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• Depleted Cranium on Nuclear Desalination Plants

  Here are some interesting facts on the potential of nuclear desalination plants : Assuming that the same efficiency as the BN350 [reactor] setup were achieved in a conventional regenerative steam distillation plant, such a two-reactor [8-9 GW thermal APWR and EPR] driven desalination plant could therefore deliver about one million cubic meters of water per day (over one quarter of a billion US gallons... Posted May 06 2009, 07:30 AM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: EPR, BN350, APWR

• And Then There Was Europe

  We have to give our European friends points for ambition : Discussions regarding Europe's future energy policy this week has seen MEPs backing proposals for new EU targets to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 80% before 2050. And, the meetings of the full EU Parliament in Strasbourg saw support for a 60% renewable energy target. We think MEP stands for Member of European Parliament. In any event... Posted Feb 06 2009, 05:05 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Politics and Nuclear Power, EPR, Europe

• The Warp Effect: WSJ on Buffett, Constellation and the Fate of the EPR

  The Wall Street Journal has a story about Warren Buffett's pending purchase of Constellation Energy and, particularly from our point of view, its UniStar subsidiary, a nuclear consortia that includes Electricite de France , AREVA and Bechtel . The WSJ has no idea how Buffett might proceed with its Unistar subsidiary: On Thursday, MidAmerican chief executive Greg Abel sounded more enthusiastic about... Posted Sep 26 2008, 04:40 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Bechtel, AREVA, EPR, Constellation Energy, Warren Buffett

• 100 GW of New Nuclear from AREVA by 2030?

  That's what they're aiming for : Areva aims to build more than 100 gigawatts of new nuclear power capacity by 2030, one third of the 344 GW that the company expects to be developed around the world by that date, a spokeswoman said. AREVA's Evolutionary Power Reactor is 1.6 GW therefore 100 GW would equate to 63 new EPRs. Is that doable? Well, if we look back over the past 50 years, the... Posted Feb 27 2008, 12:42 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: AREVA, EPR, New Nuclear Plants

• AREVA to Build First EPR in U.S.

  Details from Marketwatch . Read More... Posted Nov 07 2007, 11:35 AM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: AREVA, EPR