Posted by NucNet on 27 June 2016 in NucNet
Some primary bottom heads of steam generators installed at 18 of EDF’s 58 reactors in France could have a significant carbon concentration similar to the anomaly found on the reactor pressure vessel at the company’s Flamanville-3 EPR under construction in northern France, French nuclear safety authority ASN said.
Posted by World Nuclear News on 15 June 2016 in WNN
France’s Areva today presented plans for the sale of a majority stake of its reactor business to EDF and a restructuring through the creation of a new company focused on the nuclear fuel cycle. The process is expected to be completed next year. In late July 2015, EDF ...
Posted by SONE on 10 May 2016 in Newsletters
Selling the crown jewels is a term used to describe the action of companies selling off key assets to friendly third parties or spinning them off into separate entities as a defence against unwelcome takeover bids.
Posted by SONE on 29 April 2016 in Newsletters
A FARCE WORTHY OF FEYDEAU Politicians at daggers drawn. A furious French President banging heads together. A major nuclear power station building project thrown into doubt. A “flamboyant” executive in denial, insisting that all will come right in the end.. Rebellious workers warning their bosses that they could ...
Posted by World Nuclear News on 27 April 2016 in WNN
A crucial project at the site of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant can now proceed to its final stages thanks to additional pledges by the international donor community at a conference in Kiev yesterday. On the 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl accident, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and Donald Tusk.
Posted by World Nuclear News on 26 April 2016 in WNN
James Fisher Nuclear Ltd has been awarded a four year contract by Magnox to deliver a facility for the remote segmentation and packaging of the reactor core of the redundant Steam Generating Heavy Water Reactor located at Winfrith in Dorset. This will be one of the largest value ...
Posted by NucNet on 26 April 2016 in NucNet
Thirty years after the accident at Chernobyl, key remediation and safety projects at the site in Ukraine are on track. Construction of the vital €1.5bn ($1.6bn) New Safe Confinement is almost finished with commissioning scheduled for November 2017.
Posted by NucNet on 20 April 2016 in NucNet
Germany’s environment minister has asked Belgium to take its Tihange-2 and Doel-3 pressurised water reactor (PWR) units offline for further investigations into their safety, the German federal ministry for the environment, nature conservation, building and nuclear safety (BMUB) said in a statement.
Posted by World Nuclear News on 18 April 2016 in WNN
The UK has the capabilities to produce the reactor pressure vessel for Westinghouse’s small modular reactor (SMR) design, according to an independent assessment by the Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (NAMRC).
Posted by NucNet on 18 April 2016 in NucNet
Key components of the UK’s electricity market reform package need to be improved because of the “challenging” context of very low and falling electricity prices for generators, EDF Energy chief executive officer Vincent de Rivaz told a conference in London.
Posted by NucNet on 13 April 2016 in NucNet
The European Parliament’s Budgetary Control Committee has recommended postponing the granting of the 2014 budget discharge of Fusion for Energy (F4E), the EU agency providing the European contribution to the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (Iter) project, F4E said.
Posted by SONE on 30 March 2016 in Newsletters
Sellafield’s other legacies. We might not have a United Kingdom or be preparing to vote on whether to stay in the European Community if it was not for the Sellafield nuclear site in West Cumbria.
Posted by SONE on 3 March 2016 in Newsletters
Posted by SONE on 29 February 2016 in Newsletters
First, the good news. EDF is extending the lifetime of the reactors at four of its nuclear power stations in the UK. Now for the bad news. EDF has still not taken a final investment decision on the £18 billion Hinkley Point C project.
Posted by NucNet on 11 February 2016 in NucNet
Nuclear energy can make a vital contribution to energy supply in the EU and should be used alongside renewables in countries that want it, a draft report by the European Parliament says.
Posted by NucNet on 10 February 2016 in NucNet
A new Euratom regulation on maximum permitted levels of radioactive contamination in different types of foodstuffs following a nuclear accident or a radiological emergency entered into force on 9 February 2016.
