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U.S / Russia sign nuclear trade agreement
American firms can now sell nuclear technologies to and team with Russia’s state-owned nuclear energy export projects 11 Jan (NucNet) The US and Russia have taken “a major step forward” in civil nuclear energy cooperation by bringing into force an...
U.S. Nuclear Manufacturers Lukewarm on AP1000
There is so much excess production capacity for pumps, pipes, and parts that few plan expansion when orders show up This is my updated coverage for Fuel Cycle Week, V11;N454 January 5, 2012 published by International Nuclear Associates, Washington,...
Areva U.S. CEO updates nuclear bloggers 01/07/11
Jacques Besnainou says the Calvert Cliffs III reactor project is alive and well Areva U.S. CEO Jacques Besnainou (left) told a conference call of nuclear bloggers on Friday Jan 7 that the Calvert Cliffs III reactor project is still moving forward....
Idaho inks new spent fuel agreement
It allows a national laboratory to test small amounts of commercial spent nuclear fuel In what looks like a ray of sunshine in the historically tense relationship between the Idaho National Laboratory and the State of Idaho, a new agreement expands...
Nuclear Power in India: The Russians are coming and so are the French
The U.S. is being left behind in the race for market share To see where India’s drive is headed to build 20 GWe of new nuclear powered electric generation capacity in the next 10 years, look at its aluminum and steel industries. As India relaxes its...
Canadian Uranium: Rising Stock Prices Lead to Investor Interest
Rising stock prices fuel lucrative private placements The relentless rise of the spot price of uranium over the past six months from $40-to-$60/share has had a positive effect on uranium stock prices. Of eleven firms in FCW's selected stock table,...
China’s spent nuclear fuel reprocessing plan to supply nuclear reactors?
A state-run nuclear group may also be pursuing fast reactors The Associated Press and other wire services reported Jan 3 that China has begun to reprocess spent nuclear fuel. The technology, tested at the China National Nuclear Corp (CNNC) plant in...
Finding journalistic excellence in the nuclear industry: my proposal
There is no shortage of coverage. The question is how good is it? This is a proposal for the American Nuclear Society (ANS) to annually make awards to the mainstream news media for excellence in coverage of nuclear science, engineering, and the...
Some fearless predictions for nuclear energy in 2011
The worst that could happen is that I’ll be wrong Every year analysts in various industries like to dust off their crystal ball and see what the future holds for their line of business. The nuclear energy industry is no different. Here are some...
UK market reforms will promote investment in nuclear energy
Chris Huhe commits to keep the lights onWhen the current government took office in May 2010, Liberal Member and Energy Secretary Chris Huhne, (right) a British arch druid in the anti-nuclear movement, was widely quoted as calling nuclear energy...
Why Peter Shumlin will save Vermont Yankee
The high cost of closing the reactor will be keenly felt in the state’s economyVermont Governor-elect Peter Shumlin (right) must have woken up in a cold sweat in the middle of the night over the future of the Vermont Yankee nuclear reactor.In...
Fraud charges filed against AEHI
A 17 page complaint alleges firm’s CEO enriched himself by secretly selling stock in the firm The U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) filed a complaint in U.S. Federal District Court in Idaho against Alternative Energy Holdings Inc. (...
