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From the Aiken Standard this week: This article begins with a stark warning for fulfilling our international nonproliferation commitments, “If the MOX Project has its funding cut by 50 percent in the FY 14 budget, as many have said is likely to happen, this could put the entire project in danger...

The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing this morning on the nomination of Ernest J. Moniz to succeed Steven Chu as Secretary of Energy. Moniz addressed a range of topics, including his support for nuclear energy, small modular reactors, and a consent-based process for managing...

Guest post by Samir Pathak, Instrumentation & Control Engineer, AREVA Inc. I had the pleasure of attending the 16th Annual Einstein Society Gala this past weekend at the National Museum of Nuclear Science in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The gala is held to celebrate Dr. Albert Einstein’s birthday and...

Guest post by Rebecca Jetton, Design Engineer, AREVA Inc. On March 14th, Tejiri Bolano and I were given the opportunity to represent AREVA Women in Nuclear at the Women’s Council on Energy and the Environment (WCEE) Woman of the Year Award Banquet. For more than 30 years, WCEE has provided leadership...

With the facility already more than 60% complete, the MOX Project is achieving construction, safety and functional milestones towards fulfilling America’s international nonproliferation goals. As the first major nuclear-grade construction project in more than 20 years and the first-of-its-kind facility...

Slade Gordon is a former U.S. Senator, and was also a member of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (popularly known as the “9/11 Commission.” He is also a Senior Fellow at the Bipartisan Policy Center. Gordon writes an imported editorial in this week’s...

Slade Gorton is a former U.S. Senator, and was also a member of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (popularly known as the “9/11 Commission.” He is also a Senior Fellow at the Bipartisan Policy Center. Gorton writes an imported editorial in this week’s...

Guest post by Heiner Dornburg, Business Manager Sales and Marketing Electrical Systems and I&C, AREVA Inc. Representatives from more than 40% of U.S. nuclear energy sites recently attended a successful AREVA demonstration of the VEGAPULS 62 Extended Range, Through-Air Radar for Spent Fuel Pool Level...

This past Friday evening, the Clean and Safe Energy (CASEnergy) Coalition co-hosted a town hall gathering, “Nuclear Matters: Redefining Our Energy Future,” with the National Black Caucus of State Legislators and the South Carolina African American Chamber of Commerce at Allen University. “We’re living...

Good news today from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and Shaw AREVA MOX Services on construction milestones achieved at the MOX Project in South Carolina, including 14 million consecutive safe work hours by the more than 2,200 workers employed to construct America’s first nuclear facility in...

Guest post by James Yu, Director of International and Federal Affairs, AREVA Inc. Last week, Kelly Trice, President and Chief Operating Officer of Shaw AREVA MOX Services, presented the following video during the Annual Nuclear Deterrence Summit in Arlington, VA. The conversation underscored the importance...

As U.S. government sequester statements and financial figures swirl in dire predictions, what seems to be lost is the real-time impact on American workers, like the more than 2,200 construction employees fulfilling America’s nonproliferation commitment at the MOX Project in South Carolina. This highly...

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Finis Southworth, AREVA Inc.’s Chief Technology Officer and a University of Florida alumnus, was on the Gator campus yesterday answering students’ questions about careers in engineering and career opportunities with AREVA in North America. AREVA has an established relationship with University of Florida...

NPR has a article out today about small modular reactors (SMRs) asking “Are Mini Reactors the Future of Nuclear Power?” and stating, “The U.S. government is investing millions of dollars in what it considers a promising new industry for American manufacturing: nuclear reactors. The...

Guest post by Kara Schmitt, Doctoral Student, Florida Institute of Technology I spent a few days at the recent 8th Nuclear Plants Current Issues Symposium in Orlando, Florida. I’m ABD (all but dissertation) on the way to a PhD looking at function allocation in the control rooms of nuclear power plants...

AREVA Solar hosted a delegation of solar energy experts from South Africa, Botswana, and Namibia this past week at its California facilities. The Reverse Trade Mission led by the United States Trade and Development Agency is the first of three events aimed at fostering U.S.-Southern African partnerships...

The author of a recent opinion piece in Forbes magazine sets up sunk costs as compared between a quarterback and the U.S. nuclear industry, but focuses solely on short-term gains and fails to move beyond the scrimmage line or advance a much needed U.S. clean energy vision. Abandoning the fixed fuel costs...

By Mike Rencheck, CEO, AREVA Inc. The Tampa Tribune recently ran an article questioning the near-term need for new nuclear power. Unfortunately, the article does little to provide readers with a balanced perspective on the issues and opportunities facing utilities, and how they can respond to their customers...

Guest post by Tricia Bolian, Business Development Manager, AREVA I&C and Electrical Recently I had the opportunity to step out of my normal role at AREVA and join Laura Clise, AREVA’s Director of Sustainable Development for North America, at the 2012 Net Impact Conference in Baltimore. Here, over...

AREVA in North America has been honoring veterans this week in many ways – including hosting lunches for the 450 veterans in our U.S. workforce and presenting corporate donations to veterans support organizations. We value the unique attributes veterans acquire through their military careers, including...

By Jarret Adams, AREVA Resources Canada During her most recent visit to Saskatoon last week, Helen Caldicott managed to stay one step ahead of anyone who knows the facts about nuclear energy. A well-known antinuclear activist, Dr. Caldicott is also well known for making outrageous statements about the...

Seven AREVA Inc. projects in five categories advanced to Finalists status in the Platts Global Energy Awards competition. Finalists were chosen from a list of over 200 nominations, based on their performance for each category’s criteria within the designated time frame. Over the past 13 years the...

AREVA donated $10,000 to the Cameco-MBC Radio-A-Thon for the Children’s Hospital Foundation of Saskatchewan on September 21, 2012. By donating during this radio-a-thon, AREVA’s gift has double the impact, as Cameco matched all gifts that day. With nine AREVA facilities in 6 Canadian cities and three...

Read the original post on Simona de Silvestro’s website. During any given race season, we meet a lot of different people. In addition to the fans in attendance, our sponsors bring guests to our races from various backgrounds. We enjoy getting to know and entertain them all. But, every now and then we...