January, 2011

If you haven’t seen it yet, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has a new blog: http://public-blog.nrc-gateway.gov/ With the opening message from Chairman Jaczko, we are excited to see what the NRC will discuss and look forward to new posts. ...read more

From Obama’s State of the Union this week, one message stood out pretty clearly— Clean Energy Standard of 80% by 2035. We understand that message at AREVA and are ready to help the nation reach this target. On this subject of the President’s address on Tuesday, AREVA North America’s CEO Jacques Besnainou...

“So tonight, I challenge you to join me in setting a new goal: by 2035, 80% of America’s electricity will come from clean energy sources. Some folks want wind and solar. Others want nuclear, clean coal, and natural gas. To meet this goal, we will need them all – and I urge Democrats and Republicans...

By Katherine Berezowskyj Today we want to highlight a recent Huffington Post piece by Carl Pope—yes, the chairman of the Sierra Club. Taking an open and frank dialogue about energy and future development is important, and while we don’t agree with all of his comments, he does open the conversation that...

AREVA announced today that its subsidiary AREVA Med, which specializes in nuclear medicine, has received authorization from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to begin U.S. clinical trials for a new treatment aimed at combating cancer. This is the first such authorization for clinical trials using...

We were glad to see Democratic Senator from Minnesota, Al Franken, appears to have changed his previous position on expanding Nuclear power. In this Post-Bulletin article he is quoted as saying: “Yes, (the nuclear waste) will be around for hundreds of thousands of years, but I am kind of hoping we will...

AREVA has launched a new international advertising campaign entitled “Energy: one powerful story.” Following its initial launch in French media outlets last week, the new AREVA print, online and video advertisements will begin running in American and other European media beginning January...

In a post on Forbes.com today, the founders of the Breakthrough Institute, Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus, point out the importance of developing nuclear energy to secure our nation’s energy future. Of particular interest is how they manage to bridge the partisan divide as they examine...

We applaud the Democratic think tank the Third Way for their memo today supporting a national clean energy standard (CES) for the United States: “Third Way proposes a national Clean Energy Standard to help overcome market failures that are restraining the deployment of clean energy sources like...

S.C. Sens. Graham, DeMint Support Idea of Recycling Speaking before the Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future on Friday January 7, Sen. Lindsay Graham (R-S.C.) and Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) expressed their support for recycling nuclear fuel and said that developing this capability at the...

Check out the latest images from December of the progress on Taishan 1&2 in Guangdong province China. ...read more

In an op-ed on BETtv.com Maudine R. Cooper, President and CEO of the Greater Washington Urban League and Christine Todd Whitman, former EPA Administrator and Co-Chair of the Clean and Safe Energy Coalition, describe the importance of clean energy development and the growing support in many communities...

Last week, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) issued its final Safety Evaluation Report for the MOX (mixed oxide) Fuel Fabrication Facility. Currently under construction on the Savannah River Site, the MOX Facility is a Department of Energy program to construct a facility that will convert former...