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• Response to Friends of the Earth News Release on MOX Fuel

  Please see below a response from a DOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) spokesperson to an innaccurate and misleading new release issued yesterday by an anti-nuclear organization regarding MOX fuel and the MOX Fuel Fabrication Facility under construction at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina. As we have mentioned many times here, AREVA has [...] Read More... Posted Nov 13 2009, 05:12 PM by AREVA Blog - North America Filed under: Used Fuel, Recycling, Used Nuclear Fuel, Nuclear Energy, Shaw AREVA MOX Services, MOX Fuel, Savannah River Site, Non-proliferation, Government & Policy, MOX Project

• Japan Starts Using MOX Fuel

  Today marks an important step for Japan’s energy independence and for the future of the nuclear industry. As World Nuclear News and others are reporting, Kyushu Electric Power Company restarted Unit 3 of the Genkai nuclear power plant using MOX (mixed oxide) fuel recycled at AREVA’s MELOX facility in Marcoule, France. Eventually, the Genkai plant [...] Read More... Posted Nov 05 2009, 06:01 PM by AREVA Blog - North America Filed under: Recycling, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Energy, AREVA North America, AREVA Inc., Sustainable Development, MOX Fuel, Japan, MELOX, Used Fuel Recycling, Genkai, Kyushu Electric Power Company

• “Nuclear Swords into Peaceful Plowshares”

  Yesterday, an editorial in the Aiken Standard spotlighted the important work taking place at the Savannah River Site (SRS) in South Carolina. “The Mixed Oxide (MOX) Fuel Fabrication Facility at SRS is to turn some 34 tons of weapons grade plutonium into a component for fuel rod assemblies that will power nuclear [...] Read More... Posted Aug 07 2009, 04:46 PM by AREVA Blog - North America Filed under: Uncategorized, Shaw AREVA MOX Services, MOX Fuel, Add new tag

• Another step forward for the MOX Project

  On Thursday, the Tennessee Valley Authority signed a letter of intent agreeing to evaluate using mixed-oxide (MOX) recycled fuel in two or more of their nuclear reactors. This is a positive step for Shaw AREVA MOX Services LLC, which is currently constructing the MOX Fuel fabrication Facility in South Carolina. When operational, it will recycle [...] Read More... Posted Jul 20 2009, 09:36 AM by AREVA Blog - North America Filed under: Recycling, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Energy, AREVA North America, AREVA Inc., Shaw AREVA MOX Services, MOX Fuel, Non-proliferation, Tennessee Valley Authority

• AREVA Has Many Satisfied MOX Fuel Customers

  by Jarret Adams Today, some 35 reactors around the world are using mixed-oxide fuel produced by AREVA, and fuel for more is under development. Our customers are found throughout Western Europe and Japan. Some German nuclear power plants have been using MOX fuel successfully in their reactors for 35 years. MOX has many benefits, but among [...] Read More... Posted May 11 2009, 02:13 PM by AREVA Blog - North America Filed under: Recycling, AREVA North America, AREVA Inc., MOX Fuel, Fuel Reprocessing, Germany, Switzerland, France, Belgium, Japan

• 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

• MOX Project Will Help Remove Weapons Material, Create Clean Electricity

  by Jarret Adams The MOX Fuel Fabrication Facility under construction in South Carolina serves several important goals: It provides a way to remove weapons-grade material from the nation’s military stockpiles. At the same time, the mixed-oxide (MOX) fuel produced by the facility will help generate reliable, emission-free electricity for Americans. The construction project led by Shaw [...] Read More... Posted Apr 21 2009, 02:25 PM by AREVA Blog - North America Filed under: Recycling, AREVA North America, AREVA Inc., Energy Security, MOX Fuel Reprocessing, Shaw AREVA MOX Services, MOX Fuel, Nuclear Weapons, South Carolina

• MOX Fuel Supports Environmental and National Security Goals

  By Jarret Adams The MOX Fuel Fabrication Facility under construction in South Carolina recently passed the milestone of 2 million work hours completed without a lost time incident. This facility is an important project because it will take weapons-grade material in our nation’s stockpiles and convert into mixed oxide (MOX) fuel for commercial nuclear power plants. [...] Read More... Posted Apr 08 2009, 02:38 PM by AREVA Blog - North America Filed under: Used Fuel, Recycling, AREVA, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Energy, News, Energy Security, Sustainable Development, Plutonium, Mixed Oxide Fuel, Shaw AREVA MOX Services, MOX Fuel, Nuclear Weapons, Savannah River Site, MOX Services