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• Areva into solar now

  France's nuclear company Areva is to launch a solar power business on the basis of the acquisition of US-based Ausra, a specialist in concentrated solar power. The move "reflects Areva's strategic objective to be the world leader in concentrated solar power and will further strengthen and diversify its renewables portfolio," said the company. The move comes after last month's reorganisation, which separated renewables activities from the nuclear reactor business, and the acquisition of a 30% stake in German wind technology specialist Repower two years ago. Posted Feb 09 2010, 10:00 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Areva, France, acquisition, U.S., solar, ausra

• Areva and EdF reach agreement on used fuel

  Areva and Electricité de France (EdF) announced that they had reached an agreement covering the transportation, treatment and recycling of used nuclear fuel. A contract reflecting this agreement is expected to be signed before the end of March. Posted Feb 08 2010, 11:38 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Areva, EDF, Spent Fuel, Electricité de France, agreement, nuclear, accord

• Areva and Kepco sign Imouraren agreement

  France's Areva and Korea Electric Power Company (Kepco) have signed an agreement under which the South Korean company takes a stake in the Imouraren uranium mine under development in Niger. Posted Feb 05 2010, 07:34 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Areva, Uranium, mine, KEPCO, imouraren, korea electric power company

• Brazil signs conversion contract with Areva

  Industrias Nucleares do Brasil (INB) has signed a five-year conversion services contract with Areva of France. The contract will help INB supply fuel to Brazil's sole nuclear power plant at Angra. Posted Feb 03 2010, 10:52 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Areva, Brazil, contract, nuclear, power, energy

• Areva announces reorganization

  France's national nuclear company Areva has announced a reorganization of its nuclear and renewable energy operations into six business groups, instead of the previous four groups. Posted Jan 28 2010, 10:44 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: CORPORATE, Areva, nuclear, financial, competition, reorganization

• Fusion projects building for the future

  Work is set to begin on the first building to be constructed at the Iter platform in France after a contract for the Coil Winding Facility was signed. Meanwhile, vital materials test facilities in Japan are progressing. Posted Jan 19 2010, 11:21 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Areva, France, fusion, ITER, nuclear, nuclear fusion, coil, winding

• Berkeley free to negotiate on Spanish U

  Berkeley Resources, the Australian company looking to resurrect uranium mining at various deposits in Spain, has freed itself to negotiate offtake and marketing rights with other parties by terminating a tentative deal with French company Areva. Berkeley and Areva had entered into the Heads of Agreement - a non-binding document setting out the main issues relevant to a tentative partnership agreement - in 2006. Termination of the agreement also ends any rights previously granted to Areva for offtake or marketing of uranium from Berkeley's projects, leaving Berkeley free to negotiate with other parties. Offtake and marketing rights could be an important element of future project financing for Berkeley, which recently announced a feasibility study into the possible restart of mining at several Spanish deposits. In an announcement to the Australian Securities Exchange, Berkeley said that it understands that Areva is planning to exercise its Berkeley options and dispose of its entire holding shares in the company, potentially contributing over A$7 million ($6.4 million) to Berkeley's cash position. Posted Jan 12 2010, 09:41 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Areva, Uranium, Spain, agreement, mining, berkeley

• Mid point for reactor assessment

  A lot of work still lies ahead for Areva and Westinghouse in their aims to sell new reactors in the UK market, according to the most detailed and critical regulatory report yet. Posted Nov 27 2009, 07:55 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Westinghouse, Areva, UK, safety, reactor, regulations, designs, changes

• Raided Happy Ranger reaches Rauma

  [ Agence France Presse, 18 November ] The Happy Ranger cargo ship, which is transporting steam generators from France to Finland for use in the Areva EPR under construction at Olkiluoto, has docked at the Finnish port of Rauma. Also on board were eight Greenpeace protesters who boarded the ship during its voyage in protest of the shipment. Six protesters climbed aboard the vessel on 16 November as it passed through the Fehmarn Belt between Denmark and Germany, while another four boarded the following day. However, two of the protesters later left the ship when it was in Swedish waters. The ship's captain agreed to allow the protesters to remain on board if they stayed in a visible location on deck. The protesters spent two rather cold and wet nights on the ship before it reached its destination. In a statement, Finnish police reported, "The activists have left the ship on the authorities' request." One of the protesters, Mai Kivelae, commented: "We left the ship after authorities said we would not be accused of anything." Posted Nov 19 2009, 09:49 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Areva, EPR, Finland, steam generator, dock, shipping

• Protesters take chilly Baltic cruise

  Six Greenpeace activists yesterday boarded the Happy Ranger , a cargo ship transporting steam generators from France to the Areva EPR under construction at the Olkiluoto nuclear power plant in Finland. Posted Nov 17 2009, 11:10 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Areva, EPR, France, steam generator, activists, greenpeace, ship

• Czech enrichment contract for Areva

  Czech utility CEZ has signed a 15-year contract for uranium enrichment services with Areva for its two Temelin reactors. Posted Nov 17 2009, 10:49 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Areva, Uranium, Czech Republic, fuel, enrichment, cooperation, CEZ, temelin

• Trio of bids for Areva T&D division

  Areva announced that it had received three binding bids for its transmission and distribution (T&D) division by the 9 November deadline. The company said that it had received a joint bid from France's Alstom and Schneider Electric, a bid from General Electric (GE) of the USA, and a joint bid from Toshiba and Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (INCJ). Areva said that it is now assessing these offers. The T&D division supplies products, systems and services dedicated to electricity transmission and distribution from the power plant to the final user. The division's customers are electric utilities as well as the oil, mining and metals, wind energy, paper and glass, transportation, and power engineering industries. At the end of June, Areva's supervisory board asked the executive board to put the division up for sale to partly finance the group's long-term development plan. Areva had said that a final decision on whether or not to sell the division and the choice of potential buyer will be taken before the end of 2009. The sale of its T&D division would leave Areva focused entirely on the nuclear power industry, with operations in uranium mining, conversion and enrichment; fuel design and fabrication; reactor design and construction; and decommissioning and waste disposal. Posted Nov 10 2009, 09:07 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Areva, Alstom, Toshiba, acquisition, reactor, ge fanuc, Mergers, areva t&d

• Focus on EPR's systems

  Areva has come under pressure after a joint statement from safety regulators urged it to revise control and safety systems for its EPR design to ensure independence. Posted Nov 03 2009, 11:40 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Areva, EPR, safety, regulations, design, joint statement, independence

• Contract for Ignalina waste repository

  A consortium led by France's Areva has been awarded a contract to design a near-surface repository for low- and intermediate-level waste at Lithuania's Ignalina nuclear power plant. The facility will be modelled on a French repository. Posted Nov 02 2009, 11:41 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Areva, Lithuania, France, fuel, waste, intermediate level, ignalia, low level

• Areva signs Mongolian memorandum

  French nuclear company Areva has signed a Memorandum of Understanding on nuclear energy and radioactive materials cooperation with Mongolia's Atomic Energy Department. Posted Oct 07 2009, 10:59 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Areva, cooperation, nuclear, atomic energy department, mongolia, memorandum, mou