREVA EPR Reactor, Nuclear Power Plants, Finland, Olkiluoto, Jarret Adams, Video