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• Canadian doctors want new reactors

  Last year's isotope crisis left Canadian medicine "teetering on the brink of disaster" a report by nuclear medicine experts has said. It recommended new reactors in Canada to assure supply. Posted Jul 29 2008, 11:37 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Canada, New Nuclear Plant

• SCG&E orders two AP1000s for South Carolina

  The AP1000 consortium has signed a $9.8 billion contract for two 1117 MWe AP1000 reactors at the existing VC Summer nuclear power plant site in South Carolina. Posted May 28 2008, 12:08 PM by World Nuclear News Filed under: AP1000, New Nuclear Plant, Shaw Group, VC Summer, SCANA

• UK industry gearing up for new build, NIA reports

  UK industry has the capability to provide the majority of a sustained programme of new nuclear power plants, the Nuclear Industry Association has concluded in a report published today. Posted Apr 29 2008, 12:22 PM by World Nuclear News Filed under: UK, New Nuclear Plant

• Review work starts on ACR-1000

  Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. (AECL) has announced that safety regulators are to start 'pre-project design review activites' on its ACR-1000 nuclear power reactor design in Canada. A memorandum of understanding was signed by AECL and the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission on 8 April, just one day after the company said it would concentrate its resources on the domestic market for new reactors. "Initial activities will include the review of the Generic Safety Case Report that provides comprehensive information on the ACR-1000 design and safety analysis," said an AECL statement. Hugh MacDiarmid, president and CEO of the company added: "The pre-project design review greatly enhances the certainty of our schedule leading to the follow-up licensing process for construction of ACR-1000 plants in Canada." Posted Apr 14 2008, 11:18 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: ACEL, New Nuclear Plant, ACR-1000

• EPC contract signed for new Vogtle units

  The AP1000 consortium of Shaw and Westinghouse has signed an engineering, procurement and construction contract with Georgia Power for two new reactors at the Vogtle nuclear power station. Posted Apr 09 2008, 12:05 PM by World Nuclear News Filed under: New Nuclear Plant, EPC, Vogtle

• Contract on way for fast-track Florida plant

  Shaw Group and Westinghouse have agreed with Progress Energy Florida to complete negotiations on an engineering, procurement and construction contract for two new reactors to be built in Levy County. Posted Apr 08 2008, 10:45 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Westinghouse, New Nuclear Plant, FPL, Shaw Group

• Application for Voglte reactors

  Another application was made today to build new nuclear reactors in the USA. The eighth such application, it could result in two new pressurized water reactors at the Vogtle nuclear power plant in the southern state of Georgia. Posted Apr 01 2008, 09:30 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: New Nuclear Plant, Vogtle

• Fennovoima buys land for planned nuclear plant

  Fennovoima announced on 11 March that it had agreed to acquire more than 200 hectares of land in the Karsikko and Laitakari areas in Simo, northern Finland. The consortium said that the land is sufficient for a potential nuclear power plant site and did not rule out the acquisition of additional land. In October 2007, Fennovoima bought some 600 hectares of land in Ruotsinpyhtää in southern Finland. The company is currently conducting environmental impact assessments (EIAs) for a potential nuclear power plant at four locations: Norrskogen and Kilgrundet in Kristinestad; Hanhikivi in Pyhäjoki; Kampuslandet and Gäddbergsö in Ruotsinpyhtää; and Karsikko and Laitakari in Simo. Fennovoima said that in Kristinestad and Pyhäjoki, land acquisitions and negotiations continue simultaneously with the EIA process. The plant alternatives under review involve the construction of either one unit with a production capacity of 1500-1800 MWe, or two units each with a capacity of 1000-1250 MWe. A pressurized water reactor (PWR) and a boiling water reactor (BWR) are both being considered. Posted Mar 12 2008, 01:00 PM by World Nuclear News Filed under: New Nuclear Plant

• Nigeria approves technical framework for nuclear energy

  Nigeria's government has approved the technical framework for fast tracking the deployment of nuclear power plants for electricity generation in the country. However, the country is said to lack the regulatory framework and trained workers needed for such a programme. Posted Mar 05 2008, 08:15 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: New Nuclear Plant, Nigeria

• Namibia regulating uranium, planning for nuclear

  Namibia has established a Uranium Stewardship Committee to help provide a legal framework for monitoring the country's uranium mining industry. It is also planning to develop a regulatory framework to enable it to embark on its own nuclear power programme in the future. Posted Mar 04 2008, 11:53 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Uranium, New Nuclear Plant, Namibia

• Areva-Bechtel to begin detailed design engineering of USEPR

  UniStar Nuclear Energy has awarded a contract to an Areva-Bechtel Power consortium to begin initial detailed design engineering of the US Evolutionary Power Reactor design. Executives expect to gain benefits from existing EPR construction projects in Finland and France. Posted Feb 06 2008, 11:59 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Areva, EPR, New Nuclear Plant, Bechtel

• Westinghouse awarded contract to help complete US reactor

  Westinghouse has been awarded a contract worth some $200 million by Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) for equipment upgrades and support services for the completion of unit 2 of the Watts Bar nuclear power plant in Tennessee. Posted Jan 21 2008, 08:37 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Westinghouse, Watts Bar, TVA, New Nuclear Plant

• Firms get set for new build

  Companies involved in the push for new nuclear power in the UK reacted favourably to the government invitation to submit their plans for new build. Areva has announced that it wants to build four to six large reactors in the country. Posted Jan 11 2008, 10:53 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Areva, UK, New Nuclear Plant