August, 2008

27 Aug (NucNet): Areva is to invest a further 20 million euro (30 million US dollars) to improve environmental and health monitoring at its Tricastin site in southern France, following an incident last month, and to “settle the balance of its industrial...

27 Aug (NucNet): Westinghouse Electric and The Shaw Group have signed a letter of intent to form a joint venture company to make and assemble structural and equipment modules for Westinghouse’s AP1000 nuclear plants to be built in the US and in markets...

20 Aug (NucNet): Jordan and China have signed an agreement that paves the way for future cooperation in nuclear power projects including electricity generation and desalination. ...read more

19 Aug (NucNet): There are no environmental impacts that would preclude issuing an early site permit (ESP) that could lead to building new units at a site near the Vogtle nuclear power plant in the US, regulators said yesterday. ...read more

19 Aug (NucNet): Vietnam is hosting a five-day regional seminar on infrastructure development for the introduction of nuclear power generation. The seminar began yesterday. ...read more

16 Aug (NucNet): A blueprint for the Next Generation Nuclear Plant (NGNP) to be built in the US was delivered to Congress yesterday. ...read more

15 Aug (NucNet): An application has been filed to renew the operating licence of the single-unit Kewaunee Power Station in the US. ...read more

15 Aug (NucNet): The latest results from the use of radiation technology in producing plant and crop varieties that are resistant to disease and adaptable to difficult growing conditions were discussed at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)...

15 Aug (NucNet): China and South Korea are to restart ministerial-level talks in the first half of 2009 about the potential expansion of bilateral technical and commercial links in nuclear energy projects. ...read more

13 Aug (NucNet): The Cameco Corporation has reported a setback in remediation work at the Cigar Lake uranium mine in northern Saskatchewan, Canada. ...read more

13 Aug (NucNet): Building has begun in Japan of a plant that will manufacture a new centrifugal separator, the Japan Atomic Industrial Forum (JAIF) said yesterday. ...read more

12 Aug (NucNet): Canada’s Cameco Corporation said yesterday that it had completed the acquisition of a 70 percent interest in the Kintyre uranium exploration project in Western Australia. ...read more

12 Aug (NucNet): Japan has a “pressing need” to firmly establish the nuclear cycle as part of the future direction of domestic energy policy, according to the head of the country’s Agency for Natural Resources and Energy (ANRE). ...read more

11 Aug (NucNet): A special inspection has begun at the Palisades nuclear power plant in the US to review operational and equipment problems that prevented workers from leaving the containment area. ...read more

8 Aug (NucNet): The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has pledged 10 million US dollars (USD) (6 million euro) towards a fuel bank proposal originally launched by the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) in 2006. ...read more

8 Aug (NucNet): A blueprint for future energy policy in the US state of Texas calls for greater encouragement for the development of nuclear power and recommends that permit procedures should be speeded-up so as not to delay projects. ...read more

8 Aug (NucNet): Republican presidential nominee John McCain has reiterated his call for the US to construct 45 new nuclear reactors by the year 2030, almost doubling the 104 nuclear plants now in use. ...read more

8 Aug (NucNet): The UK’s Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published a step-by-step guide aimed primarily at organisations who want a licence to construct a nuclear power plant in the country. ...read more

4 Aug (NucNet): There are no indications of any release of radioactivity to the environment from an incident at an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) laboratory in Austria, the agency said yesterday. ...read more

4 Aug (NucNet): The UK’s largest trade union has called for “urgent” talks with the government after a proposed deal for the sale of British Energy (BE) to France’s state-owned Electricite de France was rejected. ...read more