World Nuclear News

New member for UK manufacturing centre

2010-03-16T15:29:30Z

Sheffield-based DavyMarkham has become the first company to join the second membership tier of the UK's Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (NAMRC)....(read more)

Illinois Senate votes to overturn nuclear ban

2010-03-16T15:22:05Z

The Illinois state Senate has voted overwhelmingly to remove a 23-year-old moratorium on the construction of new nuclear power plants in the state. However, the bill stills need to be approved by the House....(read more)

Poland's nuclear site study

2010-03-16T14:53:46Z

A nationwide survey has selected Poland's best sites for nuclear power plants, two of which are planned for 2020....(read more)

Koeberg prepares to keep World Cup lights on

2010-03-15T16:47:50Z

South Africa's Koeberg nuclear power station is to undergo two maintenance outages over the next month in preparation for the World Cup soccer tournament, to be held in South Africa in June. According to South African press reports, operator Eskom is planning two one-week shutdowns to allow it to carry out pre-emptive maintenance work on cooling systems at the plant. The company is committed to ensuring a reliable electricity supply as the eyes of the world turn to the month-long football fixture...(read more)

Nuclear 'roadmap' in latest Russia-India accords

2010-03-15T16:44:32Z

New agreements between Russia and India include a new cooperation agreement on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy and a roadmap for this year's work by the two countries. Meanwhile, the Indian government has deferred a bill that could be vital to opening nuclear trade with the USA....(read more)

Ansto bolsters research collaboration

2010-03-15T16:21:40Z

The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization (Ansto) has widened its nuclear research cooperation with the French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), as well as signing an agreement with an Australian university to conduct research into the storage of radioactive waste....(read more)

Prison sentence for former KazAtomProm head

2010-03-15T13:31:43Z

Moukhtar Dzhakishev, the former president of Kazakh national nuclear company KazAtomProm, has been found guilty by a court in Astana of misappropriation and bribery, according to an Interfax report. "A prosecutor asked for 14 years in prison from the court. The court agreed and imposed this very punishment on him, that is, 14 years in a high security penitentiary, and has also deprived him of the right to occupy government positions for seven years," said Nurlan Beisekeyev, Dzhakishev's...(read more)

IAEA sets target on delay and denial

2010-03-12T17:04:59Z

The International Atomic Energy Agency has set a target of reducing delays and denials of shipment of radioactive material to "an insignificant level" by 2013....(read more)

Second EDF contract for UK architect

2010-03-12T13:00:59Z

London-based architect firm YRM has been awarded a contract by EDF Energy to act as overall architect for the planned new Sizewell C nuclear power plant in Suffolk, UK. The contract follows an earlier one for work on the new Hinkley Point C plant....(read more)

Assessments continue at Bruce

2010-03-12T12:45:21Z

Bruce Power is conducting checks on 192 staff that could have been affected by a contamination incident in November last year. Chalk River Laboratory has so far carried out 39 large volume bioassays with the results that ten people have shown less than detectable activity (MDA); 20 have more than MDA but less than 10 mSv; six are between 10 and 20 mSv and three are between 20 and 30 mSv. None of these results has taken a worker beyond annual or five-year dose limits. An American lab will soon begin...(read more)

Now Turkey for South Korean nuclear exports

2010-03-11T16:34:30Z

South Korea's ascent to the top level of nuclear nations has continued with prospective cooperation with Turkey and fresh determination to introduce reprocessing....(read more)

Chinese projects place orders

2010-03-11T15:30:13Z

Orders for waste management systems and valves for new nuclear reactors under construction in China have been placed with US-based suppliers Energy Solutions and Flowserve....(read more)

European nuclear safety training institute

2010-03-11T15:25:17Z

Four national technical safety organizations have announced the creation of a European Nuclear Safety Training and Tutoring Institute (ENSTTI) to help strengthen European research and assessment know-how in the fields of nuclear safety and radiation protection....(read more)

MidAmerican nuclear study fee clears Iowa Senate

2010-03-10T16:17:11Z

The Iowa state Senate has voted in favour of allowing utility MidAmerican Energy to increase electric consumer rates so that it can study the feasibility of constructing a nuclear power plant....(read more)

High-level waste returned to Japan

2010-03-10T16:10:21Z

The first consignment of solid high-level waste belonging to Sellafield's Japanese customers has safely arrived in Japan from the UK following a journey by ship of over six weeks. The waste arose from the reprocessing of those customers' used nuclear fuel at Sellafield....(read more)