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France's nuclear company Areva is to launch a solar power business on the basis of the acquisition of US-based Ausra, a specialist in concentrated solar power. The move "reflects Areva's strategic objective to be the world leader in concentrated solar power and will further strengthen and...

Areva and Electricité de France (EdF) announced that they had reached an agreement covering the transportation, treatment and recycling of used nuclear fuel. A contract reflecting this agreement is expected to be signed before the end of March.

France's Areva and Korea Electric Power Company (Kepco) have signed an agreement under which the South Korean company takes a stake in the Imouraren uranium mine under development in Niger.

Industrias Nucleares do Brasil (INB) has signed a five-year conversion services contract with Areva of France. The contract will help INB supply fuel to Brazil's sole nuclear power plant at Angra.

France's national nuclear company Areva has announced a reorganization of its nuclear and renewable energy operations into six business groups, instead of the previous four groups.

Work is set to begin on the first building to be constructed at the Iter platform in France after a contract for the Coil Winding Facility was signed. Meanwhile, vital materials test facilities in Japan are progressing.

Berkeley Resources, the Australian company looking to resurrect uranium mining at various deposits in Spain, has freed itself to negotiate offtake and marketing rights with other parties by terminating a tentative deal with French company Areva. Berkeley and Areva had entered into the Heads of Agreement...

A lot of work still lies ahead for Areva and Westinghouse in their aims to sell new reactors in the UK market, according to the most detailed and critical regulatory report yet.

[ Agence France Presse, 18 November ] The Happy Ranger cargo ship, which is transporting steam generators from France to Finland for use in the Areva EPR under construction at Olkiluoto, has docked at the Finnish port of Rauma. Also on board were eight Greenpeace protesters who boarded the ship during...

Six Greenpeace activists yesterday boarded the Happy Ranger , a cargo ship transporting steam generators from France to the Areva EPR under construction at the Olkiluoto nuclear power plant in Finland.

Czech utility CEZ has signed a 15-year contract for uranium enrichment services with Areva for its two Temelin reactors.

Areva announced that it had received three binding bids for its transmission and distribution (T&D) division by the 9 November deadline. The company said that it had received a joint bid from France's Alstom and Schneider Electric, a bid from General Electric (GE) of the USA, and a joint...

Areva has come under pressure after a joint statement from safety regulators urged it to revise control and safety systems for its EPR design to ensure independence.

A consortium led by France's Areva has been awarded a contract to design a near-surface repository for low- and intermediate-level waste at Lithuania's Ignalina nuclear power plant. The facility will be modelled on a French repository.

French nuclear company Areva has signed a Memorandum of Understanding on nuclear energy and radioactive materials cooperation with Mongolia's Atomic Energy Department.

Areva Inc has announced a five-year deal that will see it become the comprehensive supplier of services and products for Progress Energy's four nuclear power plants, located in North and South Carolina and Florida.

Areva has signed a contract to supply 40 mixed-oxide (MOX) fuel assemblies for unit 2 of Chugoku Electric Power Co's Shimane nuclear power plant in Japan. MOX consists of a mix of uranium and plutonium oxides, recovered from used nuclear fuel. Under the terms of the contract, the MOX fuel will be...

Canada-based Uranium One has entered into a definitive agreement to buy the Malco joint venture from Areva and Electricité de France (EdF). Malco owns uranium resources and processing facilities in Wyoming, USA.

Areva is expanding its service capabilities to US customers by forming a joint venture focused on balance of plant (BOP) services. It has also opened a new research facility which will analyse corrosion issues at US nuclear power plants.

The supervisory board of France's national nuclear company Areva has finalized steps to be taken to finance the group's long-term development plan. These include selling a stake of about 15% and the possible sale of its power grid operations.

Areva celebrated the opening of its London office under country president Jean-Jacques Gautrot this week. The French nuclear firm, which is involved in plans to build at least four of its EPRs in the country, has set up an office in St. James's Square where its neighbours include the World Nuclear...

Areva, working in a consortium with Korean engineering contractor Daelim Industrial Co, has won a contract to provide six new steam generators for two Korean nuclear units.

[Les Echos, 4 May] The French state has told Areva to explore the potential sale of its lucrative transmission and distribution business unit in order to raise funds. The state-controlled nuclear giant has to fund a major investment program, the buyout of Siemens from Areva NP as well as cost overruns...

Areva's Richland nuclear fuel fabrication facility has received the go-ahead for four more decades of operations after receiving the first ever 40-year renewal of a nuclear facility license in the USA.

Areva Enrichment Services (AES) has submitted a "roadmap" to US regulators defining changes it plans to make to its licence application in order to double the capacity of the Eagle Rock Enrichment Facility (EREF).