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A Real Debate on Nuclear Energy

Yesterday, New Yorker senior editor and staff writer, Hendrik Hertzberg held a live chat with Elizabeth Kolbert to follow-up with his piece “Some Nukes,” definitely worth a read. However, the Live Chat was an incredible open-forum, no-holds bar discussion about nuclear energy that included questions...

Posted to AREVA Blog - North America (Weblog) by Anonymous on 03-16-2010
AREVA to Build Facility for Medical Isotope Production

AREVA Med, an AREVA subsidiary, announced today the future construction of a facility in France that will produce on a large-scale medical grade lead 212. Why Lead-212? Lead-212 is a rare radioactive isotope that lies at the heart of promising nuclear medical research to develop new cancer treatments...

Posted to AREVA Blog - North America (Weblog) by Anonymous on 03-10-2010
Areva to build medical isotope facility

It will produce Lead-212 for anti-cancer treatments AREVA Med LLC, a subsidiary of the AREVA group, announced March 10 the future construction of a facility on its Bessines site in France (Limousin region) which will produce medical-grade Lead-212* for anticancer treatments. Relying on its experience...

Posted to Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes (Weblog) by Anonymous on 03-10-2010
From BusinessWeek, “Lauvergeon is ready for the fight”

An in-depth report yesterday from Business Week profiled AREVA CEO Anne Lauvergeon and what she has been doing to build the world leader in nuclear energy, and importantly, what her plans are for the future as the prospects for new nuclear improve. Business Week’s Carol Matlack writes: “Anne Lauvergeon...

Posted to AREVA Blog - North America (Weblog) by Anonymous on 03-05-2010
PopAtomic.org

We really love the art work of PopAtomic Studios…. Thier effort is “a series of artistic experiments in my community to see if I can shift perception of atomic energy using only art and and creative input from some amazing artist friends!” Their mix of art and science is just fun. And...

Posted to AREVA Blog - North America (Weblog) by Anonymous on 03-05-2010
Thoughts & Opinions on AREVA North America CEO

We would like to spotlight a post from the blog “Into the Breach” about recent presentation by Jacques Besanainou, CEO of AREVA North America. The blog’s author Kendall Miller writes: “Reviving the nuclear power industry is key to true energy security. When France faced the problem of energy security...

Posted to AREVA Blog - North America (Weblog) by Anonymous on 03-03-2010
Local Newspapers Echo Obama’s Support for Nuclear Energy

As major announcements roll out of the White House and Department of Energy in support of expanding nuclear energy in the United States, many regional and local newspapers have expressed positive opinions and support for this growth. An editorial from The Philadelphia Inquirer argued that: “The...

Posted to AREVA Blog - North America (Weblog) by Anonymous on 03-02-2010
TED Video: BIll Gates and Energy Miracles

This speech has been getting noticed ever since literally the moment it occurred, being tweeted and covered by various press…but the TED folks just put the video up. Here is a key quote (with bolding being from us): “So let’s look at this fourth factor — this is going to be a...

Posted to AREVA Blog - North America (Weblog) by Anonymous on 03-01-2010
States grapple with nuclear energy

Experience varies widely What’s a state legislature to do? The President earlier this month went to Maryland, which already had two nuclear reactors and is planning a third, to announce he’s granting an $8.3 billion loan guarantee to two more new nuclear reactors in Georgia. That’s two states down, 48...

Posted to Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes (Weblog) by Anonymous on 02-28-2010
Idaho Sen. Mike Crapo at NEI Nuclear R&D Summit

A view from the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee: The Effect of Climate Change on the Nuclear Energy R&D Portfolio Sen. Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) NEI Conference Agenda (Two video clips below) Full text of speech (16 min) Q&A session on federal support for next generation and small reactors...

Posted to Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes (Weblog) by Anonymous on 02-26-2010

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