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• NRC Sends Confirmatory Action Letter To Nuclear Fuel Services

  Letter is designed to address issues that contributed to recent events at the facility, including an Oct. 13 incident being reviewed by an NRC augmented inspection team - By Mark McFadden - The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has sent a letter to Nuclear Fuel Services detailing the company’s commitments for actions to assure the agency that NFS can safely operate the plant. The company has agreed to suspend production at its Erwin, Tenn., facility until the items are completed. ... Posted Jan 11 2010, 08:18 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: NRC, nuclear fuel, Nuclear Fuel Services, Safety, ENERGY, nuclear, power, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, letter, Luis Reyes

• NRC Appoints New Resident Inspectors At Nuclear Fuel Services

  Smith, who has been a resident inspector at NFS since 2006 and Chitty joined the NRC in 2003 as an operator licensing examiner - By Stephen Heiser - Nuclear Regulatory Commission officials in Atlanta have named Galen Smith as the new senior resident inspector at Nuclear Fuel Services. In addition, Mark Chitty was selected as the second resident inspector at the Erwin, Tenn., fuel fabrication facility. ... Posted Dec 24 2009, 08:05 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: NRC, Nuclear Fuel Services, inspection, ENERGY, nuclear, power, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, galen smith, operating license, mark chitty, inspectors, examiner

• Enterprise Informatics And Excel Services Team On Nuclear Knowledge Management

  Software platform based on Enterprise Informatics' eB for Nuclear application suite - By April Murelio - Enterprise Informatics, a leading developer of enterprise information management software, announced a joint marketing agreement with Excel Services Corporation to deliver a comprehensive Knowledge... Posted Aug 03 2009, 08:20 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: Nuclear Fuel Services, IAEA, Ameren, NEI, International Atomic Energy Agency, software, nuclear, power, NuStart, application, constellation, Enterprise Informatics, Excel Services, eB, knowledge management, nuclear energy institute, NKM, Pressurized Water Reactor Owners Group, BWROG, KMI, nuclear knowledge management, Boiling Water Reactor Owners’ Group, lockheed, suite, knowledge management institute, PWROG

• AREVA Teams With Mitsubishi On New Nuclear Fuel Company

  Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), AREVA, Mitsubishi Materials Corporation (MMC) and Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) create a Joint Venture of Full-fledged Nuclear Fuel Fabrication Business - By Stephen Heiser - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), AREVA, Mitsubishi Materials Corporation (MMC)... Posted Feb 19 2009, 08:49 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: Ltd., AREVA, Mitsubishi Materials Corporation , Mitsubishi Corporation , joint venture, nuclear fuel fabrication, nuclear fuel supplier, nuclear fuel, mixed oxide fuel, MOX, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Nuclear Fuel Services, Japan, France

• Westinghouse, KNF Team To Manufacture Control Element Assemblies

  Companies to form joint venture company to manufacture control element assemblies (CEAs) for the Combustion Engineering (CE)-designed nuclear power plants - By April Murelio - Westinghouse Electric Company and Korea Nuclear Fuel Company (KNF) today announced they have inaugurated KW Nuclear Components... Posted Feb 09 2009, 10:36 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: Westinghouse, new nuclear plants, Westinghouse Electric Company LLC, joint venture, nuclear fuel, pressurized water reactor, Nuclear Fuel Services, new designs, KNF, KNW, Korea, Combustion Engineering, control element assemblies

• AREVA To Sign MoU With India For Twin EPRs

  1650 MW each EPRs will probably be set up at Jaitapur in Maharashtra - By April Murelio - With the doors of international civil nuclear trade reopened India, tha nation, is set to sign the first commercial agreement with French power major Areva this week. Initially, Areva is expected to supply two European... Posted Feb 04 2009, 08:14 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: new nuclear plants, uranium, AREVA, Memorandum of Understanding , nuclear fuel, Nuclear Fuel Services, investment, India, EPR

• AREVA Lands €5+ Billion ($6.5 Billion USD) EDF Enrichment Contract

  Agreement constitutes biggest enrichment deal in AREVA's history - By Stephen Heiser - AREVA and EDF have signed a long-term uranium enrichment contract worth more than €5 Billion ($6.5 Billion USD), making it the biggest AREVA has ever signed for this activity. The deal secures EDF's long... Posted Feb 04 2009, 08:10 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: uranium enrichment , uranium, AREVA, nuclear fuel, Nuclear Fuel Services, EDF, France

• METI Intends To Improve Nuclear Waste Furnace

  Furnace to dispose of radioactive waste at spent nuclear fuel plant - By Linton Levy - The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry and Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd. will team on improving a furnace for disposing of radioactive waste at the spent nuclear fuel reprocessing plant in Aomori Prefecture... Posted Feb 02 2009, 10:11 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: Engineering, joint venture, nuclear fuel fabrication, nuclear fuel supplier, nuclear fuel, Nuclear Fuel Services, reprocessing, vitrification, nuclear waste, Japan, Upgrades, maintenance

• AREVA Wins Longterm Uranium Conversion Contract With EDF

  Uranium conversion agreement worth several hundred million euros - By Stephen Heiser - The contract, due to come into force in 2009, will be fulfilled initially by output from AREVA's Comurhex plants, then from 2012 onwards by the new Comurhex II conversion facilities. This investment, for which... Posted Jan 28 2009, 01:46 PM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: uranium enrichment , uranium, AREVA, contract services , nuclear fuel fabrication, nuclear fuel supplier, nuclear fuel, Nuclear Fuel Services, EDF, France

• USEC Applauds Supreme Court Decision

  LEU under enrichment services contracts are subject to U.S. trade law - By Linton Levy - USEC Inc. welcomes a unanimous decision by the U.S. Supreme Court that imports of low enriched uranium (LEU) under enrichment services (or SWU) contracts are subject to U.S. trade law. “Today’s decision... Posted Jan 27 2009, 05:25 PM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: USEC, uranium enrichment , nuclear fuel supplier, nuclear fuel, Nuclear Fuel Services, nuclear waste, legislation, politics

• Russia-Ukraine Talks On Nuclear Fuel Supplies Near Completion

  Energoatom and TVEL currently discussing a short-term contract for supplies - By Linton Levy - According to the Ukrainian deputy fuel and energy minister, discussions on Russian nuclear fuel supplies to Ukrainian nuclear power plants in 2009 are nearing completion. Russia's state-run nuclear fuel... Posted Jan 26 2009, 06:04 PM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: Westinghouse, Memorandum of Understanding , nuclear fuel supplier, nuclear fuel, Nuclear Fuel Services, Russia, politics

• B&W Subsidiary Acquires Nuclear Fuel Services Inc.

  B&W's position as a leading provider of nuclear manufacturing and services enhanced By Jack Bryar McDermott International, Inc. has announced that an affiliate of its subsidiary, The Babcock & Wilcox Company ("B&W"), has completed the previously announced acquisition of Nuclear... Posted Jan 09 2009, 11:27 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: NRC, acquisitions, nuclear fuel, McDermott International, Babcock & Wilcox, Nuclear Fuel Services