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The country is still the most aggressive builder of reactors on the planet The China Nuclear Energy Association ( CNEA ) told the Bloomberg financial wire service this week that it will cut its targets for building new nuclear reactors by about 10%. Li Yongjiang, VP of CENA, said in an interview...

Global markets for sale of reactors are expanding Export of nuclear reactors is a growing business despite the global economic downturn. The most interesting aspect of it is that state-owned corporations in China, Russia, and France are the leading exporters of nuclear technology. In December 2009 a...

May 19, 2009 presentation by Ed Kee to the Goldman Sachs Power & Utility Conference are available below. Ed posted the slides at 'SlideShare" via Linkedin and they are reproduced here under the terms and conditions of the SlideShare service. This is an excellent overview of where the nuclear...

Who doesn’t want to build nuclear reactors? Russia to build 26 nuclear reactors The Nikkei Report, Tokyo, reports that Russia has announced it will build 26 new nuclear reactors with electricity generation capacities of 1,000-1,200 MWe each by 2030.  Assuming the Russian pricing model, in constant dollars...

The anti-nuclear group wants to stop the next EPR to be built in France In a long article , over 800 words, the New York Times brought two  of its reporters to bear on the issue of whether the Areva 1,600 MW EPR reactor produces spent nuclear fuel that is literally too hot to handle.  The article...

Full obituary at Nuclear Green   highlights here A pioneer of molten salt reactor (MSR) chemistry ( large image ) Charles Julian Barton, Sr, a reactor chemistry pioneer, died of causes incident to age on January 31, 2009, in Oak Ridge, TN. He celebrated his 97th birthday on January 16, 2009. ...

EDF will be the project manager (NucNet) A second European Pressurized Water Reactor ( EPR ) is to  be built in France, president Nicolas Sarkozy announced Jan 22. Construction of Areva’s 1,600 MW reactor is expected to start in 2012 at the existing Penly nuclear power plant site in northern France...

A deal is not a deal unless it involves real money Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and French President Nicolas Sarkozy agreed, during a state visit this week, to discuss a civilian nuclear-cooperation agreement, which may help India to plug a power shortage using nuclear reactors. While Sarkozy...

Turkey pledges guarantees for nuclear power purchases Turkey stepped into the nuclear energy spotlight last week with an announcement that it will guarantee electricity purchases for 15 years to attract investment in nuclear power stations it plans to build, Energy Minister Hilmi Guler said at a nuclear...

Four new reactors at $4 billion each will be built at four locations Reuters report s that Britain is expected to proceed with a new generation of nuclear power plants. An announcement is expected next week. Britain's main nuclear power firm British Energy is in talks with more than 10 companies...

AP1000s for Fujian Province Bloomberg wire service reports via the Paris, France, based Herald Tribune that China Guodian , one China's biggest electrical utilities, plans to build a nuclear power station in Fujian , southeastern China, using technology from the Westinghouse , which is owned by Toshiba...

Reactors will be built along the coast to use sea water for cooling Reuters has a roundup of nuclear business developments in China. The wire service reports China plans to tap the global uranium market to feed the rapid expansion of its nuclear power sector. A 2006 deal with Australia will help it meet...