Areva retains nuclear waste management contract
01/05/2012
The French National Radioactive Waste Management Agency (Andra) has renewed its contract with Areva for the operation of the Aube low and intermediate level waste storage centre in Eastern France. |
Japan and UK sign nuclear pact
11/04/2012
The UK and Japan have signed a pact on nuclear power which will open the door to Japanese companies entering the UK market and give British firms a slice of Japan’s multi-billion decommissioning market. |
Wylfa2 nuclear reactor to close by end of April
05/04/2012
Just two months after the closure of Oldbury2, the UK has announced plans to shutdown the Wylfa 2 magnox reactor on 30 April. |
Europe must think beyond national borders on nuclear, say sector leaders
22/03/2012
National decisions on nuclear power must be taken with an international view in mind, according to senior players in the industry. |
Toshiba hires EnergySolutions to assist in Fukushima clean up
15/03/2012
EnergySolutions is to assist Toshiba in the cleanup of the large volume of contaminated water at the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan. |
Babcock to aid EDF nuclear decommissioning in France
12/03/2012
UK nuclear support specialists, Babcock, is extending its expertise to France, in particular to assist with the nuclear decommissioning programme there via its recently established registered office in Lyon. |
Building the connection between nuclear safety and nuclear security
22/02/2012
WANO, the World Association of Nuclear Operators, and WINS, the World Institute for Nuclear Security, have announced a collaborative effort to examine the interface between nuclear safety and nuclear security. |
New nuclear reactors to use radioactive waste as fuel
03/02/2012
A generation of "fast" nuclear reactors could consume Britain's radioactive waste stockpile as fuel, providing enough low-carbon electricity to power the country for more than 500 years. |
Siberian facility to reprocess 38000 tonnes of nuclear waste
02/02/2012
In Russia, the first phase of a centralized interim storage facility (ISF) has been completed at the Mining and Chemical Combine (MCC) at Zheleznogorsk near Krasnoyarsk in Siberia. |
POWER-GEN convention told of challenge of maintaining nuclear safety
15/12/2011
Maintaining a robust nuclear safety regime has been compared to fighting “guerrilla warfare” by Elmo Collins of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission. |
Mitsubishi installs nuclear waste system at Fukushima
14/11/2011
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has started work on fitting a storage system to capture radioactive sludge at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan. |
Waste decommissioning milestone at UK’s oldest nuclear plant
10/11/2011
The 5000th canister of waste has been processed at the UK’s first nuclear power station at Harwell in Oxfordshire. |
Westinghouse clinches Bulgarian nuclear waste deal
25/10/2011
US company Westinghouse Electric Co has won the contract to design a low and intermediate waste repository at Kozloduy nuclear power plant in Bulgaria. |
France and Japan pledge nuclear safety co-operation
24/10/2011
The French prime minister François Fillon and his Japanese counterpart Yoshihiko Noda have agreed to expand their countries’ joint initiatives on nuclear safety. |
Texas OKs dump policy
10/01/2011
Texas can import low-level radioactive waste from 36 other states, a commission run jointly by Texas and Vermont has decided. |
SPL Reports sharp rise in revenue
18/11/2002
SPL WorldGroup, provider of customer management solutions to the global energy, water, waste management, and services industries, reported that the quarter ending September 30 saw a 23 per cent rise in revenue over the same quarter in 2001, from $22.689m to $27.971m.
|
Senate votes in support of Yucca Mountain project
11/07/2002
Ending years of political debate, the U.S. Senate on Tuesday voted to override Nevada Gov. Kenny Guinn's veto and proceed with the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste storage project.
|
US nuclear industry applauds Yucca Mountain Senate vote
10/07/2002
The decision by the US Senate yesterday to pass a resolution approving Yucca Mountain, Nev., as the site for a federal repository for used nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive nuclear waste from US defence programmes has been welcomed by the US nuclear industry.
|
Senate moves toward final Yucca Mountain vote
10/07/2002
The U.S. Senate on Tuesday moved toward a final vote to override Nevada Gov. Kenny Guinn's veto and proceed with the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste storage project.
|
Nuclear clean-up authority established
05/07/2002
The UK government revealed in a White Paper Thursday details of the body to be set up to assume responsibility for cleaning up Britain's nuclear waste legacy. The Liabilities Management Authority (LMA) is to take over the Sellafield nuclear reprocessing complex, freeing up BNFL of unquantifiable liabilities, ahead of a planed privatization.
|
| Power Engineering |
Cogeneration & On-Site Power Production |
Renewable Energy World |
