NucNet: Global Nuclear NewsNuclear news, information and emergency communication serviceChavez Says Venezuela To Develop Nuclear Energy Programme- November 18, 2007 18 Nov (NucNet): Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez has said his country will develop a domestic nuclear power programme to enable us to deal with the future energy crisis.http://www.worldnuclear.org/_news_database/rss_detail_features.cfm?objID=25CF9A97-B3DB-48F... Regulatory Chief Calls For Better Communications About Nuclear Incidents- November 16, 2007 16 Nov (NucNet): Nuclear utilities and regulators must do better in communicating with the public when there is an incident at a nuclear facility, the head of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has said.http://www.worldnuclear.org/_news_database/rss_detail_features.cfm?objID=761C130C-B771-415... High-Tech Communications On Agenda For PIME Conference- November 16, 2007 16 Nov (NucNet): How to make the most of the latest communications techniques within the nuclear energy industry will be among subjects discussed at the next Public Information Materials Exchange (PIME) conference, which takes place in February 2008 in Prague, Czech Republic.http://www.worldnuclear.org/_news_database/rss_detail_features.cfm?objID=4763597B-E331-474... Next Step Application For Potential US-EPR Unit At Calvert Cliffs- November 15, 2007 15 Nov (NucNet): Local authorities in the US state of Maryland have been formally asked to support the potential construction of a third reactor unit at the countrys Calvert Cliffs nuclear power plant.http://www.worldnuclear.org/_news_database/rss_detail_features.cfm?objID=A03BDDAF-0ED7-4C1... Governments Urged To Encourage Training For Future Nuclear Professionals- November 14, 2007 14 Nov (NucNet): Member nations of the OECDs Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) have been urged to encourage programmes to attract nuclear professionals of the future irrespective of whether a country has a domestic nuclear energy programme.http://www.worldnuclear.org/_news_database/rss_detail_features.cfm?objID=454CB3CB-B844-430... New Chief Nuclear Officer To Help Reinforce Safety Culture At Vattenfall- November 12, 2007 12 Nov (NucNet): The Vattenfall group said today that it is recruiting for a new executive post of chief nuclear officer (CNO) as part of a reinforcement of safety culture across the company.http://www.worldnuclear.org/_news_database/rss_detail_features.cfm?objID=E8EA3DF3-D3ED-45B... Romania Confirms Six Companies To Complete Cernavoda Units- November 10, 2007 10 Nov (NucNet): Binding offers from six companies for the completion and commissioning of units three and four of Romanias Cernavoda nuclear power plant have been formally accepted.http://www.worldnuclear.org/_news_database/rss_detail_features.cfm?objID=F1CF326D-AEE9-45B... Russia Urges Review Of Price Paid For Weapons-Origin Uranium- November 9, 2007 9 Nov (NucNet): Russias state-owned nuclear fuel cycle company Techsnabexport (Tenex) has asked for a review of the pricing structure under which it supplies uranium derived from dismantled Russian nuclear weapons to the Cameco Corporation and partners Areva and Nukem.http://www.worldnuclear.org/_news_database/rss_detail_features.cfm?objID=1BF26010-5B2A-404... EUs Solana Calls For International Enrichment Centre- November 9, 2007 9 Nov (NucNet): European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana said this week that creating an international enrichment centre could help resolve nuclear disputes.http://www.worldnuclear.org/_news_database/rss_detail_features.cfm?objID=815BED3B-0A13-459... Involve Regulators In UK Repository Plans, Says NDA- November 9, 2007 9 Nov (NucNet): Regulators need to be involved early in the plans for a proposed deep geological repository in the UK if significant amounts of money are not to be spent investigating different host communities, the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) has said.http://www.worldnuclear.org/_news_database/rss_detail_features.cfm?objID=D97C2390-BF7B-437... |