May, 2010

AREVA was recognized nationally last week by the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) and three winning customers at the annual Top Industry Practice (TIP) Award program held at the 2010 Nuclear Energy Assembly. This coveted industry award program recognized AREVA and its customers for excellence among peers...

Check out this great piece from Clean Skies TV on the announcement of a conditional loan guarantee for AREVA’s Eagle Rock Enrichment Facility under development near Idaho Falls, Idaho. The piece also focuses on the Administrations request for additional loan guarantee authority for new nuclear...

From The Hill.com, we are now starting to hear of a possible summer timeframe for the Energy-Climate Bill to reach the floor of Congress: “Authors of an energy and climate bill are hoping to bring it to the Senate floor in June or July, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) said Tuesday. Lieberman, the...

We would like to highlight some of the comments made by the leaders of Idaho in the wake of this important announcement for the Eagle Rock Enrichment Facility which is planned for their communities. “DOE’s decision is great news for AREVA and Idaho,” said Governor Otter. “The loan guarantee confirms...

“The Eagle Rock loan guarantee offer is an extremely positive development for the nation’s electric infrastructure, for the Idaho economy and for U.S. energy security.” -NEI News Release, Richard Myers, Vice President for Policy Development View full release here ...read more

The U.S. Department of Energy has offered a conditional commitment for a $2 billion conditional loan guarantee to facilitate financing of AREVA’ s Eagle Rock Enrichment Facility planned for development near Idaho Falls, Idaho. With this loan guarantee AREVA can secure the financing necessary for this...

Two members of our ADAGE team sat down for an interview with radio station KMAS 1030 about the proposed Mason County biomass plant in Shelton County, Washington. Jim Gaston, the Project’s Manager, and Tom DePonty, Director of Public Affairs for ADAGE, explained the project and answered questions...

It is often said that “as California goes, so goes the nation.” Yet many Californians have some preconceptions about how to meet our nation’s energy demand while dramatically cutting emissions, we may be headed to a stalemate in the battle against climate change. In fact, a significant number of residents...

With over 45 locations in the United States, AREVA understands it has an important role to play as a leader in its communities, as well as its impact on the American energy landscape. This includes engaging in dialogue and communication with our stakeholders. An important focus for this engagement has...

By Jarret Adams In an excellent cover story in this month’s Power magazine, writers James Hylko and Robert Peltier examine why the current U.S. policy for managing used nuclear fuel has put the country on a “road to nowhere.” They write: The Nuclear Waste Policy Act and Amendments of 1982 and 1987...

The following is a statement from Jacques Besnainou, CEO of AREVA Inc., on the introduction of the American Power Act today by Sens. John Kerry and Joe Lieberman:   “The energy and environment legislation offered today is very good for America because it would help our nation move toward using more...

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By Jarret Adams “If the U.S. moves forward with new nuclear power plants the cost of electricity will be significantly lower than if we do not pursue new plants,” said Mike Howard, senior vice president of research at the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI). According to EPRI’s research, the cost...

On Monday, May 10, AREVA was presented the Charlotte Mayor’s International Community Award for large companies by Mayor Anthony Foxx and Dr. Maha Gingrich, Chairwoman, Charlotte International Cabinet, according to an article in the Charlotte Business Journal. Tom Franch, Senior Vice President, Engineering...

Very fun to see how the nuclear blogging community can really make a difference advocating the cause for Nuclear energy. One example of many, was this week’s article in the Scientific American online site. The author and staff writer John Horgan talks about a conversation with Rod Adams as key...

For a day and a half this week, business leaders, investors, environmentalists and thought leaders came together in Boston for the 2010 Ceres Conference. Ceres President, Mindy Lubber called the conference to order by encouraging attendees to make sustainability performance a lynchpin in defining the...

A May 3 article in the Washington Informer and other publications examined how “Obama’s nuclear energy proposal sparks debate among black environmentalists.” For the African-American community, the prospect of new nuclear plant project is fraught with question about environmental injustice as much as...

Please check out this excellent video “Through the eyes of a young person,” in which a young Inuit woman talks about her work at the AREVA exploration site in Nunavut, Canada, and her aspirations for her community. It is narrated by a well-known local Inuit elder who works at the site as a wildlife...

Paris, France April 22nd 2010: First concrete of the second Taishan EPR™ reactor to be constructed, Guangdong province in southern China, has been poured by the Chinese utility CGNPC. Around 9000 cubic meters of concrete, poured continuously by seven pumps, were necessary to make the pre-reinforced...