September, 2009

Our friends over at the Nuclear Energy Institute are getting the word out about nuclear power… they’ve become a corporate sponsor of the Washington Capitals.  They’ll have an ad on the dasherboard at the Verizon Center (where the Caps play their home games) and at the Kettler Iceplex...

by Jarret Adams Antinuclear activists lately have been trotting out that old chestnut that nuclear energy is not really CO2-free and that this claim is some type of deception. Here’s the short version: nuclear power plants do not produce CO2 while they are producing electricity. For each new AREVA EPR...

By Katherine Berezowskyj Huge efforts continue in both funding and research to make sure that Smart Grid technologies becomes a reality for the U.S. Making the grid will be more efficient is key to meeting growing U.S. energy needs and reducing our current environmental impact from energy generation...

And if the AREVA Med recognition at the CGI event has you curious for more background on this effort, do see the interview with CEO Patrick Bourdet here: http://djysrv.blogspot.com/2009/05/areva-enters-nuclear-medicine-market.html ...read more

By Jarret Adams U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu told the Wall Street Journal/Dow Jones Sept. 24 that he would “push for billions of dollars in new loan guarantee authority” to help facilitate the construction additional nuclear power plants. “If you really want to restart the American nuclear energy...

N.Y. Times columnist Nicholas Kristof presents the CGI recognition to AREVA Med President Patrick Bourdet… ...read more

Today in New York, the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) recognized AREVA and its subsidiary AREVA Med LLC for its pioneering work in developing new methods for producing medical-grade Lead 212─ an isotope that could someday be used in promising cancer treatments. As the world leader in clean energy generation...

by Katherine Berezowskyj If you are going to be at the GridWeek conference in our nation’s capital this week, be sure to check out booth #103. Here, AREVA’s Transmission & Distribution (T&D) division is demonstrating its unique system for integrating its Smart Grid technologies and renewable...

In this Sunday’s column, Pulitzer Prize winning author Thomas Friedman calls for more political bravery and will in regards to the US energy policy and energy independence…and in doing so he also brings up the role of nuclear power: “France today generates nearly 80 percent of its electricity...

In an ongoing series highlighting our different social network efforts, today we would want to thank our Twitter Followers: var zy_theme = "black-tie";var zy_options = {};zy_options["id"] = "zy_fans";zy_options["site"] = "zhuyo.com";zy_options["account_id"...

The EPR Flamanville 3 construction site, taken in August. ...read more

by Katherine Berezowskyj Yesterday Japan’s Chugoku EPCo utility signed a contract for AREVA to supply 40 Mixed-Oxide (MOX) fuel assemblies for one of the reactors at the Shimane nuclear power plant located in the city of Matsue. MOX fuel is a distinct blend of uranium and plutonium oxides, but is particularly...

by Katherine Berezowskyj Jeffery Sachs, renowned economist and Columbia University professor, recently published an article in Scientific American about the need for a clear U.S. energy strategy as the crucial and highly debated climate legislation comes into the picture. Sachs’ piece outlines what he...

Beginning this week, as part of our mission to expand CO2-free energy in the United States, AREVA has launched a six-week campaign that highlights our American job creation and contribution to clean-air energy generation in the U.S. The ad points out that we have 6,000 employees currently working throughout...

by Jarret Adams In a wide-ranging interview on National Public Radio this morning, Energy Secretary Steven Chu expressed strong support for the expansion of nuclear energy in the United States to meet our nation’s energy needs. Dr. Chu explained his support for nuclear energy because it is carbon-free...

On Sept. 6 AREVA announced a major milestone with the installation of the massive reactor building dome for the Olkiluoto 3 EPR™ reactor in Finland. This is a significant step in the reactor’s construction as it’s now the first generation III+ plant in the world with a fully sealed reactor building...

by Katherine Berezowskyj And you thought all historical landmarks had to be old and falling apart…well this is certainly not true of AREVA’s Chalon/Saint-Marcel plant. It is an advanced facility that manufactures the heavy components in nuclear power plants. Nonetheless, Chalon/Saint-Marcel did just...

Marvin Fertel of NEI wrote an op-ed in The Hill arguing that nuclear power is uniquely positioned to meet the demands of climate change legislation.   As we continue to need more and more electrical power – even with conservation – and as the need for legislation capping carbon emissions...

By Katherine Berezowskyj What’s next for nuclear reactors in the United States? Rebecca Smith of the Wall Street Journal just tackled the answer to this question.  Her recent piece, “The New Nukes,” took a look at what’s being developed for the new nuclear reactors and how they are going...

Renewable energy – It’s a hot theme right now as states look at their future energy options, and wind is considered an excellent solution for producing electricity while protecting the environment. Just yesterday, the Daily Press of Newport News wrote a piece about how the “prospect of harvesting energy...

by Katherine Berezowkyj David J.C. Mackay’s recent piece in the New York Times discussed a question that surprisingly few have considered amid rising concerns about future energy supplies, “Where will the world get its energy from next ─ when, inevitably, humans stop using fossil fuels?” The Cambridge...

By Katherine Berezowskyj Today we would like to spotlight another integral part of AREVA family here in North America─ RB Watkins, a transformer field services company based in Stow, Ohio. Founded in 2004, the company joined the AREVA group in December 2008 and is now part AREVA’s Transmission &...

Building new reactors is not the only way to make gains in our energy supply. Updating current energy generation facilities to make them more efficient and reliable also provides a cost-effective way to ensure a dependable, domestic energy supply. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission projects that...