November, 2008

28 Nov (NucNet): The Cameco Corporation said today that it is temporarily suspending production of uranium hexafluoride (UF6) at its Port Hope plant in Canada’s Ontario province until the second half of 2009. ...read more

28 Nov (NucNet): Work towards the eventual return to operation of Japan’s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant is progressing steadily, the Japan Atomic Industrial Forum (JAIF) has said. ...read more

28 Nov (NucNet): The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said yesterday that countries considering starting domestic nuclear energy programmes need the agency’s assistance to ensure they have a solid infrastructure. ...read more

28 Nov (NucNet): The start of the sale process for land adjacent to three Magnox nuclear power plant sites in the UK was announced on 26 November 2008 by the country’s Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) and Electricite de France (EDF). ...read more

27 Nov (NucNet): The head of Germany-based utility group E.ON today called for a renewed public debate about the continued operation of the country’s nuclear power plants. ...read more

26 Nov (NucNet): The European nuclear industry has welcomed today’s adoption by the European Commission (EC) of a proposed new directive setting up an EU framework for nuclear safety. ...read more

26 Nov (NucNet): Westinghouse Electric said today it had formed a new UK-based company to pursue commercial nuclear power business in the country. ...read more

26 Nov (NucNet): Japan is dealing with requests from several countries including the United Arab Emirates and Jordan for help in launching nuclear power programmes, nuclear industry representatives have been told. ...read more

26 Nov (NucNet): The Areva group said yesterday it is shelving its Midwest mine project in Canada’s Saskatchewan province. ...read more

24 Nov (NucNet): Shares in the UK’s Sellafield nuclear site company have been transferred from British Nuclear Fuels Ltd to a specially-created private sector consortium – Nuclear Management Partners Ltd (NMP). ...read more

21 Nov (NucNet): The operating licence of the US Wolf Creek nuclear power plant in Kansas has been renewed for a further 20 years, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said yesterday. ...read more

21 Nov (NucNet): Japan says a summit meeting next year with Pacific island nations will be important for its transports of nuclear fuel from Europe. ...read more

21 Nov (NucNet): The world’s nuclear community if facing an historic turning point, an international conference in India on topical nuclear safety issues was told this week. ...read more

20 Nov (NucNet): Proposals for companies from South Korea to take part in an expansion of Brazil’s nuclear energy programme have been discussed at a meeting of the countries’ leaders. ...read more

19 Nov (NucNet): The scheduled start of operations at Japan’s Ohma nuclear power plant will be delayed by about two years to 2014, the Japan Atomic Industrial Forum (JAIF) reported today. ...read more

19 Nov (NucNet): A safety evaluation report has been issued for the early site permit (ESP) application and limited work authorisation (LWA) that could lead to building two units on a site near the US Vogtle nuclear power plant. ...read more

18 Nov (NucNet): Algeria and Argentina have agreed to cooperate in the peaceful use of nuclear energy under a bilateral agreement signed by both countries yesterday. ...read more

18 Nov (NucNet): An international conference in India on topical nuclear safety issues will help countries new to nuclear power focus on ‘a 100-year horizon’. ...read more

10 Nov (NucNet): Australia’s Opal research reactor has returned to full operation and will restart production of technetium 99m, a radioisotope used in some 80 per cent of all nuclear medicine procedures globally, later this month. ...read more

10 Nov (NucNet): Kazakhstan is to take part in the building of nuclear power plants in China as part of a new strategic partnership. ...read more

7 Nov (NucNet): So-called alternatives to the proposed Yucca Mountain deep geological repository in the US state of Nevada are a distraction from the key issue of getting the repository built, a conference heard this week. ...read more

7 Nov (NucNet): EU energy commissioner Andris Piebalgs has said a revised proposal for a European Commission directive on nuclear safety will be presented within the next few weeks. ...read more

7 Nov (NucNet): More nuclear generating capacity will be needed in Finland, according to a ‘Long-Term Climate and Energy Strategy’ published by the government yesterday. ...read more

6 Nov (NucNet): The US nuclear energy industry has congratulated Barack Obama on his election as the country’s next president. ...read more

6 Nov (NucNet): The head of US-based developer of thorium-based nuclear fuel designs Thorium Power has said the marketplace for new opportunities in India’s commercial nuclear energy sector is worth an estimated 150 billion US dollars (116 billion euro...