| ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT: |
| The only way is up for world energy use |
| 28 May 2010 |
| Economic growth in the world's developing nations will drive world energy consumption up by 49% over the next quarter of a century, according to the latest projections from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). |
| Royal Academy: Prepare for electric cars |
| 27 May 2010 |
| Electric cars will reduce emissions at point of use but their green credentials rely on the grid and a new generation mix, warns the UK's Royal Academy of Engineering. A future UK fleet could need an additional 160 GWh per day. |
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| NEW NUCLEAR: |
| Countries move to host Allegro reactor |
| 28 May 2010 |
| Moves have been made to site the Allegro advanced reactor in central Europe. The Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia have agreed to make a joint proposal to host the demonstration fast reactor project that should operate before 2022. |
| Application for new nuclear site |
| 26 May 2010 |
| Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG) has submitted an early site permit (ESP) application to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a proposed new nuclear power plant in New Jersey. |
| Contract for Indian reactor components |
| 26 May 2010 |
| Hindustan Construction Company (HCC) will undertake main plant civil works of units 7 and 8 of the Rajasthan Atomic Power Project (RAPP) after a contract by Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd. |
| Nuclear R&D funding announced |
| 26 May 2010 |
| There have been recent announcements in both the USA and UK of investments into university-led research projects designed to improve the prospects of a next generation of nuclear power plants. |
| Reactor completion the preferred choice |
| 25 May 2010 |
| Completion of a partially built reactor, rather than construction of a brand new one, has been identified as the Tennessee Valley Authority's (TVA) preferred alternative for its Bellefonte site in Alabama. |
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| NUCLEAR POLICIES: |
| UK ministerial responsibilities announced |
| 25 May 2010 |
| A Conservative minister has been appointed to be responsible for nuclear energy at the UK's Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC), which will be headed by a Liberal Democrat secretary of state. |
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| CORPORATE: |
| Collaboration eyes nuclear pump market |
| 27 May 2010 |
| UK engineering group Weir is to team up with Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) to supply and maintain pumps for new nuclear power plants, initially in the UK, but later throughout Europe. |
| Deal for American Centrifuge |
| 25 May 2010 |
| A deal worth $200 million will see Toshiba and Babcock & Wilcox invest in USEC and thereby support the struggling American Centrifuge project. |
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| INDUSTRY TALK: |
| South Africa agrees to cooperate with Algeria |
| 27 May 2010 |
| South Africa has signed an intergovernmental agreement with Algeria on cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, the South African Press Association reported. In addition to energy, the two countries will cooperate on "exchanges in the production of medical radioisotopes." |
| Leadership changes at GEH |
| 25 May 2010 |
| GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) has announced an organizational change designed to bolster its leadership. The company said that the current role of president, CEO and chairman of the board will be split into two positions, as from 5 July |
