Posted by NucNet on 28 February 2014 in NucNet
Nuclear vendor Areva’s 2013 losses on the Olkiluoto-3 nuclear new-build project in Finland were 425 million euros (EUR) (586 million US dollars), up from EUR 400 million in 2012, according to the company’s annual report. In 2012 Areva also had to pay a EUR 300 million insurance indemnity ...
Posted by NucNet on 26 February 2014 in NucNet
Government and nuclear industry officials from African nations must develop independent, effective regulatory agencies as a prerequisite for the safe use of nuclear power, US Nuclear Regulatory Commission chairman Allison Macfarlane told a conference in Cape Town. Ms Macfarlane told the Nuclear Industry Congress Africa 2014 that a ...
Posted by NucNet on 24 February 2014 in NucNet
A decree adopted by Spain’s Council of Ministers, or cabinet, will allow nuclear power plants which have shut down for reasons not related to safety to restart and could pave the way for the the Santa Maria de Garoña nuclear plant to resume operation. The single-unit Santa Maria ...
Posted by SONE on 14 February 2014 in Historic
The European Union should promote a level playing field for all forms of low-carbon technologies and make sure that all options available are taken into consideration without discrimination, the European nuclear energy industry association Foratom has said, in a response to the European Commission (EC) consultation on environment state ais guidelines.
Posted by NucNet on 13 February 2014 in NucNet
US researchers say they have achieved a world first by generating more energy from fusion reactions than they put into the nuclear fuel, representing a small but crucial step along the road to harnessing inertial-confinement fusion power. The ultimate goal – to produce more energy than the whole ...
EDF Energy plans to extend the operating life of its two reactor units at the Dungeness B nuclear power station in Kent, England, by 10 years until 2028, the company has said. In its annual report for 2013, the company says the final decision depends on obtaining necessary ...
Posted by NucNet on 11 February 2014 in NucNet
A consortium of private sector companies brought in in 2008 to help Sellafield Ltd improve its performance on decommissioning and reprocessing had its contract extended in October 2013 despite “spiralling costs and poor performance”, a UK parliamentary report says. The report, published today by the House of Commons ...
Posted by NucNet on 10 February 2014 in NucNet
The UK’s Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) has given its consent for a project to decommission the two-unit Wylfa nuclear power station on the island of Anglesey in north Wales. The ONR said the decision follows “extensive consultation” and takes into account factors such as the information provided ...
Posted by NucNet on 6 February 2014 in NucNet
A panel from France’s Commission Nationale du Débat Public (National Commission for Public Debate; CNDP) has said it is not “in principle” against the Cigéo national deep geological repository project, the National Agency for the Management of Radioactive Waste (Andra) has said. The panel of 17 people, set ...
Posted by NucNet on 4 February 2014 in NucNet
Tokyo Electric Power Corporation (Tepco) says significant progress is being made on several fronts at the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear power station, including the safe removal of nuclear fuel from the spent fuel pool at Unit 4. Of the 202 fresh fuel and 1,331 spent fuel assemblies in the fuel ...
The barriers to nuclear power in Australia should be removed to enable it to be considered as an option for energy production, with small modular reactors (SMRs) particularly suitable for powering mines and towns in the country’s more remote areas, a think tank has said. In a submission ...
Small modular reactors (SMRs) will not offer satisfactory solutions to the most pressing problems of nuclear energy such as high capital cost, safety, and weapons proliferation, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has said. Kennette Benedict, executive director and publisher of the Bulletin, said in an article in ...
Posted by NucNet on 31 January 2014 in NucNet
The UK and France are planning to collaborate on constructing new nuclear power stations, to find opportunities for small and medium enterprises in nuclear supply chains, and to fund joint training and skills centres for the nuclear industry. In a joint communique today the two governments declared their ...
Posted by PJ Owen (SONE Webmaster) on 31 January 2014 in Historic
Finland has one of the highest energy consumption rates per capita in Europe and teaming up with Russia to build a new reactor is the right choice if the country is to meet demand, Fennovoima project director Minna Forsström told NucNet. “In the mid-term, in the coming decades, ...
There is no potential environmental impact that would prevent the licencing of the proposed Dewey-Burdock uranium recovery project in South Dakota, the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has concluded in its final supplementary environmental impact statement. The facility would use an in-situ recovery process to extract uranium from underground ore ...
The Sellafield nuclear reprocessing plant in Cumbria, northwest England, is asking only essential workers to report for work after “elevated levels of radioactivity” were detected. A perimeter alarm was triggered at the north of the site and each building is being checked, a spokesman told NucNet. No evidence ...
