NucNet: Global Nuclear NewsNuclear news, information and emergency communication serviceEvolutionary Power Reactor Design Accepted For Review By NRC- February 26, 2008 26 Feb (NucNet): US nuclear regulators said today that they had accepted for review an application to certify Arevas 1,600-megawatt US Evolutionary Power Reactor (US EPR) design.http://www.worldnuclear.org/_news_database/rss_detail_features.cfm?objID=DC3F17D6-CB6F-4C3... Regulator Says Yucca Mountain Licensing Faces Inadequate Funding- February 26, 2008 26 Feb (NucNet): Chief US nuclear regulator Dale Klein has called for clarification from Congress over how best to proceed with the licensing procedure of the countrys planned Yucca Mountain geological repository in the face of inadequate funding.http://www.worldnuclear.org/_news_database/rss_detail_features.cfm?objID=7281B8B9-6922-423... UK Joins Global Nuclear Energy Partnership- February 26, 2008 26 Feb (NucNet): The UK is joining the US-led Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP), it was confirmed today.http://www.worldnuclear.org/_news_database/rss_detail_features.cfm?objID=532C6D60-7605-44E... Decision In Principle On New UK N-Plant Expected As Early As 2009- February 22, 2008 22 Feb (NucNet): The UK government said today it expects a decision in principle by an operator to proceed with building a new nuclear power plant and ask the government for a fixed unit price for waste disposal in a geological disposal facility could come as early as mid-2009.http://www.worldnuclear.org/_news_database/rss_detail_features.cfm?objID=7CFD7C82-28F2-4C6... Australian Regulator Calls For More Information Before OPALs Restart- February 22, 2008 22 Feb (NucNet): The Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA), has asked for further information and clarification about an application to modify the reactor fuel design and to restart operation of the countrys OPAL research reactor.http://www.worldnuclear.org/_news_database/rss_detail_features.cfm?objID=9B213F79-8548-45B... Careful Planning Driving New Nuclear Projects In US, Analysts Told- February 22, 2008 22 Feb (NucNet): Construction of new nuclear plants in the US will increase slowly over the next decade as project sponsors exercise caution to effectively manage business risks, nuclear energy industry leaders told Wall Street financial analysts in New York yesterday.http://www.worldnuclear.org/_news_database/rss_detail_features.cfm?objID=469605E5-1919-4A4... German Multilateral Enrichment Centre Plan To Be Presented At IAEA- February 19, 2008 19 Feb (NucNet): A German proposal for an international enrichment centre to be built that would ensure fuel supplies for countries operating nuclear power plants will be outlined at the headquarters of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna, Austria, later today.http://www.worldnuclear.org/_news_database/rss_detail_features.cfm?objID=3CD9BCA8-21AA-4BB... Uranium Business Drives 120% Earnings Increase For Cameco- February 6, 2008 6 Feb (NucNet): Cameco Corporation today reported adjusted 2007 net earnings of 603 million Canadian dollars (CAD) (601 million US dollars, 410 million euro), 120 percent higher than in 2006 due to improved results in the uranium business.http://www.worldnuclear.org/_news_database/rss_detail_features.cfm?objID=4D7AC6E3-588A-478... |