January, 2009

5 Jan (NucNet): The acquisition of British Energy (BE) by Electricite de France (EDF) was completed today.

27 Jan (NucNet): Areva has confirmed that Siemens will exercise its option to sell its 34 percent stake in Areva NP.

14 Jan (NucNet): An application was submitted today for a decision-in-principle on the possible construction of a new nuclear power plant in Finland.

27 Jan (NucNet): Shareholders in Switzerland’s Atel Group today voted in favour of proposals to change the company’s name to Alpiq Holding Ltd.

27 Jan (NucNet): British Energy (BE) said yesterday that the UK’s Nuclear Installations Inspectorate had approved a return to service of its Hartlepool A1 reactor unit in northern England.

14 Jan (NucNet): The Olkiluoto-3 European pressurised water reactor (EPR) unit being built in Finland is now scheduled to be completed in June 2012, Finnish utility Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) has said.

27 Jan (NucNet): The Areva group is encouraging UK companies to become the suppliers of equipment and engineering for any new nuclear power plants built in the country.

6 Jan (NucNet): Japan’s government has approved a combined budget for nuclear-related activities in the next financial year with increases earmarked for key areas of development.

19 Jan (NucNet): Experts from the UK’s civil nuclear industry have arrived in India with a senior member of the British government to discuss potential collaboration between the two countries.

28 Jan (NucNet): Areva said today it had signed a long-term uranium conversion contract with Electricite de France worth “several hundred million euros”.

30 Jan (NucNet): Japan’s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant operated safely during and after a major earthquake that struck in July 2007, a new report from International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) experts confirmed today.

28 Jan (NucNet): Final environmental impact statement (EIS) guidelines and the Joint Review Panel agreement have been issued by the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency and the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC).