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• Under The Hood With Duncan Williams - MOX Fuel From Weapons-Grade Plutonium

  MOX Fuel From Weapons-Grade Plutonium - By Duncan Williams - On February 25, 2010, the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) announced that it entered into an inter-agency agreement with the government owned Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) in order to evaluate the use of a nuclear fuel made from surplus weapons plutonium. This announcement comes on the heels of President Obama’s recently submitted FY 2011 Budget Request, which included a 25.8% increase in funding to the NNSA. ... Posted Mar 10 2010, 08:55 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: Browns Ferry, uranium, mixed oxide fuel, MOX, Plutonium, Under The Hood With Duncan Williams, patent, savannah river site, duncan williams, mixed oxide, savannah, weapons grade, sequoyah, mfff, Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility

• AREVA: MOX Fuel Provides Electricity For The Second Time In Japan

  Following the contract signed in 2006 between AREVA* and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. (MHI), a fuel assemblies delivery took place on May 2009 - By Linton Levy - The Ikata nuclear plant, operated by Japanese electric power company SHIKOKU Epco on the Shikoku Island (Ehime Prefecture) has started power generation with AREVA’s* MOX fuel. ... Posted Mar 09 2010, 08:55 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: uranium, AREVA, mixed oxide fuel, MOX, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Japan, France, Plutonium, MHI, ENERGY, nuclear, power, mixed oxide, SHIKOKU, melox, SHIKOKU Epco

• NNSA And TVA To Evaluate Plans For Using Surplus Weapon-Grade Plutonium For Nuclear Power Generation

  Converting the plutonium to spent fuel is an essential step in U.S. efforts to dispose of 34 metric tons of surplus weapon-grade plutonium withdrawn from the nuclear weapons program - By Linton Levy - The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has signed an interagency agreement with the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to evaluate the use of mixed oxide (MOX) fuel made from U.S. surplus weapons plutonium in TVA’s Sequoyah and Browns Ferry nuclear power reactors. ... Posted Mar 01 2010, 08:50 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: Browns Ferry, TVA, generation, mixed oxide fuel, MOX, National Nuclear Security Administration , Plutonium, ENERGY, nuclear, power, fuel, HEU, tennesse valley authority, NNSA, highly enriched uranium, mixed oxide, weapons grade, bley, sequoyah, Blended Low-Enriched Uranium, convert

• Preparation Of The Fourth MOX Maritime Shipment To Japan

  A transport of MOX fuel from France to Japan is now under preparation - By Stephen Heiser - In agreement with the Governments of the three involved countries of Japan, France and the United Kingdom, in coherence with their transparency engagement and for obvious security reasons, the communication related to this MOX transport operation will be carried out in the following way by the two industrial Companies of Japan (KYUSHU Electric Power Company and KANSAI Electric Power Company), by AREVA in France and by INS in the United Kingdom,: ... Posted Feb 10 2010, 08:55 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: uranium, AREVA, nuclear fuel, mixed oxide fuel, MOX, Japan, France, Plutonium, ENERGY, nuclear, power, shipping, KYUSHU Electric Power Company, KANSAI Electric Power Company

• AREVA And EDF Reach Accord On Spent Nuclear Fuel Management

  The agreement lays down the conditions for applying the framework agreement of December 19, 2008, which sets the principles of a long-term partnership for operations of treatment-recycling of used fuel, and reprocessed fuel fabrication (MOX1) - By Stephen Heiser - AREVA and EDF have reached an agreement covering the transportation, treatment and recycling of used nuclear fuel, for which a contract will be signed before the end of the first quarter of 2010. ... Posted Feb 09 2010, 08:50 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: uranium, AREVA, MOX, EDF, spent fuel , Plutonium, ENERGY, nuclear, power, fuel, Electrcite de France, mixed oxide

• Global Nuclear Fuel Marks 10th Anniversary Helping Utilities Bring Consumers Virtually Carbon-Free Energy

  GE-Led Joint Venture Embarks on Next Decade of Delivering Innovative Nuclear Fuel Technologies - By Linton Levy - Global Nuclear Fuel (GNF), the GE-led joint venture with Hitachi, Ltd. and Toshiba Corporation, this month is celebrating its 10th anniversary and embarking on a new decade as a world-leading supplier of reliable, high-quality fabricated nuclear fuel and services for the commercial nuclear industry. ... Posted Jan 22 2010, 08:44 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: mixed oxide fuel, MOX, Toshiba, Hitachi, GEH, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy, ENERGY, GE Hitachi, nuclear, power, Global Nuclear Fuel, gnf

• AREVA: MOX Fuel Provides For Electricity The First Time In Japan

  On October 2009 the MOX loading operations took place in unit 3 of the Genkai Nuclear Power Plant - By April Murelio - The Genkai nuclear plant, operated by Japanese electric power company KYUSHU, on the Kyushu Island, has been producing electricity from AREVA's* MOX fuel. Following the contract... Posted Dec 04 2009, 08:45 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: AREVA, mixed oxide fuel, MOX, Japan, waste, Plutonium, ENERGY, nuclear, power, fuel, Genkai, recycled

• NRC Staff To Meet With Shaw Areva Mox Services To Discuss Performance At Mixed Oxide Facility

  NRC review found MOX facility construction activities acceptable overall, and also determined that the program was being sufficiently implemented to support ongoing construction - By Linton Levy - The Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff has scheduled a meeting with officials of Shaw Areva MOX Services... Posted Dec 03 2009, 08:42 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: NRC, DOE, AREVA, MOX, Shaw, fuel, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, department of energy, Shaw AREVA MOX Services, savannah river site, mixed oxide, savannah

• NRC Issues Order Modifying Construction Authorization For MOX Facility

  The order requires Shaw AREVA MOX Services, the company building the facility, to adhere to changes in its NRC construction authorization - By Linton Levy - The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued a Confirmatory Order to the mixed oxide facility under construction at the Department of Energy’s... Posted Dec 01 2009, 08:37 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: NRC, DOE, AREVA, MOX, Shaw, fuel, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, department of energy, Shaw AREVA MOX Services, savannah river site, mixed oxide, savannah

• Under The Hood With Duncan Williams - Everything You Always Wanted To Know About MOX Fuels

  Everything You Always Wanted To Know About MOX Fuels - By Duncan Williams - Last week a nuclear reactor in Genkai, Japan, became the first Japanese nuclear reactor to use a type of nuclear fuel known as mixed-oxide (MOX) fuel. Although uncommon in Japan and America, MOX fuel is currently used in at least... Posted Nov 11 2009, 08:50 AM by steveheiser with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: DOE, U-235, mixed oxide fuel, MOX, Japan, reactor, Plutonium, fuel, Sellafield, column, department of energy, Shaw AREVA MOX Services, Under The Hood With Duncan Williams, savannah river site, u238, weapons, duncan williams, mixed oxide, Uranium-238, grade, uranium-235, uu235, purex, u-238

• Flanders Expands Shaw AREVA MOX Services With $15.5 Million Contract

  Project is expected to begin in the fourth quarter 2009 and will take approximately a year from design through delivery - By Linton Levy - Flanders Corporation has won a purchase agreement for 145 Filtration Containment Systems for the Mixed Oxide (MOX) Fuel Fabrication Facility from Shaw AREVA MOX Services... Posted Sep 28 2009, 08:50 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: AREVA, mixed oxide fuel, MOX, Shaw, Flanders, ENERGY, nuclear, power, Glove boxes, SRS, Shaw AREVA MOX Services, savannah river site, Filtration Containment Systems

• Flanders Corp. Secures Two Additional Purchase Agreements for $7.5 Million From Shaw AREVA MOX Services, LLC

  The projects are to begin the fourth quarter of 2009 - By Stephen Heiser - Flanders Corporation won two more purchase agreements from Shaw AREVA MOX Services, LLC related to the mixed oxide (MOX) fuel project at the Savannah River Site (SRS) near Aiken, South Carolina: -- 12 Glove boxes and associated... Posted Sep 24 2009, 08:45 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: AREVA, mixed oxide fuel, MOX, Shaw, Flanders, ENERGY, nuclear, power, Glove boxes, SRS, Shaw AREVA MOX Services, glove box, savannah river site

• AREVA Inks Deal To Supply MOX To Chugoku

  Fuel will be fabricated at AREVA's MELOX plant in southern France - By Stephen Heiser - AREVA signed today a contract* to supply 40 MOX fuel assemblies for unit 2 of the Shimane nuclear power plant, owned and operated by Japanese utility Chugoku EPCo. Under the terms of the contract, the fuel will... Posted Sep 18 2009, 08:50 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: mixed oxide fuel, MOX, Japan, France, contract, ENERGY, nuclear, power, supply, chugoku, shimane

• NNSA Marks Two-Year Construction Milestone at MOX Facility in South Carolina

  New Online Media Kit Highlights Progress Made on Important Nuclear Nonproliferation Project - By Mark McFadden - The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has marked the second full year of successful construction of the Mixed Oxide (MOX) Fuel Fabrication Facility at the Savannah River Site... Posted Jul 31 2009, 10:43 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: mixed oxide fuel, MOX, Obama, reprocessing, spent fuel , nuclear, power, fuel, NNSA

• Contract Let For Construction Of NNSA's Waste Solidification Building At SRS

  WSB will process waste streams from the NNSA’s plutonium disposition efforts at SRS - By Linton Levy - The National Nuclear Security Administration today announced that a team led by Baker Concrete Construction, Inc., of Monroe, Ohio has been awarded a $91.5 million contract for the construction... Posted Jul 21 2009, 08:15 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: mixed oxide fuel, MOX, National Nuclear Security Administration , contract, Plutonium, NNSA, WSB