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• KIDK: AREVA Brings Jobs to Idaho Falls Economy

  We’d like to bring your attention to this article from KIDK.com (the local Idaho Falls television station), which talks about how Idaho Falls is weathering the current economic storm. The article, which is mostly about businesses in the Idaho Falls region, points out at the very end that AREVA’s planned Eagle Rock Enrichment Facility [...] Read More... Posted Nov 24 2009, 01:15 PM by AREVA Blog - North America Filed under: Nuclear Power, Nuclear Energy, AREVA North America, AREVA Inc., Eagle Rock Enrichment Project, Enrichment, Idaho, Green Jobs, Idaho Falls, Nuclear Renaissance, Eagle Rock, Eagle Rock Enrichment Facility, KIDK

• MOX Project Marks Two-Year Construction Anniversary – NNSA Launches New Social Media

  by Jarret Adams With the second anniversary of construction work at MOX project in South Carolina, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) issued a press release announcing that it has launched some new media tools for keeping people up to speed on the project. The MOX project also has a new website. The MOX Fuel Fabrication Facility [...] Read More... Posted Aug 04 2009, 09:19 AM by AREVA Blog - North America Filed under: AREVA North America, AREVA Inc., Enrichment, MOX Fuel Reprocessing, Shaw AREVA MOX Services, South Carolina, Social Networks, Facebook, NNSA, YouTube, LinkedIn, Flickr, National Nuclear Security Administration, Thomas D'Agostino, Twitter

• New Ideas for a Better World

  By Laura Clise On June 3, the U.S. State Department Global Partnerships Initiative, the Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator and TED hosted TED@State, New Ideas for a Better world. TED is a non-profit organization dedicated to the spread of attitude-changing, life-changing, and world-changing ideas. TED@State brought together a diverse and dynamic group [...] Read More... Posted Jun 08 2009, 04:28 PM by AREVA Blog - North America Filed under: Used Fuel, Recycling, Enrichment, Energy Security, Renewables, Sustainable Development, Smart Grid, Ted Conference, Social Networks, Government & Policy, TED@State, Energy

• Eagle Rock Chosen as Top Project by Site Selection Magazine

  AREVA’s proposed Eagle Rock Enrichment Facility under development near Idaho Falls, Idaho has been chosen as one of Site Selection magazine’s Top Projects of 2008. The company selected the site, about 18 miles west of Idaho Falls in May 2008. In December, AREVA submitted a license application to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to build the [...] Read More... Posted May 12 2009, 02:31 PM by AREVA Blog - North America Filed under: Nuclear Power, Nuclear Energy, AREVA Inc., Eagle Rock Enrichment Project, News, Enrichment, Idaho Falls, Eagle Rock, Site Selection, Nuclear Fuel, Uranium Enrichment

• Revision to License Application at Eagle Rock Facility

  We’ve seen some questions floating around recently – most notably by Idaho Samizdat – about AREVA Enrichment Services’ recent submission for a revision of its license application to the Nuclear Regulation Commission for the possibility to increase facility capacity. As noted yesterday, AES has requested an increase in the future licensed capacity of [...] Read More... Posted Apr 24 2009, 09:34 AM by AREVA Blog - North America Filed under: Government and Policy, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Energy, AREVA North America, Idaho Samizdat, AREVA Inc., Eagle Rock Enrichment Project, News, Enrichment, Idaho, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Eagle Rock, AREVA Enrichment Services

• License Application Changes for Eagle Rock facility

  We’ve seen some questions floating around recently – most notably by Idaho Samizdat – about AREVA Enrichment Services’ recent submission for a revision of its license application to the Nuclear Regulation Commission for the possibility to increase facility capacity. As noted yesterday, AES has requested a potential increase in the capacity of the Eagle Rock [...] Read More... Posted Apr 23 2009, 02:17 PM by AREVA Blog - North America Filed under: Government and Policy, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Energy, AREVA North America, Idaho Samizdat, AREVA Inc., Enrichment, Idaho, Nuclear Policy, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, AREVA EPR, Eagle Rock, AREVA Enrichment Services

• Idaho Falls Teens Report on AREVA Tour

  We previously blogged about inviting 20 Idaho students who were members of the Mayor’s Youth Advisory Council for a week long visit to France to AREVA headquarters and to tour our Georges Besse II uranium enrichment facility, which is similar to the facility we’re planning at Eagle Rock near Idaho Falls. We wanted the students to [...] Read More... Posted Apr 03 2009, 03:14 PM by AREVA Blog - North America Filed under: AREVA North America, AREVA Inc., Eagle Rock Enrichment Project, Enrichment, Idaho, Idaho Falls, George Besse II

• Idaho Falls Students Tour AREVA Enrichment Facility in France

  by Katherine Berezowskyj The Mayor’s Youth Advisory Council of Idaho Falls had a full day Monday of scientific and cultural experiences near Avignon, France. The students toured and learned about the advanced technology under construction at AREVA’s George Besse II enrichment facility. This facility uses the same centrifuge technology that AREVA plans to bring [...] Read More... Posted Mar 24 2009, 09:31 AM by AREVA Blog - North America Filed under: AREVA Inc., Eagle Rock Enrichment Project, News, Enrichment, Idaho, Idaho Falls, George Besse II

• 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

• AREVA Supports Loan Guarantees to Spur Investment in Nuclear Energy Projects

  First of all, the nuclear energy industry is not unique in its ability to apply for loan guarantees. The federal government has decades of experience administering loan guarantees and other financial support for critical infrastructure projects. These projects span a broad array of industries from energy to shipbuilding to transportation to affordable housing. In fact, [...] Read More... Posted Mar 20 2009, 12:09 PM by AREVA Blog - North America Filed under: Government and Policy, Energy Policy, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Energy, Eagle Rock Enrichment Project, News, Enrichment, AREVA EPR Reactor, Nuclear Power Plants, EPR, Energy Security, Clean Energy, Loan Guarantees

• NRC Completed Acceptance Review of Eagle Rock License Application

  The NRC has completed its preliminary examination, the acceptance review, of the Eagle Rock Enrichment Facility license application and will now begin the formal review process. On March 12, 2009, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) officially notified AREVA Enrichment Services LLC (AES) that the NRC had completed its acceptance review of the Eagle Rock Enrichment Facility [...] Read More... Posted Mar 13 2009, 05:56 PM by AREVA Blog - North America Filed under: Government and Policy, News, Enrichment

• Eagle Rock Enrichment Project Ahead of Schedule

  The good news is AREVA’s Eagle Rock Enrichment Facility to be built in Idaho is three months ahead of schedule, and we aren’t slowing down. AREVA is gearing up to launch detailed design, procurement, and construction planning of the facility. Even better, it will create some 5,000 direct and indirect jobs in Idaho [...] Read More... Posted Mar 05 2009, 09:42 AM by AREVA Blog - North America Filed under: Nuclear Power, AREVA North America, AREVA Inc., Eagle Rock Enrichment Project, News, Enrichment, NRC, Idaho