AREVA Blog - North America

The Situation for Used Nuclear Fuel in the U.S.

2010-03-19T21:14:04Z

By Katherine Berezowskyj The situation for nuclear energy in the United States is changing. President Obama has come out in support of an expansion of nuclear energy and the Department of Energy has awarded the first loan guarantee. Nuclear energy, and the role it plays in CO2-free electricity generation, is growing. The situation for the [...] Read More......(read more)

AREVA Inc. Kicks Off Recycling Week

2010-03-18T20:08:17Z

Starting today, the AREVA North America Next Energy Blog will host a week of posts exploring the topic of recycling used nuclear fuel. To kick off our “Recycling Week” we have two great videos about AREVA’s recycling activities. The first clip is from the Discovery Channel Program, “The Green Room.” AREVA Executive V.P. Alan Hanson explains [...] Read More......(read more)

A Real Debate on Nuclear Energy

2010-03-17T00:47:21Z

Yesterday, New Yorker senior editor and staff writer, Hendrik Hertzberg held a live chat with Elizabeth Kolbert to follow-up with his piece “Some Nukes,” definitely worth a read. However, the Live Chat was an incredible open-forum, no-holds bar discussion about nuclear energy that included questions like: QUESTION FROM PATRICK: Interesting piece. Has your position on nuclear power [...] Read More......(read more)

Transformation to a sustainable world

2010-03-12T17:43:13Z

By Laura Clise Director of Sustainable Development and Continuous Improvement AREVA Inc. (blogging live from Montreux, Switzerland) In the opening of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development meeting this week, President Bjorn Stigson talked about the world transition to sustainability. Stigson emphasized that the WBCSD vision of 9 billion people living well and within the limits of [ Read More......(read more)

AREVA to Build Facility for Medical Isotope Production

2010-03-10T22:04:54Z

AREVA Med, an AREVA subsidiary, announced today the future construction of a facility in France that will produce on a large-scale medical grade lead 212. Why Lead-212? Lead-212 is a rare radioactive isotope that lies at the heart of promising nuclear medical research to develop new cancer treatments. Over the past few years, AREVA Med and [...] Read More......(read more)

The College of Engineering Leadership Academy at UNC Charlotte

2010-03-09T23:49:10Z

By Joseph DeVoe, Project Engineer, AREVA Federal Services LLC Have you ever stumbled upon an opportunity that changes your life and career in ways you never would have imagined? For many of my colleagues and I, that change took place the moment we were selected for the College of Engineering Leadership Academy at UNC Charlotte. The Leadership [...] Read More......(read more)

Secretary Chu in an interview with the Wall Street Journal

2010-03-08T22:58:51Z

As part of Wall Street Journal conference, Energy Secretary Steven Chu discusses the work involved in the development of clean energy technology for American industry saying, “it is so much easier to spread fear than it is to spread a vision of opportunity in the future and part of my job is to help people [...] Read More......(read more)

From BusinessWeek, “Lauvergeon is ready for the fight”

2010-03-05T18:42:25Z

An in-depth report yesterday from Business Week profiled AREVA CEO Anne Lauvergeon and what she has been doing to build the world leader in nuclear energy, and importantly, what her plans are for the future as the prospects for new nuclear improve. Business Week’s Carol Matlack writes: “Anne Lauvergeon, chief executive of the French nuclear giant AREVA, [...] Read More......(read more)

PopAtomic.org

2010-03-05T14:00:28Z

We really love the art work of PopAtomic Studios…. Thier effort is “a series of artistic experiments in my community to see if I can shift perception of atomic energy using only art and and creative input from some amazing artist friends!” Their mix of art and science is just fun. And check out their growing [...] Read More......(read more)

Leader of the American Leader in Carbon-Free Energy Solutions

2010-03-04T21:30:35Z

Jacques Besnainou is the CEO of AREVA in North America. Part of his leadership is to continue the dialogue on nuclear energy. He shares his vision for the U.S. nuclear energy industry and how AREVA is going to “light the world with nuclear energy” in the video below. Read More......(read more)

Thoughts & Opinions on AREVA North America CEO

2010-03-03T22:26:52Z

We would like to spotlight a post from the blog “Into the Breach” about recent presentation by Jacques Besanainou, CEO of AREVA North America. The blog’s author Kendall Miller writes: “Reviving the nuclear power industry is key to true energy security. When France faced the problem of energy security they decided to go nuclear as fast [...] Read More......(read more)

Local Newspapers Echo Obama’s Support for Nuclear Energy

2010-03-02T20:55:57Z

As major announcements roll out of the White House and Department of Energy in support of expanding nuclear energy in the United States, many regional and local newspapers have expressed positive opinions and support for this growth. An editorial from The Philadelphia Inquirer argued that: “The point is that increasing the nation’s reliance on nuclear power, or [...] Read More......(read more)

TED Video: BIll Gates and Energy Miracles

2010-03-01T15:28:18Z

This speech has been getting noticed ever since literally the moment it occurred, being tweeted and covered by various press…but the TED folks just put the video up. Here is a key quote (with bolding being from us): “So let’s look at this fourth factor — this is going to be a key one — and [...] Read More......(read more)

Sen. Kerry vows to lead renewed push for climate bill

2010-02-26T21:00:30Z

By Jarret Adams Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) told a packed audience Feb. 23 at conference held by The New Republic that he was working with a group of leading senators and the Obama administration on renewed push for a climate bill. “We’re on a short track here in terms of piecing together legislation we intend to [...] Read More......(read more)

Debate about the Future of Nuclear Energy in the U.S.

2010-02-26T16:42:27Z

Yesterday, Radio WHYY from Philadelphia, Pa., featured a conversation on nuclear power renaissance in the United States. Alan Hanson, AREVA Executive Vice-President for technologies and used fuel management, and Sharon Squassoni, Senior Fellow and Directors of the Proliferation Prevention Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, debated key nuclear energy issues and [...] Read More......(read more)