October, 2009

27 Oct (NucNet): The European Commission today proposed extending financial support to Bulgaria for the decommissioning of units 1 to 4 of the Kozloduy nuclear power plant.

23 Oct (NucNet): A look ahead to upcoming meetings and events of interest to the international nuclear energy community in the days ahead…

23 Oct (NucNet): The UK’s Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has called for policy changes to enable the country to build the 16 gigawatts of new nuclear generating capacity it says will be needed by 2030 to meet climate change targets and ensure...

23 Oct (NucNet): A US company planning to construct a nuclear power plant in the state of Idaho now says it wants to build a second plant in a different location.

23 Oct (NucNet): The operating licence of the US Three Mile Island (TMI) unit 1 has been renewed for an additional 20 years.

22 Oct (NucNet): SUZANNE HERRON has been appointed deputy project director for the US International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) project office at the country’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

22 Oct (NucNet): A new study in Finland indicates that, compared to the effects of thermal discharges, radioactive discharges from nuclear power plants have minor environmental effects.

22 Oct (NucNet): Proposals for two new UK nuclear power plants are expected to be among the first applications made to the country’s new Infrastructure Planning Commission (IPC), it was announced today.

21 Oct (NucNet): The Finnish Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK) says it has given permission for the welding of cooling system pipes at the Olkiluoto-3 construction site to resume after receiving a report on the issue from Teollisuuden Voima...

16 Oct (NucNet): France’s nuclear safety authority (Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire, ASN) has suspended decommissioning operations after discovering that an inventory of plutonium at a former mixed oxide (MOX) fuel manufacturing facility in southern France...

14 Oct (NucNet): The US-based exploration and development company Uranium Energy Corporation said today that it is to acquire the South Texas Mining Venture (STMV).

14 Oct (NucNet): New guidance has been published relating to new and existing nuclear permit holders in the UK, the country’s Environment Agency (EA) announced yesterday.

14 Oct (NucNet): UK nuclear regulators have made significant progress toward improving effectiveness in regulating existing nuclear power plants and in preparing to license new nuclear reactor designs, according to a peer review mission.

13 Oct (NucNet): Belgium’s government has decided to postpone the first phase of a planned national phase-out of nuclear energy by 10 years.

12 Oct (NucNet): The UK plans to sell its stake in the European uranium enrichment company, Urenco, prime minister Gordon Brown said today.

7 Oct (NucNet): Talks that could lead to the international community enriching fuel to be used at the Tehran research reactor in Iran will be discussed in Austria next week, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has confirmed.

6 Oct (NucNet): Following consultation last year the UK’s regulators have published the final version of their assessment of best available techniques (BAT) for nuclear facilities.

6 Oct (NucNet): France and Kazakhstan are to form a joint venture fuel marketing company that could lead to the construction of a dedicated fuel manufacturing line in Kazakhstan.