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• Romanian reactor contract for AECL

  Engineering consultation work is to be carried out by Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd (AECL) towards the completion of two units at Romania's Cernavoda nuclear power plant. Posted Feb 09 2010, 10:29 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: AECL, Romania, contract, Cernavoda, nuclear, plant, power, atomic energy of canada limited

• 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

• Contract for second Koeberg simulator

  Canada's L3-MAPPS is to supply a second simulator for South Africa's Koeberg nuclear power plant. The order follows a contract earlier this year from utility Eskom to refurbish the existing simulator at the plant's operator training centre. Posted Dec 11 2009, 06:43 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Canada, South Africa, simulator, contract, koeberg, L3-MAPPS, operationation

• Kakrapar civil works contract for L&T

  Larsen & Toubro (L&T) will undertake main plant civil works of units 3 and 4 of the Kakrapar nuclear power plant after a contract award. It is also celebrating the installation of the pressure vessel of the country's fast reactor prototype. Posted Dec 08 2009, 11:35 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Larsen & Toubro, contract, construction, fast reactor, L&T, nuclear, plant, power, pressure vessel, kakrapar

• South African fuel supply contract for Westinghouse

  Westinghouse has been awarded a $30 million contract by South African utility Eskom to supply fuel for the Koeberg nuclear power plant near Cape Town between late 2011 and 2015. Posted Dec 03 2009, 11:20 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Westinghouse, Eskom, South Africa, contract, fuel, agreement, koeberg

• Russia moves to resolve Dornod title issues

  Russia's AtomRedMetZoloto (ARMZ) has moved to resolve uncertainty over titles to a Mongolian uranium field by buying out the Canadian company with a rival claim. Posted Nov 30 2009, 11:34 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Uranium, Russia, Canada, ARMZ, contract, AtomRedMetZoloto, mongolia

• Dresser wins Korean control valve contract

  Dresser Masoneilan - a division of Houston-based Dresser Inc - has been named as the preferred supplier of control values for Units 3 and 4 of Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power's (KHNP's) Shin Kori nuclear power plant. The reactors are currently under construction. Posted Nov 04 2009, 11:29 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Korea, contract, parts, valves, components, nuclear, supply, dresser

• RWE pulls out of Belene

  After a long period of uncertainty German utility RWE has finally abandoned a potential 49% investment in two new nuclear reactors in Bulgaria. Posted Oct 28 2009, 11:43 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Germany, Bulgaria, RWE, contract, reactor, nuclear, pull out, withdrawal

• Ukraine to sign Russian fuel supply contract

  [RIA Novosti, 21 October] Ukraine expects to sign a long-term contract for Russian nuclear fuel supplies before the end of 2009, according to Natalya Shumakova, the Ukrainian deputy energy minister. Ukraine's current contract with Russia's TVEL runs out next year. "Our position is that it should be signed as soon as possible," she said. The contract was to be signed in October, Shumakova said, but was delayed. She did not give a reason for the delay. Vasily Konstantinov, vice president of TVEL, previously blamed the delay on Ukrainian authorities. Energoatom is the national electricity generator in Ukraine, which uses 15 reactors planned in the Soviet era for almost half of the country's electricity generation. It has longstanding contracts with Russia's TVEL for fuel supply but has recently signalled that it will be unable to make the advanced payments required by contract. Posted Oct 22 2009, 08:12 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Russia, Reactors, Ukraine, TVEL, contract, fuel, supply, energy minister

• GdF-Suez holds back on Belgian payment

  [Reuters, 17 October] The Belgian government has demanded that French utility GdF-Suez agree to a deal on an energy levy for 2009 of up to € 500 million ($748 million) by 22 October. Belgium is demanding the payment of a levy of € 250 million ($374 million) for the operation of GdF-Suez's Belgian nuclear power plants, as well as a € 250 million contribution to a renewable energy fund. GdF-Suez CEO Gerard Mestrallet said that the company is not prepared to pay the levy as it totals about the same amount as the entire profit from the company’s Belgian operations. GdF-Suez's Electrabel subsidiary primarily owns and operates all seven of Belgium's nuclear reactors. The company paid a € 250 million levy in 2008, but is challenging that payment at Belgium’s constitutional court. Last week, the Belgium government announced its decision to put back its plans to phase out nuclear power by ten years. However, it said that the country's nuclear producers must make an annual 'contribution' of some € 215-245 million ($320-364 million) per year to the country's budget over the period 2010-2014. Posted Oct 20 2009, 07:57 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Belgium, contract, nuclear, plant, power, payment, gas, gdf suez

• Iter wire contracts signed

  Two US companies plus Russia's Kurchatov Institute have announced they have signed contracts to supply superconducting wire for the Iter international nuclear fusion reactor project. Posted Oct 07 2009, 10:29 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Russia, contract, fusion, nuclear, supply, superconductor, superconducting, kurchatov

• Asian contracts for US valve makers

  Two US companies have received orders for safety-related valves to be used in new nuclear power plants in Asia. Tyco Flow Control will provide valves for four new units in China, while Flowserve Corp will supply valves for two new South Korean reactors. Posted Oct 07 2009, 08:19 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: China, Korea, contract, safety, Asia, valves, tyco, flowserve

• Hong Kong secures nuclear supply

  The Daya Bay nuclear power plant will continue to figure large in the Chinese region's power supplies after the approval of a 20-year contract extension. Posted Sep 25 2009, 10:37 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: China, contract, contract extention, hong kong, developing, daya bay

• Areva and Progress Energy form alliance

  Areva Inc has announced a five-year deal that will see it become the comprehensive supplier of services and products for Progress Energy's four nuclear power plants, located in North and South Carolina and Florida. Posted Sep 24 2009, 11:03 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Areva, Progress Energy, North Carolina, contract, agreement, florida, accord, south carolina

• Further contract for Watts Bar 2 completion

  Tennessee Valley Authority has awarded a $50 million contract to Day & Zimmermann to provide services to assist in the completion of unit 2 of the Watts Bar nuclear power plant. The contract primarily covers work on the plant's turbine building. Posted Sep 17 2009, 11:08 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Watts Bar, TVA, contract, tennessee valley authority, turbine, Day & Zimmermann