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Fatal platform fall at French plant
Fatal platform fall at French plant
Cattenom (EDF) 64x48Two contract workers have died and a third seriously injured in an accident during maintenance work in a reactor building at EDF's Cattenom nuclear power plant in north-eastern France.
Regulation & Safety · Friday, 1 March 2013
Rössing restructuring to see 276 jobs go
Rössing restructuring to see 276 jobs go
Falling uranium demand and prices due to the Fukushima accident, as well as increasing costs of electricity and water, have caused Rössing Uranium to reduce its workforce by 276. 
Corporate · Friday, 1 March 2013
New chief for WANO
New chief for WANO
Ken Ellis will take over as managing director of the World Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO) in April. He comes from a background of operations at Bruce Power in Canada.
Corporate · Wednesday, 27 February 2013
New deputy chairman for Hitachi Europe
New deputy chairman for Hitachi Europe
As Japan's Hitachi increases its presence in the European nuclear energy market, Masaharu Hanyu has been appointed as deputy chairman of Hitachi Europe Ltd and chief executive of the company's nuclear power systems business in Europe.
Corporate · Wednesday, 6 February 2013
First AP1000 operators get training
First AP1000 operators get training
AP1000 control room simulator (Westinghouse) 48New control room simulators will be used in the training of operators for the AP1000 units currently under construction at Sanmen and Haiyang in China. The first batch of operators is set to qualify by the end of this year.
New Nuclear · Friday, 11 January 2013
Gateway for UK nuclear skills development
Gateway for UK nuclear skills development
The UK's nuclear energy industry will soon benefit from a new skills development initiative - the National Nuclear Gateway project - after the approval of funds from a non-governmental commission.
New Nuclear · Wednesday, 9 January 2013
French hostages in Niger 'alive and well'
French hostages in Niger 'alive and well'
Four French nationals including an Areva employee who have been held captive in Niger by Al Qaeda's North African arm for over two years are in good health, France's foreign minister has told their relatives.
Corporate · Friday, 4 January 2013
Conversion plant will be kept offline
Conversion plant will be kept offline

An order by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has reinforced a voluntary commitment by Honeywell to keep the Metropolis uranium conversion plant offline until post-Fukushima safety improvements are complete.

Regulation & Safety · Wednesday, 17 October 2012
Roderick leaves GE-Hitachi for Westinghouse
Roderick leaves GE-Hitachi for Westinghouse

Danny Roderick has taken over as president and CEO of Westinghouse, moving straight from the position of senior vice president for nuclear plant projects at rival vendor GE-Hitachi.

Corporate · Thursday, 27 September 2012
Agneta Rising selected for WNA
Agneta Rising selected for WNA

Agneta Rising will take over as director general of the World Nuclear Association (WNA) from 1 January 2013, upon the retirement of current head John Ritch.

Corporate · Thursday, 6 September 2012
Steam injures two at Fessenheim
Steam injures two at Fessenheim

Steam produced by a chemical accident has caused burns to two workers at France's Fessenheim nuclear power plant.

Regulation & Safety · Wednesday, 5 September 2012
The health effects of Fukushima
The health effects of Fukushima
The stresses of personal involvement in the evacuation, management and cleanup related to the Fukushima nuclear accident have emerged as the biggest factors in ill health for Japanese people.
Regulation & Safety · Tuesday, 28 August 2012
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