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• Nuclear news roundup for 10/25/09

  Rolls Royce plans new nuclear plants with EDF Nuclear engineering firm Rolls Royce will enter into joint ventures with EDF to build four new Areva EPR nuclear power plants in the U.K.   The firms have set a goal of having the first unit enter revenue service by 2017 and have all four generating power by 2025.  At 1,650 MW each the plan represents over 6 GWe of nuclear powered electricity... Posted Oct 24 2009, 04:47 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Areva, EPR, nuclear blogs, edf, nuclear news round up

• Areva EPR for Duke at Piketon, OH

  Official announcement due later today Reuters reports that Duke Energy Corp ( NYSE:DUK ) plans to build a new nuclear power plant in Piketon, Ohio, the state's Gov. Ted Strickland said an energy conference taking place in Ohio. According to Reuters sources said Duke was strongly considering building an Areva 1,600 MW EPR at the site. Executives from Areva were at the meeting with the governor.... Posted Jun 18 2009, 11:15 AM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Areva, EPR, OH, Piketon

• India opens doors for nuclear energy

  French and Russian firms are in with major deals Areva, the world’s biggest manufacturer of nuclear reactors, has signed a deal with India to sell at least two and possibly six 1,600 MWe EPR nuclear reactors according to a report by Bloomberg wire service.  The reactor deal is worth an estimated at $6-9 billion for the first two reactors.  They will be built at Jaitapur in the western state... Posted Feb 08 2009, 02:21 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: India, Russia, EPR

• Greenpeace takes on Areva

  The anti-nuclear group wants to stop the next EPR to be built in France In a long article , over 800 words, the New York Times brought two  of its reporters to bear on the issue of whether the Areva 1,600 MW EPR reactor produces spent nuclear fuel that is literally too hot to handle.  The article is a perfect example of how an aggressive anti-nuclear activist organization can successfully... Posted Feb 01 2009, 04:44 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Areva, Nuclear energy, nuclear reactors, EPR, Greenpeace

• France to build 2nd EPR

  EDF will be the project manager (NucNet) A second European Pressurized Water Reactor ( EPR ) is to  be built in France, president Nicolas Sarkozy announced Jan 22. Construction of Areva’s 1,600 MW reactor is expected to start in 2012 at the existing Penly nuclear power plant site in northern France.  The new unit is expected to enter revenue service in 2017. It will be the fifth EPR construction... Posted Jan 30 2009, 12:32 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Electricite de France, nuclear, Nuclear energy, nuclear renaissance, nuclear reactors, EPR, New Nuclear Plants

• Areva's double trouble with EPRs

  Delays at Olkiluoto and Flamanville hit the bottom line Reuters reports that French nuclear giant Areva will have to take a significant charge against earnings due to increases in the cost of its EPR under construction at the Olkiluoto site in Finland. At the same time Platts reports that the new nuclear power plant under construction at Flamanville in France, also an EPR, is nine months behind schedule... Posted Aug 29 2008, 02:41 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Areva, EPR, Olkiluoto3

• Areva's EPR for Finland will be late

  Start-up delayed from 2009 to 2011 Reuters reports the Areva EPR being built in Finland will come on line two years late. French nuclear group Areva and Germany's Siemens are building the Olkiluoto 3 reactor on Finland's west coast. It is the first new reactor to be built in Europe in more than a decade. Progress with the plant is being closely watched by European Union member states who are... Posted Dec 29 2007, 09:35 AM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Areva, EPR, Finland, Olkiluoto3

• Areva files EPR for NRC design certification

  Constellation's Calvert Cliffs site will be first in line for the 1,600 MWe reactor Saying it had reached a major nuclear-industry milestone through work done mostly in Lynchburg, VA, AREVA asked the NRC this week to approve its design for a new reactor. It’s the first step in what AREVA hopes will be an eight-year process. It expects a reactor will be built and operating by 2015. The application... Posted Dec 15 2007, 12:22 AM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Areva, EPR, Mitsubishi, Atmea

• Areva's Flamanville EPR build is underway

  Areva's EPR costs per Kw are higher than GE-Hitachi's at NRG French utility EDF said this week it started building the nuclear block of its first 1,650-megawatt new generation reactor in Flamanville. Work at Flamanville in northwest France is expected to last for another four and a half years with the E$3.6 billion plant scheduled to start production in 2012, EDF said. EDFs costs for Flamanville... Posted Dec 04 2007, 05:34 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Areva, Flamanville, EPR