September, 2007

20 Sep (NucNet): Areva Dongfang, a joint venture of France’s Areva group and China’s Dongfang Electric Corporation (DEC), is to supply 18 reactor coolant pumps to the China Nuclear Power Engineering Company (CNPEC).

16 Sep (NucNet): The supervisory board of Areva NP has announced two new management appointments that take effect from today.

14 Sep (NucNet): The US enrichment corporation USEC said today that it had begun operating American Centrifuge machines in a cascade configuration at its demonstration facility in Piketon, Ohio.

13 Sep (NucNet): South Korea says it has finished constructing a fully superconducting nuclear fusion test bed using an advanced magnetic system.

13 Sep (NucNet): The US has signed an agreement to help Vietnam as it prepares to develop a civilian nuclear energy programme, the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) said yesterday.

5 Sept (NucNet): Canada, China and Argentina have agreed to carry out a joint study into possible cooperation on new Candu reactor units in the three countries.

5 Sept Aug (NucNet): Australia will join the US-led Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP), prime minister John Howard confirmed today.