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Russian Governement to Allocate $5.42 Billion for New Reactor Technology

DIVEYEVO (Nizhny Novgorod Region), August 1 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian government plans to allocate 127 billion rubles ($5.42 billion) to a federal program dedicated to the next generation of nuclear energy technology. "Financing will start from 2010, and will be about 25 billion rubles [$1.07...

Posted to Nuclear Power Plant News (Forum) by Highrad on 08-05-2008
China ups targeted nuclear power share from 4% to 5% for 2020

From www.chinaview.cn BEIJING, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- China is likely to make nuclear power account for five percent of its total installed power-generating capacity by 2020, Tuesday's China Securities Journal quoted Zhang Guobao, head of National Energy Administration, as saying. The newly revised share...

Posted to Nuclear Power Plant News (Forum) by Highrad on 08-05-2008
McCain to visit Fermi 2 Today

MONROE - Republican presidential candidate John McCain is scheduled to visit the Monroe area today to tour the Fermi 2 nuclear power plant, but he will not make a public appearance. The Arizona senator will arrive at Detroit Metropolitan-Wayne County Airport in the early afternoon and go by motorcade...

Posted to Nuclear Power Plant News (Forum) by Highrad on 08-05-2008
Low priority for new reactors

Small advanced reactors offer enormous potential to extend the reach of nuclear power - but safety regulators in some leading nuclear nations are too busy to approve the designs.

Posted to World Nuclear News (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-28-2008
Ontario reactor bid deadline extended

[The Canadian Press, 26 July] Ontario's energy minister, George Smitherman, has announced that the deadline for reactor vendors to submit bids for two new reactors at the existing Darlington site has been extended. In June, the provincial government asked Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. (AECL), Westinghouse...

Posted to World Nuclear News (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-28-2008
Small reactors have NRC's attention

Chairman Dale Klein speech says they're part of the "nuclear renaissance." He has some advice for how to deal with their licensing issues. The drumbeat about a global nuclear renaissance drives is giving some people a headache and that includes NRC chairman Dale Klein who complained...

Posted to Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-27-2008
Potential burner role for Next Generation Nuclear Plant

The Next Generation Nuclear Plant (NGNP) could be used to burn up plutonium and transuranics currently thought of as waste after recently commissioned research. Two national laboratories will study the idea of extending NGNP's scope.

Posted to World Nuclear News (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-25-2008
Nuclear build boosts Areva figures

Construction work at two new nuclear power reactors as well as a MOX nuclear fuel facility helped drive Areva's first-half sales up by 16%. The group now has a backlog reaching almost $60 billion.

Posted to World Nuclear News (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-25-2008
Draft criteria set for siting new UK reactors

The UK government has set out the draft criteria and process for assessing where new nuclear power plants could safely and securely be constructed in England and Wales.

Posted to World Nuclear News (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-22-2008
Sichuan province plans nuclear power plant

[Xinhua, 22 July] China's Sichuan province will soon submit an application to the state planner, the National Development and Reform Commission, for the construction of a nuclear power plant in the inland region, according to local media reports. Experts involved in conducting the feasibility study...

Posted to World Nuclear News (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-22-2008

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