Atomic Insights

Browse by Tags

• Areva Newport News LLC
• babcock and wilcox
• Eagle Rock
• enrichment
• interest
• Jobs
• loan guarantee program
• Lynchburg
• new nuclear plants
• Newport News
• Northrop Grumman Corp.
• nuclear
• ohio
• pop culture
• time magazine
• Uranium
• VA

• Why Do Seemingly Sound Nuclear Projects Have Difficulty Attracting Affordable Financing?

  On Friday, February 5, Areva hosted a conference call for invited bloggers to discuss the progress that they were making on their Eagle Rock (Idaho) nuclear fuel enrichment facility. Areva was represented on the call by Sam Shakir, the head of Areva Enrichment Services. Dan Yurman at Idaho Samizdat has a summary write up about the call in a post titled Update on Areva’s Eagle Rock enrichment plant... Posted Feb 08 2010, 08:09 AM by Atomic Insights Blog Filed under: Areva, loan guarantee program, Eagle Rock, enrichment

• Time Magazine Says "Nuclear Power Is Hot Again"

  On August 5, 2009 Time Magazine's online arm published a story Areva's Field of Dreams that begins with the following lede: This should be Areva's time in the sun. As governments search for clean, renewable energy sources and consumers worry about volatile oil prices, nuclear power is hot again. (Emphasis added) I am certain that the response to that statement in some offices in Cambridge... Posted Aug 07 2009, 03:45 AM by Atomic Insights Blog Filed under: Areva, nuclear, interest, pop culture, time magazine

• New Nuclear Power Plant for Piketon, Ohio?

  At the risk of overloading you with new posts from Atomic Insights - three in one day is a bit much - I have to share one more story that kind of caught me by surprise. Apparently there is going to be a major announcement staged at Piketon, Ohio , the site of a former enrichment facility, on Thursday, June 18. When I first saw the link to the story in my Google Alert, I thought there must have been... Posted Jun 17 2009, 05:50 AM by Atomic Insights Blog Filed under: Areva, new nuclear plants, ohio

• Jobs and Investments Related to Newport News Energy the Areva-Northrop Grumman Joint Venture

  Yesterday I pointed to some major news outlet articles about the newly announced joint venture between Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding and Areva. The JV will build large nuclear plant components in a location adjacent to the shipyard. I was not surprised to find follow-up article in a local new source from Hampton Roads, Virginia that provides a lot more detail about the specific economic and industrial... Posted Oct 25 2008, 06:17 AM by Atomic Insights Blog Filed under: Areva, Newport News, Northrop Grumman Corp., Areva Newport News LLC

• Senator James Webb visits Lynchburg, Areva, Babcock and Wilcox and Central Virginia Community College

  Senator James Webb, a former Marine who holds an engineering degree "that he did not want" from the US Naval Academy, spent two days in Lynchburg VA (Aug 20, 21) getting an education about their nuclear industry and education programs . He toured Areva's engineering and development center where he got briefed on the availability of nuclear fuel recycling technology. He also participated... Posted Aug 22 2008, 04:50 AM by Atomic Insights Blog Filed under: Areva, babcock and wilcox

• Areva announces 500 new jobs in the salary range of $60,00 - $100,00 in Lynchburg, VA

  The U. S. arm of Areva has announced a plan to invest $25 million for additional space at its Lynchburg, VA engineering/nuclear services site. The additional space will be needed as the company hires the 500 new employees that it intends to add during the next 3 years. These new employees will be assisting in the effort required to license the firm's newest reactor design in the US. According to... Posted Jun 08 2008, 02:04 PM by Atomic Insights Blog Filed under: Areva, Jobs, Lynchburg, VA

• Avena (no, really, that is the word in the Reuters headline) considers opening US uranium mines

  I fully expect that by the time you read this, Reuters will have made a correction, but I was surprised this morning to find a link in my daily Google Alert on the terms "nuclear fuel recycle" labeled Aveva (emphasis added) considering reopening U.S. uranium mines . The lead for the article reassured me that there was not a new entry into the uranium mining or nuclear energy field: NEW YORK... Posted Nov 08 2007, 02:33 AM by Atomic Insights Blog Filed under: Uranium, Areva