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• ED Kee's Slides on Status & Future of Nuclear Energy

  May 19, 2009 presentation by Ed Kee to the Goldman Sachs Power & Utility Conference are available below. Ed posted the slides at 'SlideShare" via Linkedin and they are reproduced here under the terms and conditions of the SlideShare service. This is an excellent overview of where the nuclear industry is today and where it is headed globally for new builds of nuclear reactors. For questions... Posted May 25 2009, 11:12 AM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: nuclear reactors, Ed Kee, global inverstment trends

• Nuclear reactor new build roundup for May 3, 2009

  Who doesn’t want to build nuclear reactors? Russia to build 26 nuclear reactors The Nikkei Report, Tokyo, reports that Russia has announced it will build 26 new nuclear reactors with electricity generation capacities of 1,000-1,200 MWe each by 2030. Assuming the Russian pricing model, in constant dollars, prevails over the next two decades, the new build has a staggering cost of $78-to-$104 billion... Posted May 03 2009, 04:01 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Nuclear energy, nuclear reactors, Russia

• 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

• Charles Julian Barton, Sr

  Full obituary at Nuclear Green   highlights here A pioneer of molten salt reactor (MSR) chemistry ( large image ) Charles Julian Barton, Sr, a reactor chemistry pioneer, died of causes incident to age on January 31, 2009, in Oak Ridge, TN. He celebrated his 97th birthday on January 16, 2009.  His son Charles Barton, who also worked at Oak Ridge until his retirement, blogs on nuclear energy... Posted Feb 01 2009, 11:47 AM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: nuclear, Nuclear energy, nuclear reactor, nuclear reactors, nuclear power industry

• 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

• India serves fig leaves to Sarkozy on state visit

  A deal is not a deal unless it involves real money Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and French President Nicolas Sarkozy agreed, during a state visit this week, to discuss a civilian nuclear-cooperation agreement, which may help India to plug a power shortage using nuclear reactors. While Sarkozy isn't going to duplicate the $12 billion deal inked with China last November, he's still the... Posted Jan 25 2008, 07:37 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: India, France, nuclear reactors

• Turkey plans 5 GWe $8 billion nuclear build

  Turkey pledges guarantees for nuclear power purchases Turkey stepped into the nuclear energy spotlight last week with an announcement that it will guarantee electricity purchases for 15 years to attract investment in nuclear power stations it plans to build, Energy Minister Hilmi Guler said at a nuclear-energy conference in Istanbul. The guarantee creates a bridge between the government's intent... Posted Jan 21 2008, 10:58 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: GNEP, nuclear reactors, Turkey

• U.K. to announce major nuclear build

  Four new reactors at $4 billion each will be built at four locations Reuters report s that Britain is expected to proceed with a new generation of nuclear power plants. An announcement is expected next week. Britain's main nuclear power firm British Energy is in talks with more than 10 companies to form partnerships for constructing plants, most likely in southern England. The company is upgrading... Posted Jan 03 2008, 11:51 AM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: nuclear reactors, British Enegy

• Second China reactor deal for Westinghouse

  AP1000s for Fujian Province Bloomberg wire service reports via the Paris, France, based Herald Tribune that China Guodian , one China's biggest electrical utilities, plans to build a nuclear power station in Fujian , southeastern China, using technology from the Westinghouse , which is owned by Toshiba. The plant in Zhangzhou city will have "several" reactors with 1,000 MWe capacity each... Posted Dec 07 2007, 07:56 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: China, Westinghouse, nuclear reactors

• China to spend $50 billlion on new nuclear reactors

  Reactors will be built along the coast to use sea water for cooling Reuters has a roundup of nuclear business developments in China. The wire service reports China plans to tap the global uranium market to feed the rapid expansion of its nuclear power sector. A 2006 deal with Australia will help it meet its needs. Zhang Guobao, a deputy chief of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC... Posted Sep 23 2007, 10:45 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Areva, China, nuclear reactors, uranium Australia