| NEW NUCLEAR: |
| September moves for Belene project |
| 19 July 2010 |
| The long-running effort to finance the Belene new build project should see the selection of project advisors and the launch of a new tender in September. |
| Frazer-Nash to help Horizon advance UK plans |
| 16 July 2010 |
| Horizon Nuclear Power has awarded engineering consultancy Frazer-Nash a five-year framework contract for the provision of regulatory and licensing services related to its plans for constructing new nuclear power plants in the UK. |
| B&W, Bechtel team up on mPower |
| 14 July 2010 |
| Babcock & Wilcox (B&W) and Bechtel have entered into a formal alliance to design, license and deploy B&W's mPower reactor design. B&W announced plans for the 125 MWe modular nuclear power reactor in June 2009. |
| Funding fortifies US nuclear education |
| 13 July 2010 |
| University-level nuclear education in the USA is to be boosted by $18.2 million in funding for research reactor upgrades, equipment purchases and student funding from the US Department of Energy. |
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| WASTE & RECYCLING: |
| Energy Solutions rethinks on waste imports |
| 15 July 2010 |
| Energy Solutions is adopting a new international business strategy whereby, rather than importing foreign radioactive waste for processing and disposal at its US facility, it will help overseas customers dispose of such waste in their own country. |
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| NUCLEAR POLICIES: |
| Nuclear investment vital to emission targets |
| 19 July 2010 |
| An early and radical reform of UK electricity markets is needed to provide a framework to secure large-scale private sector investment in nuclear energy in the UK, consultancy group KPMG has warned. Such investment, it says, will be needed for the country to meet its ambitious emission reduction targets. |
| UK energy minister: nuclear plans still on course |
| 15 July 2010 |
| The UK government is planning to strengthen national policy statements for energy to help ensure that large energy projects like new nuclear plants go ahead, the UK's energy minister has announced. |
| Poland, USA agree to nuclear cooperation |
| 14 July 2010 |
| The USA and Poland have signed a joint declaration for cooperation in the field of nuclear energy. The signing of the agreement followed a US nuclear trade mission to Warsaw. |
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| CORPORATE: |
| Simulator contracts for GSE |
| 16 July 2010 |
| GSE Systems of the USA announced that it had received contracts totalling over $8 million for new nuclear simulators and upgrades to existing ones. |
| Chinese valve contract for Dresser |
| 14 July 2010 |
| Dresser Masoneilan of the USA has been awarded a contract by China Nuclear Power Engineering Co to supply control valves for the Taishan nuclear power plant under construction in Guangdong province. |
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| EXPLORATION & NUCLEAR FUEL: |
| Areva-Waseco joint venture for Quebec properties |
| 13 July 2010 |
| Areva has completed its earn-in expenditures and plans to proceed to establish a joint venture with Canada's Waseco Resources to further explore and develop Waseco's properties in the Quebec Labrador Trough. |
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| INDUSTRY TALK: |
| New plant gets go-ahead in China |
| 19 July 2010 |
| A two-reactor nuclear power plant at Fangchenggang in autonomous Guangxi province has been approved by Chinese officials. |
| Grid connection for first Ling Ao II unit |
| 16 July 2010 |
| China Guangdong Nuclear Power Co (CGNPC) announced that the first reactor of the Ling Ao II nuclear power plant was connected to the grid on 15 July and has now begun trial operation. |
| Uranium One board recommends ARMZ deal |
| 16 July 2010 |
| The board of Uranium One has approved the agreement with Russia's AtomRedMetzoloto (ARMZ) under which ARMZ will acquire a controlling interest in the company in exchange for its interests in two Kazakh uranium mines and $610 million in cash. |
| Governmental approval for Turkish construction plan |
| 15 July 2010 |
| The Turkish parliament has ratified the cooperation agreement with Russia on the construction of the country's first nuclear power plant. |
| High rainfall hits Ranger uranium output |
| 13 July 2010 |
| Energy Resources of Australia (ERA) has revised its uranium production forecast for 2010 downwards after higher than normal rainfall late in the wet season hit output at its Ranger mine. |
