NucNet: Global Nuclear NewsNuclear news, information and emergency communication servicePotential Cernavoda Investors Submit Offers- October 28, 2007 26 Oct (NucNet): Six companies have submitted binding offers for the completion and commissioning of units three and four of Romanias Cernavoda nuclear power plant.http://www.worldnuclear.org/_news_database/rss_detail_features.cfm?objID=67737B71-5740-408... Areva Signs Uranium Agreement With Morocco- October 28, 2007 26 Oct (NucNet): Areva has signed an agreement with Morocco to develop their cooperation and research initiatives in natural uranium.http://www.worldnuclear.org/_news_database/rss_detail_features.cfm?objID=5C5C7AAF-5164-468... NRC Commissioner Highlights Need For Fuel Cycle Cooperation- October 28, 2007 26 Oct (NucNet): A US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) commissioner has highlighted the need for increased global cooperation on nuclear safety, saying nuclear energy can no longer be regarded as a strictly domestic matter for any single country.http://www.worldnuclear.org/_news_database/rss_detail_features.cfm?objID=92F13B12-5788-41B... US Byron Plant Shut Down For Inspection Of Equipment Cooling System- October 24, 2007 24 Oct (NucNet): US regulators have started a special inspection at the countrys Byron nuclear power plant into the corrosion of piping in the equipment cooling water system and subsequent leakage from one pipe.http://www.worldnuclear.org/_news_database/rss_detail_features.cfm?objID=0AF02A79-353A-40D... Areva Says UK Should Continue Reprocessing To Provide Fuel For New N-Plants- October 11, 2007 11 Oct (NucNet): Operating two European pressurised water reactors (EPRs) in the UK could safely use up the countrys entire stockpile of plutonium within the units operating lifetimes, the Areva group has told the UK government.http://www.worldnuclear.org/_news_database/rss_detail_features.cfm?objID=D6959C42-ACFA-4F2... US Utilities Show Support For Laser Enrichment Technology- October 4, 2007 4 Oct (NucNet): US utilities Exelon and Entergy have become the first companies to sign non-binding letters of intent to contract for uranium enrichment services from GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH), it was announced today.http://www.worldnuclear.org/_news_database/rss_detail_features.cfm?objID=EEFA502F-82B1-4EE... US Completes GNEP Design Agreements With Industry Consortia- October 2, 2007 2 Oct (NucNet): The US Department of Energy (DOE) has completed cooperative agreements with four industry consortia for conceptual design studies for the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP).http://www.worldnuclear.org/_news_database/rss_detail_features.cfm?objID=4575839E-7C93-440... Demolition Marks End Of Era At UKs Calder Hall- October 1, 2007 1 Oct (NucNet): Four cooling towers at the UKs Calder Hall nuclear power plant in West Cumbria were demolished on 29 September 2007 marking a major step in the decommissioning of the plant.http://www.worldnuclear.org/_news_database/rss_detail_features.cfm?objID=C7824501-1E67-4AC... US Point Beach Sale Completed- October 1, 2007 1 Oct (NucNet): Florida-based FPL Energy said today that it had completed the purchase of the two-unit Point Beach nuclear power plant in the US state of Wisconsin from the Wisconsin Electric Power Company.http://www.worldnuclear.org/_news_database/rss_detail_features.cfm?objID=C5610E35-9038-4CC... Operations At UK N-Plant Have No Health Significance For Ireland, Says Report- October 1, 2007 1 Oct (NucNet): Operations at the UKs Wylfa nuclear power plant pose no threat to the nearby Republic of Ireland, a new report has confirmed.http://www.worldnuclear.org/_news_database/rss_detail_features.cfm?objID=AE3D26D6-C4AB-438... |