June, 2009

Considering the future of AREVA, the group’s Supervisory Board met and finalized the next steps of the group’s plans (press release). As the world leader in the nuclear power industry, AREVA has witnessed a major increase in demand for CO2-free energy solutions. At the same time, AREVA has exciting goals...

by Jarret Adams Hidden among the tall firs of western Finland, the Olkiluoto 3 project remains hidden from view until we arrived at the site. In fact, the first full view was quite arresting—it is an enormous project and in the bright summer Scandinavian sun quite beautiful. My visit to the Olkiluoto...

by Jarret Adams As the House considers the American Clean Energy and Security Act, we want to point out that AREVA supports legislation that will encourage more investment in new sources of clean energy. As the world leader in CO2-free power generation, we would like to see greater interest in sources...

We missed this last week because of the excitement of the Ohio announcement, but we wanted to make sure we highlighted a panel discussion of nuclear bloggers at the American Nuclear Society meeting in Atlanta that happened last week. Several of our colleagues in the nuclear energy blogging community...

In an editorial yesterday in the Ironton Tribune, Ohio Senator George Voinovich said clearly and strongly: Ohio must engage in the nuclear renaissance. By talking about how the industry meets key concerns about jobs and the economy, Voinovich brought up the opportunities from the new Clean Energy Park...

We’d like to give a warm welcome to some newcomers to the neighborhood!  Adding to a blogosphere already diverse in background and discussion, they bring opinions on the subject that shake up the conversation on nuclear energy. It’s really great to see the dialogue on nuclear energy growing.  There’s...

While we’re glad the newspapers are sitting up and taking notice of nuclear power’s place in our 21st-century energy mix, we’ve also seen a lot of attention on the new Piketon project from the nuclear energy blogging and news community. We’re proud to present a round-up of some...

Who doesn’t like a little attention? We’re pretty flattered by the interest in the joint announcement of an alliance to develop the nation’s first Clean Energy Park as the Piketon site in Southern Ohio yesterday. Even more, we’re encouraged by the focus on nuclear energy. It’s great...

Today Ohio Governor Ted Strickland was in Piketon, Ohio at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Portsmouth site for a major announcement with executives from Duke Energy, AREVA, USEC Inc., UniStar Nuclear Energy and the Southern Ohio Diversification Initiative (SODI). Together they shared news of the...

The House Committee on Science and Technology spent the morning listening to information on nuclear fuel recycling from AREVA’s Dr. Alan Hanson, Executive Vice-President of Technology and Used Fuel Management. Some highlights include Hanson’s analysis of the main benefits and criticisms of recycling...

The National Journal has a really interesting experts’ forum this week called “Is Nuclear the Green Solution?” The responses from their invited experts are still coming in, and it’s looking like a fascinating discussion. Here are some highlights: David Holt, President, Consumer...

Recently the Transmission & Distribution division of AREVA and PJM Interconnection made some “smart” moves forming a strategic alliance to better address to challenges of   “smarter” transmission grids for the northeastern United States.  The two organizations already have several years of success...

As a complement to our blogging efforts, we want to highlight our new AREVA North America presence on several major social networks… These sites include Linked-In, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube – and are part of the rapidly growing online communities of people sharing interests and information...

We’ve collected some of the highlights from last Friday’s first “Jacques Talk” conference call with AREVA North America President Jacques Besnainou. The conversation was wide-ranging and open, and we’re really glad Jacques had the opportunity to talk directly with the nuclear...

We do appreciate the review of our recent blogger conference call. From Dan Yurman: “Areva North American President Jacques Besnainou is like a starship captain. This past week he went where no reactor vendor CEO has gone before by opening up, unfiltered by corporate PR, to a group of nuclear energy...

By Laura Clise On June 3, the U.S. State Department Global Partnerships Initiative, the Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator and TED hosted TED@State, New Ideas for a Better world. TED is a non-profit organization dedicated to the spread of attitude-changing, life-changing, and world-changing ideas...

Last night AREVA North America recognized 168 of its manufacturers and service providers for dedication in service, safety, environmental conservation, and their longstanding relationships with AREVA. As integral business partners, these providers were named “AREVA Certified Suppliers,” having met demanding...

Yesterday, President Obama said in a BBC interview: “Without going into specifics, what I do believe is that Iran has legitimate energy concerns, legitimate aspirations. On the other hand, the international community has a very real interest in preventing a nuclear arms race in the region.”...

Check out this great article in The Economist about the future of green energy. They talk about the impending crisis that is climate change and the importance of finding safe, reliable energy sources that won’t put harmful pollutants or climate-changing CO2 into our air. And like any good discussion...

Tennessee Senator Lamar Alexander has called for the construction of 100 more nuclear reactors over the next 20 years: “It is an aggressive goal, but with presidential leadership it could happen,” the third-ranking Senate Republican told an economic and technology conference at the Y-12 nuclear...