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• Augusta Chronicle Clarifies Situation at MOX Facility

  On a blog hosted by the Augusta Chronicle, reporter Rob Pavey provides a good summary of the situation at the MOX facility at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina. Shaw AREVA MOX Services is building the facility which will convert nuclear weapons material into mixed-oxide (MOX) fuel for U.S. nuclear power plants. The reporter [...] Read More... Posted May 06 2009, 02:22 PM by AREVA Blog - North America Filed under: Recycling, AREVA, Government and Policy, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Energy, News, Nuclear Power Plants, Energy Security, Shaw AREVA MOX Services, MOX Fuel, MOX

• 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

• Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley on Nuclear Energy

  Thanks to NEI Nuclear Notes for pointing us to this great segment by Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley. This segment will be part of an upcoming PBS special called Planet Forward. Here’s the transcript: I’m very much in favor of nuclear energy and I believe that the sort of technology that is now being employed in Europe, [...] Read More... Posted Apr 14 2009, 12:25 PM by AREVA Blog - North America Filed under: Government and Policy, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Energy, NEI Nuclear Notes, AREVA North America, AREVA Inc., Nuclear Power Plants, Nuclear Policy, PBS, Maryland, Martin O'Malley, Planet Forward

• Robert X. Cringely on TMI and Nuclear Power

  At his site today, IT technology blogger Robert X. Cringely has a worthwhile post where he goes into what went wrong at Three Mile Island, and how to learn the right lessons from that. He concludes: There is a place for nuclear power in our energy future. I say this not as a particular nuclear advocate [...] Read More... Posted Apr 01 2009, 04:42 PM by AREVA Blog - North America Filed under: Government and Policy, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Energy, AREVA North America, AREVA Inc., Nuclear Power Plants, Sustainable Development, Three Mile Island, Robert X. Cringley

• Link of the Day

  We’d like to direct your attention to an op-ed by Jeff Jacoby in this Sunday’s Boston Globe: “The Coming Nuclear Renaissance.” Here are some of the highlights: There is no small irony in this turnabout. Nuclear power used to be the environmentalist’s ultimate pariah, thanks mostly to overblown claims about the dangers of reactor meltdowns and [...] Read More... Posted Mar 30 2009, 12:14 PM by AREVA Blog - North America Filed under: Government and Policy, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Energy, AREVA North America, AREVA Inc., Nuclear Power Plants, Climate Change, Spent Fuel Recycling, Link of the Day, Three Mile Island, Boston Globe, Jeff Jacoby

• America Wants New Nuclear Power!

  By Jarret Adams One opinion poll after another shows public support for new nuclear plants is at an all time high. Americans understand that if we are serious about tackling global warming and breaking our addiction to foreign fuel we must have new nuclear. There are critics of nuclear power that suggest that conservation, with a mix [...] Read More... Posted Mar 30 2009, 10:57 AM by AREVA Blog - North America Filed under: Government and Policy, Energy Policy, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Energy, News, Nuclear Power Plants, EPR, Energy Security, Renewables, Nuclear Renaissance, U.S. EPR

• AREVA Canada Welcomes Alberta Nuclear Power Report

  AREVA Canada Inc. congratulates the Nuclear Power Expert Panel on today’s release of the panel’s report to the Government of Alberta. The report provides a thorough review of nuclear power generation in Alberta as a contribution to the discussion and understanding of the industry and its potential in the province. “AREVA Canada is very pleased that a report [...] Read More... Posted Mar 27 2009, 10:18 AM by AREVA Blog - North America Filed under: Government and Policy, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Energy, News, Nuclear Power Plants, Energy Security, Uncategorized, Canada, AREVA Canada, Nuclear Power Expert Panel, Alberta

• Whitehouse.gov: Open for Questions on Nuclear Energy

  The official White House website has added a new feature, “Open For Questions,” which allows people to ask the President key questions on the economy and vote up other people’s submissions. So far, over 13,000 people have submitted over 16,000 questions. There are a number of good questions on the economic effect of nuclear energy, in [...] Read More... Posted Mar 25 2009, 11:42 AM by AREVA Blog - North America Filed under: Government and Policy, Nuclear Fuel Recycling, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Energy, AREVA North America, AREVA Inc., News, Nuclear Policy, Climate Change, Energy Security, Uncategorized, White House, Barack Obama

• AREVA, Nuclear Energy Make Important Contributions

  By Jarret Adams Recently AREVA has been the subject of some attacks by members of anti-nuclear organizations. Here is our basic response: While some may have a quasi-religious or professional obligation to oppose nuclear energy, I would invite who is anyone curious about the issue to research it on your own and come to your own conclusions. America’s [...] Read More... Posted Mar 25 2009, 11:24 AM by AREVA Blog - North America Filed under: Recycling, Government and Policy, Energy Policy, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Power Plants, Climate Change, Energy Security, Renewables, Environment, La Hague, Biomass, Anti-nuclear groups

• 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

• Let Nuclear Energy Drive Ontario’s Post-Recession Economy

  The following oped appeared in the March 5 editon of the National Post under the title The Nuclear Option. By Armand Laferrère Clean energy and new technologies to produce environmentally-friendly products will play a major part in Ontario’s economic renewal program. Given its ability to produce reliable, emission-free, base load electricity, Ontario’s nuclear industry can and [...] Read More... Posted Mar 18 2009, 05:30 PM by AREVA Blog - North America Filed under: Government and Policy, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Energy, Canadian Energy Issues, News, Green Jobs, Nuclear Power Plants, EPR, Climate Change, Uncategorized, Ontario Energy Issues, Canada

• Excellent Editorial from WSJ

  Several of our fellow nuclear bloggers have already linked to William Tucker’s excellent editorial from the Wall Street Journal, “There Is No Such Thing as Nuclear Waste.” We thought we’d add our voice to the resounding applause for this excellent piece, which is well-written and well-argued. AREVA is proud to be leading the [...] Read More... Posted Mar 16 2009, 04:30 PM by AREVA Blog - North America Filed under: Used Fuel, Recycling, Government and Policy, Yucca Mountain, Nuclear Fuel Recycling, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Energy, AREVA North America, AREVA Inc., Nuclear Power Plants, Spent Fuel Recycling

• 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

• Fuel for Thought: Will the U.S. Move Toward a Sustainable Fuel Cycle?

  Fuel for Thought: Sustaining the Nuclear Revival with a Sustainable Fuel Cycle Editorial Column by Jacques Besnainou, President, AREVA Inc. As we work toward the revival of nuclear energy in the United States, we are addressing some of the key challenges of our time. We are helping to meet the nation’s growing energy needs while preventing the emissions [...] Read More... Posted Mar 13 2009, 01:30 PM by AREVA Blog - North America Filed under: Government and Policy, AREVA Inc., News, AREVA EPR Reactor, Jacques Besnainou, Nuclear Power Plants, Climate Change, Energy Security, Spent Fuel Recycling, MOX Fuel Reprocessing