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Areva fortifies Indian base,
now ready to supply N-reactors
Areva T&D India, the Indian arm of the French energy firm Areva SA, is keenly eyeing the newly opened business opportunity in the nuclear power sector in India. In three years, the company has managed to make a strong presence across all segments of the industry - manufacturing, transmission and distribution. Now it wants to supply...
     
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GEH in pacts with NPCIL & BHEL for
building ABWR N-power plants
GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH), a joint venture between GE and Hitachi to serve the global nuclear industry, has recently signed initial pacts with state-run Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) and Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) in, New Delhi for the construction of an advanced boiling water reactor (ABWR) power...
     
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'India must sign NPT for getting
Australian uranium': McCarthy
Australia, one of the world's largest producers of uranium, is unwilling to export its uranium to India unless New Delhi signs the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), despite the Nuclear Suppliers Group's (NSG) go-ahead for the historic India-US nuclear deal, the country's envoy has said. Australia's uranium reserves are the world's largest...
     
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Russia & Nigeria sign pact for building
N-plants, uranium mining
A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed by Russia's Rosatom Deputy Director General Nikolay Spassky and Special Adviser to the Nigerian President Emmanuel Egbogah, in Moscow during the third meeting of the Russian-Nigerian Intergovernmental Commission on Economic and Scientific Technical Cooperation recently. ...
     
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Exelon-NRG deal runs into deeper
trouble over takeover strategy
The atmosphere between Exelon and its takeover target NRG Energy has further soured with a new lawsuit over Exelon's strategy and statements. Top NRG executives have rejected Exelon's offer, which was made as NRG stock slumped in October last year on worries about its levels of debt. Their primary objection has been the price, and...
     
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Areva names 1250 MWe BWR,
Kerena
Areva has named its 1250 MWe Generation III+ boiling water reactor (BWR) design, provisionally known as SWR-1000, Kerena. Kerena is one of three Generation III+ reactor designs offered by Areva, other than the EPR and Atmea pressurised water reactor designs. Atmea and Kerena are still in the design phase. Two EPRs are currently under...
     
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Climate change worry turns N-power
into better global energy option
Accenture, a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company, has just released the findings of its 20-country, 10,500 person survey on attitudes to nuclear power, meant to sound out the popular appeal of different energy options for policy-makers. Nuclear power is becoming a more attractive energy option around the...
     
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Funds assured for proposed Indian
N-reactor building programme
Plans to install new reactors in India look strong after key officials indicated the funds required were forthcoming. Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) and Areva have a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to work towards an EPR-based nuclear power plant at Jaitapur, with two 1600 MWe reactors as a starting point but...
     
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Japanese utilities' annual plan for
fissile plutonium use
Japan's 11 electric power utilities expect to use mixed oxide (MOX) fuel containing about six tonnes of fissile plutonium (in about nine tonnes of reactor grade Pu) each year, once they are in full operation with this from about 2012. This corresponds to about 120 tonnes of MOX fuel. The utilities hold 13.8 tonnes of fissile plutonium stored in...
     
 
   
 
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