Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Tuesday, 11 May 2010

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10 May 2010
NEW NUCLEAR: Dominion selects APWR for North Anna
Dominion has selected Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' (MHI's) Advanced Pressurized Water Reactor (APWR) for the potential third unit at its North Anna nuclear power plant in Virginia. The company had previously been considering building a GE Hitachi Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactor (ESBWR) there.
CORPORATE: RWE protects nucelar plant from early shutdown
A transfer of generating rights should ensure the survival of the Biblis A nuclear power plant into the German government's next energy regime.
CORPORATE: Tepco buys into STP expansion project
Japanese utility Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) has agreed to take a 9% stake in the project to construct two new reactors at the South Texas Project (STP), with an option to later increase this stake to some 18%.
WASTE & RECYCLING: End of the line for terminal
The decision has been taken to close down a Dunkirk terminal formerly used in the transit of nuclear fuel between the UK and continental Europe.