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• Biden Report Says Clean Energy Programs Creating Jobs

  by Jarret Adams p>According to a report by Vice President Joe Biden, the administration’s clean energy programs are expected to help create some 700,000 jobs. He said that the $787 billion Recovery Act is helping spur investment in new clean energy technologies, including wind, solar, energy efficiency and perhaps even nuclear energy. According to the ABC [...] Read More... Posted Dec 15 2009, 02:30 PM by AREVA Blog - North America Filed under: Nuclear Power, Nuclear Energy, AREVA North America, AREVA Inc., Green Jobs, Nuclear Power Plants, Department of Energy, Loan Guarantees, Smart Grid, AREVA T&D, Recovery Act, Joe Biden

• 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

• Profile of AREVA Federal Services – Part Two

  by Lisa Peterson Who are we? A few weeks ago, I introduced AREVA Federal Services as an AREVA subsidiary that works to support the Department of Energy’s projects throughout the United States. In my last blog entry, I talked about our work in nuclear waste cleanup and how we contribute to nuclear nonproliferation. In [...] Read More... Posted Dec 02 2009, 10:25 AM by AREVA Blog - North America Filed under: Nuclear Power, Nuclear Energy, AREVA North America, AREVA Inc., Sustainable Development, Department of Energy, Government & Policy, AREVA Federal Services, Next Generation Nuclear Plant

• Jacques Besnainou Chats with Young Nuclear Industry Professionals

  by Mary Beth Ginder AREVA North America President Jacques Besnainou chatted today with members of the North American Young Generation in Nuclear (NA-YGN) in a webinar session hosted by NA-YGN’s professional development committee. Jacques spoke informally and answered member’s questions about the need for nuclear recycling capabilities in the U.S. Recycling offers a safe, competitive [...] Read More... Posted Oct 30 2009, 03:40 PM by AREVA Blog - North America Filed under: Recycling, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Energy, AREVA North America, AREVA Inc., Jacques Besnainou, Department of Energy, Boston Consulting Group, NA-YGN, North American Young Generation in Nuclear

• Making Wind Energy Smarter

  by Katherine Berezowskyj If you are going to be at the GridWeek conference in our nation’s capital this week, be sure to check out booth #103. Here, AREVA’s Transmission & Distribution (T&D) division is demonstrating its unique system for integrating its Smart Grid technologies and renewable power generation. AREVA’s Smart Grid Suite, which includes [...] Read More... Posted Sep 23 2009, 10:55 AM by AREVA Blog - North America Filed under: Nuclear Power, Nuclear Energy, AREVA North America, AREVA Inc., Department of Energy, Smart Grid, AREVA T&D, Transmission & Distribution, Transmission & Dist., GridWeek

• MOX Fuel Contract Signed with Chugoku of Japan

  by Katherine Berezowskyj Yesterday Japan’s Chugoku EPCo utility signed a contract for AREVA to supply 40 Mixed-Oxide (MOX) fuel assemblies for one of the reactors at the Shimane nuclear power plant located in the city of Matsue. MOX fuel is a distinct blend of uranium and plutonium oxides, but is particularly interesting because the plutonium used in [...] Read More... Posted Sep 17 2009, 04:03 PM by AREVA Blog - North America Filed under: Nuclear Power, Nuclear Energy, AREVA North America, AREVA Inc., News, Department of Energy, Shaw AREVA MOX Services, Savannah River Site, South Carolina, Japan, MELOX, Chugoku EPCo

• Secretary Chu on NPR: Nuclear Energy Gets Thumbs Up

  by Jarret Adams In a wide-ranging interview on National Public Radio this morning, Energy Secretary Steven Chu expressed strong support for the expansion of nuclear energy in the United States to meet our nation’s energy needs. Dr. Chu explained his support for nuclear energy because it is carbon-free and becoming increasingly competitive. He added that “the safety [...] Read More... Posted Sep 14 2009, 12:21 PM by AREVA Blog - North America Filed under: Nuclear Power, Nuclear Energy, AREVA North America, AREVA Inc., Steven Chu, Department of Energy, Nuclear Renaissance, Government & Policy, National Public Radio

• Congress Debates the DOE Loan Guarantee Program

  Congressman Mike Simpson spoke on the U.S. House floor today during debate of the energy and water appropriation bill. “The Loan Guarantee Program is one of the few policy tools we have that delivers immediately available, market-ready, innovative clean energy technologies that will have a positive impact on our economy. Congress has authorized [...] Read More... Posted Jul 15 2009, 05:58 PM by AREVA Blog - North America Filed under: Uncategorized, Department of Energy, Add new tag

• AREVA Partners with Leading Energy Companies on Nation’s First Clean Energy Park

  Today Ohio Governor Ted Strickland was in Piketon, Ohio at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Portsmouth site for a major announcement with executives from Duke Energy, AREVA, USEC Inc., UniStar Nuclear Energy and the Southern Ohio Diversification Initiative (SODI). Together they shared news of the formation of an alliance to pursue the development [...] Read More... Posted Jun 18 2009, 12:44 PM by AREVA Blog - North America Filed under: Nuclear Power, Nuclear Energy, AREVA North America, AREVA Inc., News, AREVA EPR Reactor, Nuclear Power Plants, Department of Energy, Anne Lauvergeon, UniStar, Southern Ohio Clean Energy Park Alliance, Clean Energy Park, Ohio, USEC, Southern Ohio Diversification Initiative, Piketon, Ted Strickland

• AREVA’s Commitment to Nonproliferation Already in Action

  Yesterday, President Obama said in a BBC interview: “Without going into specifics, what I do believe is that Iran has legitimate energy concerns, legitimate aspirations. On the other hand, the international community has a very real interest in preventing a nuclear arms race in the region.” Thus, we thought that this would be a good time [...] Read More... Posted Jun 03 2009, 03:46 PM by AREVA Blog - North America Filed under: Energy Security, Department of Energy, MOX Fuel Reprocessing, Barack Obama, Shaw AREVA MOX Services, Non-proliferation, Shaw Group, BBC

• Good News from Rep. Hoyer: Nuclear Power in Cap-and-Trade

  Yesterday, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer told an audience that an amendment promoting nuclear power would be included in the cap-and-trade carbon bill. The amendment would also create a DOE Clean Energy Deployment Administration, which would provide financing to “a wide range” of energy technologies, including nuclear projects. The administration’s members would be appointed by... Posted May 20 2009, 11:47 AM by AREVA Blog - North America Filed under: Recycling, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Energy, AREVA North America, AREVA Inc., Climate Change, Renewables, Sustainable Development, Department of Energy, Cap-and-Trade, Steny Hoyer

• AREVA Well Positioned to Advance Smart Grid Initiatives

  We’d like to congratulate the Obama administration on their announcement yesterday to fund “smart grid” initiatives to develop a more efficient and secure electrical grid. We’re going to actively support the administration’s initiative by working with customers to demonstrate and deploy smart grid technology. As you may know, AREVA is a leader in the United [...] Read More... Posted Apr 17 2009, 03:53 PM by AREVA Blog - North America Filed under: Nuclear Power, Nuclear Energy, AREVA North America, AREVA Inc., News, Renewable Energy, Department of Energy, Barack Obama, Smart Grid, AREVA T&D

• Loan Guarantees Shouldn’t Be Winner-Takes-All

  Dan Yurman at Idaho Samizdat reprints an excellent editorial from Sunday’s Idaho Falls Post Register. The long and short of it is that it’s silly to pit one company against another when we’re talking about loan guarantees for future enrichment plants in the US… we need as many as we can get: There are several [...] Read More... Posted Mar 23 2009, 12:10 PM by AREVA Blog - North America Filed under: AREVA North America, Idaho Samizdat, AREVA Inc., Enrichment, Idaho, Green Jobs, Idaho Falls, Energy Security, Department of Energy, Loan Guarantees

• Energy Secretary Steven Chu and Nuclear Energy

  “Nuclear energy is an essential part of our energy mix…it provides clean baseload generation of electricity” – Energy Secretary Steven Chu, Wednesday, March 11 Energy Secretary Steven Chu agreed with assertions from both Democrats and Republicans that nuclear energy should be a continuing part of the U.S. clean energy mix. He said he is [...] Read More... Posted Mar 13 2009, 09:53 AM by AREVA Blog - North America Filed under: Recycling, Government and Policy, Yucca Mountain, Used Nuclear Fuel, AREVA North America, AREVA Inc., Energy Security, Spent Fuel Recycling, Steven Chu, Clean Energy, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Fuel Cycle, Department of Energy