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Areva losses belie order book
Areva has cited deteriorating nuclear market conditions as a reason behind a net loss for the first half of 2014. Nonetheless, the company's €44.9 billion ($60 billion) order backlog is over €3.5 billion higher than it was at the end of 2013.
Corporate
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Monday, 4 August 2014
New approach for selecting UK repository site
The UK government has published its framework policy for the long-term management of higher activity radioactive waste, including details of how it intends to work with interested communities to site a geological disposal facility.
Waste & Recycling
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Friday, 25 July 2014
Russian waste transport ship completes test mission
The
Rossita
, a nuclear waste transport ship donated to Russia by Italy in 2011, has completed its first mission.
Waste & Recycling
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Tuesday, 22 July 2014
US debut for Westinghouse fuel pool monitor
The commissioning of a system enabling remote monitoring of the used fuel pool level at Watts Bar has marked the first use of the Westinghouse technology at a US nuclear power plant. The system has already been deployed at some European plants.
Regulation & Safety
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Monday, 14 July 2014
Energoatom welcomes choice of vendor
Ukraine’s cabinet of ministers has a "completely new attitude" towards nuclear power and supports the idea of building new reactors using technology "of Western design", Energoatom President Yuri Nedashkovskiy has said.
Nuclear Policies
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Monday, 14 July 2014
Advance in SiC composite production
New technology for the manufacture of nuclear fuel components from silicon carbide (SiC) has been developed by Japanese researchers. A prototype fuel assembly cover has already been fabricated and is awaiting trials.
Uranium & Fuel
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Wednesday, 9 July 2014
Westinghouse to market fuel rod sensors by 2019
Nuclear power plant operators may soon be able to monitor a reactor core by using sensors within fuel rod assemblies that literally scream the type and location of a problem.
Uranium & Fuel
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Friday, 20 June 2014
DoE uranium transfers in question
The US Government Accountability Office has questioned the legality of four transactions involving the Department of Energy and US uranium enrichment company USEC.
Corporate
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Wednesday, 11 June 2014
Fuel cycle roundup #27
• First consignment from Cooke
• Business as usual at Kazakh operations
• Areva wins Vattenfall contract
• Paladin progress
• Skyharbour buys into Athabasca Basin
Uranium & Fuel
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Friday, 6 June 2014
Fuel loading at Fuqing 1
The loading of fuel assemblies into the reactor core of unit 1 at the Fuqing plant in China's Fujian province is underway in preparation for startup.
New Nuclear
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Thursday, 5 June 2014
Russia helps Kazakh nuclear power plans
Kazakhstan's return to nuclear power is to be aided by Russian cooperation. An agreement on a new plant project was signed in front of the countries' presidents.
New Nuclear
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Friday, 30 May 2014
Europe looks to boost energy security
Nuclear power enhances energy security and should be expanded with support from a variety of fuel suppliers, said a European Commission study.
Nuclear Policies
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Thursday, 29 May 2014
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New technology for the manufacture of nuclear fuel components from silicon carbide (SiC) has been developed by Japanese researchers. A prototype fuel assembly cover has already been fabricated and is awaiting trials.
The loading of fuel assemblies into the reactor core of unit 1 at the Fuqing plant in China's Fujian province is underway in preparation for startup.
Kazakhstan's return to nuclear power is to be aided by Russian cooperation. An agreement on a new plant project was signed in front of the countries' presidents.