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  1. Areva supplies containment venting systems for Cernavoda nuclear plant

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    Thu, 26 Jan 2012

    Romania. The contract is part of a global cooperation agreement between Areva and SNC-Lavalin for CANDU-specific reactor designs . The project is planned for completion over the next 27 months. The FCVS technology is part of a global Safety Alliance

  2. RWE and EON said to be in UK nuclear cash talks

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    Wed, 26 Oct 2011

    build four of the UK ’s 12 proposed new reactors, three on the island of Angelsey and another at Oldbury. The two reactor designs on the shortlist are Areva’s EPR and the AP1000 from Westinghouse , which is owned by Toshiba. According to the

  1. GEH signs MOU with Poland’s Energoprojekt Warszawa

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    Thu, 28 Jul 2011

    nuclear power plants in Poland. Poland’s largest utility Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA is still considering several reactor designs for the projects and the government expects to begin construction of the first nuclear power plant in 2016, and has

  2. Horizon Nuclear buys Welsh land for new power stations

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    Fri, 28 Oct 2011

    and Areva over a cash injection worth €5bn ($7bn) in exchange for a 25 per cent stake in the plants. The two reactor designs on the UK new build shortlist are Areva’s EPR and the AP1000 from Westinghouse , which is owned by Toshiba. According

  3. Form follows function: A renaissance in nuclear engineering

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    Mon, 1 Nov 2010

    In the early years of the nuclear power industry, reactor designs were usually for a safety case of 20–30 years, and ..... 1961. How do you see the next generation of nuclear reactor designs developing? Grimes: Fast breeder reactors will make

  4. Developing codes and standards for the world’s nuclear revival

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    Mon, 1 Nov 2010

    to enhance the safety of new reactor designs . It is envisioned that enhanced ..... applications for several new reactor designs – including GE-Hitachi’s ..... which was formed to consider new reactor designs and to identify technical

  5. Nuclear power in China: How the Red Dragon will lead the world

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    Fri, 1 Oct 2010

    GW by 2050. With the latest Generation III nuclear reactor designs from Areva and Westinghouse yet to receive full ..... operation due next year. China looked to Canada for reactor designs for Qinshan Phase III. This consists of two 665 MW Candu

  6. Blue submarine: The Flexblue offshore nuclear reactor

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    Sun, 1 May 2011

    surface barge containing two twin reactors of seemingly 38 MWe each, derived from nuclear powered icebreakers. TWO REACTOR DESIGNS TO BE DRAWN UP We will have two different types of reactors within our Flexblue concept, corresponding to two market

  7. Making a robust safety case for nuclear reactors

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    Wed, 1 Sep 2010

    meaningful’. Allars: ‘Meaningful’ is really about saying that there is nothing fundamentally wrong with the reactor designs , that we’ve looked in detail at the arguments in the safety case, and that they stack up and meet national nuclear safety assessment principles

  8. GE Hitachi signs nuclear MOUs with Polish manufacturers

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    Fri, 28 Jan 2011

    nuclear generating stations and is currently evaluating several reactor technologies for these plants, including two GEH reactor designs : the 1350 MW ABWR and the 1520 MW ESBWR. These MOUs are the latest of several for GEH in Poland as a growing number