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• BARDA Awards Contracts For Tests And Devices To Help Respond To Radiological Emergencies

  The contracts total $35 million for the initial phase and up to $400 million over five years - By Stephen Heiser - The HHS Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) is awarding nine contracts for the advanced research and development of more effective tests and devices to determine the level of radiation a person has absorbed after a nuclear or radiological incident. The contracts total $35 million for the initial phase and up to $400 million over five years. ... Posted Dec 22 2009, 08:50 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: Contracts, Safety, award, radiological, emergency, Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, barda

• India's Announcement Next Week Seen As Important To U.S. Nuclear Energy Sector

  India likely will be awarding over $20 billion in nuclear energy-related contracts to American companies next week - By Thomas Cheplick - GE's Hitachi Nuclear Energy and Westinghouse Co., a subsidiary of Tokyo’s Toshiba Corp., are likely to be among the top companies bidding in India for over... Posted Jul 16 2009, 08:06 AM by thomascheplick with | with no comments Filed under: Westinghouse, Contracts, India, Toshiba, GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy, final investment

• Mirion Technologies Gets Contract For The Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant

  Contract will ensure the safe monitoring and inspection of spent fuel for the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant in Lithuania - By April Murelio - California's Mirion Technologies Imaging Systems Division has been awarded a contract to supply Nuvia Ltd. with visual systems for the new Interim Spent Fuel... Posted Feb 16 2009, 09:02 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: contract services , nuclear waste, Contracts, spent fuel

• Russia’s TVEL Wins Nuclear Fuel Contract For India

  Agreement for 2,000 tonnes of uranium pellets worth about $780 Million - By Mark McFadden - Russian nuclear fuel producer TVEL today signed a contract for fuel supplies to Indian nuclear power plants, making Russia the first country to sign a uranium enrichment deal with India over the past 34 years... Posted Feb 11 2009, 11:30 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: nuclear fuel, Russia, Contracts, India

• Flanders Gets Initial Purchase Agreement With Shaw AREVA MOX Services

  Air filtration company wins contract for eight Glove Boxes - By Linton Levy - Flanders Corporation has won a purchase agreement for 8 glove boxes from Shaw AREVA MOX Services, LLC related to the MOX project at the Savannah River Site (SRS) near Aiken, South Carolina. "We have been driving hard to... Posted Feb 11 2009, 09:59 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: AREVA, nuclear fuel, mixed oxide fuel, MOX, air filter, Contracts, Shaw, Flanders

• GSE Systems Wins Over $7 Million Of New Work In Nuclear Power Simulation

  Contract Includes a major upgrade to the Leningrad nuclear power plant simulator - By Linton Levy - GSE Systems, Inc. (GSE), a leading global provider of real-time simulation and training solutions to the power, process, manufacturing and Government sectors, announced today it was recently awarded contracts... Posted Feb 09 2009, 10:07 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: China, Engineering, contract services , nuclear power plant services, new designs, Europe, Russia, investment, Upgrades, Contracts, India, automation, GSE, simulator

• Parsons Wins Contract To Work On National Enrichment Facility

  Company awarded contract for expansion phase of project - By Mark McFadden Parsons has been awarded a two-year contract by Louisiana Energy Services (LES) to provide engineering, construction management, and construction services for the expansion phase of the National Enrichment Facility (NEF) in Eunice... Posted Feb 06 2009, 12:28 PM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: uranium enrichment , uranium, contract services , nuclear fuel fabrication, nuclear fuel, centrifuge, Contracts, Parsons

• Sweden Drops Ban On New Nuclear Power

  29 year ban dropped as a result of demand, supply, and economic realities - By Linton Levy - The Swedish government has made public its decision to allow the construction of new nuclear power plants. Sweden had banned new construction in after a 1980 referendum. Sweden’s exceptional safety record... Posted Feb 06 2009, 12:08 PM by steveheiser with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: new nuclear plants, licensing, generation, joint venture, EDF, forecast, Europe, legislation, France, investment, Contracts, politics, EPR

• B&W Receives More Than $1 Billion In New Nuclear Contracts, Announces New Jobs In Three States

  Nuclear Operations Group Captures More Work under $2.66 Billion Government Contracts Awarded in 2007, 2008 - By April Murelio – Babcock & Wilcox Nuclear Operations Group, Inc. (B&W NOG), a major operating unit of The Babcock & Wilcox Company (B&W), has received awards in excess... Posted Feb 06 2009, 10:09 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: contract services , Babcock & Wilcox, nuclear power plant services, Contracts, politics, jobs

• Areva To Ink Indian Nuclear Deal This Week

  Agreement will involve a number of Indian energy plants - By Stephen Heiser French nuclear power engineering company Areva is to sign a deal this week with a number of Indian energy plants, France's foreign trade minister Anne-Marie Idrac said yesterday, according to a report in The Economic Times... Posted Feb 02 2009, 07:47 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: AREVA, Contracts, India

• AREVA Announces 21.8% Growth In Nuclear Last Year

  2008 revenue: +10.4% to 13.2 billion euros - By Linton Levy - AREVA's backlog stood at 48.2 billion euros as of December 31, 2008, for 21.1% growth year-on-year, including 21.8% growth in Nuclear and 16.5% growth in Transmission & Distribution. • The Nuclear backlog came to 42.5 billion... Posted Jan 30 2009, 10:00 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: new nuclear plants, earnings, financials, AREVA, generation, forecast, Europe, France, investment, Contracts, Urenco Enrichment

• EDF To Construct A Second EPR In France

  EDF will also involve industrial concerns, notably GDF-Suez - By April Murelio - The announcement by the French President confirming the construction of a second EPR run by EDF is excellent news for the company. EDF will also involve industrial concerns, notably GDF-Suez, in the construction of this... Posted Jan 30 2009, 09:47 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: new nuclear plants, EDF, Europe, France, investment, Contracts, politics, EPR, GDF Suez

• MHI and COMEX NUCLEAIRE Consortium Receives Order From EDF For Six Replacement Steam Generators For Nuclear Power Plants In France

  Venture will supply six replacement steam generators (RSG) for pressurized water reactors (PWRs) - By Linton Levy - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) and COMEX NUCLEAIRE has received an order from EDF (Electricite De France S.A.) to supply six replacement steam generators (RSG) for pressurized... Posted Jan 29 2009, 09:55 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: contract services , generation, joint venture, pressurized water reactor, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, EDF, Japan, Contracts, steam generator

• Siemens Could Team With Russia’s Atomenergoprom

  Announcement comes on the heels of Siemens AREVA split - By Jack Bryar - The German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) said on Saturday that German engineering conglomerate Siemens plans to set up a nuclear power joint venture with Russia's Atomenergoprom. This announcement comes on the... Posted Jan 26 2009, 12:07 PM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: AREVA, joint venture, Europe, Russia, Contracts, Siemens, Atomenergoprom

• AREVA’s Reactor Design Appealing To New Customers

  Nuclear plant buyers are shopping for best solutions for their specifc needs - By Stephen Heiser - The market for AREVA’s nuclear reactor models could grow as one of its competitors has potentially lost two customers. Entergy Nuclear and Dominion Power both had tentative plans to build reactors... Posted Jan 21 2009, 10:34 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: NRC, new nuclear plants, AREVA, Entergy, France, Contracts, GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy, EPR, Dominion