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A recently published study has outlined a technology that could significantly improve the ability to extract uranium from seawater – a process that's far from commercial viability now but could provide future supplies of the reactor-powering element, should land-based resources become constrained...

Westinghouse announced an agreement Tuesday to help South Africa develop domestic fabrication of nuclear fuel. South Africa has operated fuel cycle facilities in the past to fuel its Koeberg nuclear plant, but currently the country relies on imports. South African energy policies have called for a yet...

Babcock & Wilcox on Wednesday announced two Naval fuel contracts that total more than $100 million. B&W subsidiary Nuclear Fuel Services Inc. will provide highly enriched uranium fuel and support for nuclear submarines and aircraft carriers through a contract with the Department of Energy's...

For the last year, researchers at the Sandia National Laboratories have used an ion beam in tandem with an electron microscope to recreate the long-term effects of conditions inside a reactor – creating data that would take years to produce using conventional tests. The beamline from the tandem...

Areva will provide fuel for Ohio’s Davis-Besse nuclear plant through 2026 under a modified contract announced Tuesday. Under an amended 2006 agreement, FirstEnergy will buy Areva fuel for six refuelings. It calls for Areva’s new high-performance fuel assembly design, which has been used at...

A South Carolina plant has completed fuel assemblies for the world’s first nuclear plant using Westinghouse’s AP1000 reactor design. On Monday, Toshiba subsidiary Westinghouse announced the Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility completed 157 fuel assemblies for Sanmen 1 in China’s Zhejiang...

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has put a number of nuclear plants on notice after a report from Westinghouse suggesting older fuel may heat up in extreme accident scenarios more than originally thought. Fuel can become damaged above 2,200 degrees Fahrenheit. NRC rules dictate that computer modeling...

Lightbridge, a nuclear fuel technology firm based in Virginia, announced it will explore research projects with the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute. Their memorandum of agreement seeks joint research of fuel designed by Lightbridge – specifically, pre-irradiation testing in advance of loop...

On Wednesday, British regulators announced the Sellafield MOX Plant would close after losing critical business in Japan following the Fukushima Daiichi crisis. Global trade in mixed-oxide fuel – made from a combination of uranium and reprocessed plutonium – halted abruptly after the multiple...

Westinghouse announced Monday that it will soon begin shipping fuel to Tennessee's Watts Bar unit 2 – scheduled to be the first U.S. reactor to come online in 15 years. According to a Westinghouse release, fuel from the company's Columbia, S.C., fuel fabrication facility will ship between...

French energy group Areva has entered tentative talks with the Tennessee Valley Authority that could pave the way for TVA’s nuclear plants to use fuel made from retired weapons. On Friday, the company announced it signed a letter of intent with TVA to initiate discussions on the use of fuel...

IBC Advanced Alloys Corp. has signed a memorandum of understanding with Global Nuclear Fuel America to study ways to make reactor fuel more efficient using beryllium oxide. The announcement follows two years of fuel research sponsored by IBC in an existing partnership with Texas A & M and Purdue...

The draft EIS analyzes potential impacts of construction, operation and decommissioning of the proposed facility. It includes the NRC staff’s preliminary conclusion that the plant, to be called the Eagle Rock Enrichment Facility, would have mostly small impacts on the local environment, primarily...

Based in Wilmington, N.C., GNF is a GE-led joint venture with Hitachi Ltd. and Toshiba Corporation. GNF is the nuclear industry’s leading fabricator and supplier of boiling water reactor (BWR) fuel and services - By Linton Levy - With more utilities seeking to boost the output of their existing...

Uranium Resources, Inc. (URI) has one of the largest uranium holdings in the United States, New Mexico has the largest uranium resource base in the country, domestic uranium production supplies less than 10% of U.S. nuclear power plant fuel needs - By Stephen Heiser - Uranium Resources, Inc. (URI...

- By Stephen Heiser - A delegation of French Parliamentarians visited the Olkiluoto 3 construction site, in Finland, on July 8. The group was composed of members from different political parties, all having the same goal: to develop and promote the French Nuclear Industry. "Olkiluoto 3...

Worldwide exploration and mine development expenditures have more than doubled since the publication of the previous edition, Uranium 2007: Resources, Production and Demand. These expenditures have increased despite declining uranium market prices since mid-2007 - Edited by Linton Levy - According...

NRC inspectors reviewed licensee performance at AREVA’s Lynchburg facility from April 26, 2008, through April 24, 2010, in the areas of Safety Operations, Radiological Controls, Facility Support, Safeguards and Special Topics. The review found that AREVA continued to conduct its activities safely...

The over-allotment option was granted in conjunction with the Company’s public offering of 23,809,500 shares completed on June 25, 2010. With the exercise of the over-allotment option, a total of 27,142,830 shares of common stock were sold in the offering with net proceeds to URI of approximately...

“Nuclear Materials: Current and Future Regulatory Challenges” - Prepared Remarks for The Honorable Gregory B. Jaczko, Chairman U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission at the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management, Baltimore, Maryland - Source NRC - Thank you for the introduction. I am...

This online nuclear engineering graduate certificate will be offered nationwide to increase the workforce pool by strengthening the knowledge of engineers already in the nuclear industry and by facilitating the transfer of engineers from the non-nuclear engineering industry into nuclear engineering-related...

AREVA Accepts Conditional Commitment For DOE Loan Guarantee for Eagle Rock Enrichment Facility - By Stephen Heiser - AREVA has accepted the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) offer of a conditional commitment to issue a $2 billion loan guarantee to support construction of the Eagle Rock Enrichment...

“The Fuel Cycle: Current and Future Challenges”/Prepared Remarks for The Honorable Gregory B. Jaczko Chairman U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission at the 5th Annual Fuel Cycle Information Exchange Bethesda, MD - Source NRC - Good morning. I am pleased to be able to address the Fifth Annual...

AREVA's campaign processing of spent fuel for EDF is underway and progressing well - By Stephen Heiser - Since the beginning of the year, 776 tons have been processed for recycling. In the vitrification facilities 46 canisters of vitrified fission products(1) have been produced. Since the beginning...

In accordance with NASDAQ Marketplace Rules, the Company has been granted until January 4, 2011 to demonstrate compliance with the minimum $1.00 bid price requirement of The NASDAQ Capital Market. If compliance with the $1.00 bid price requirement is not regained in the 180-day time period, NASDAQ will...