| ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT: |
| Hong Kong to replace coal with nuclear |
| 15 September 2010 |
| A consultation put to the people of Hong Kong suggests an increase in nuclear capacity to supply half of electricity as a major plank of its climate change strategy. |
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| NEW NUCLEAR: |
| US new build plans delayed |
| 17 September 2010 |
| Plans for new nuclear build in the USA have been delayed due to a lack of demand for electricity, according to the head of the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI). TVA's forward planning sees it increasing its nuclear capacity over the next 20 years. |
| Horizon's hybrids for Oldbury |
| 16 September 2010 |
| Horizon Nuclear Power says that it favours the use of "hybrid" cooling towers at its proposed new nuclear power plant at Oldbury, UK, which are about one-third of the height of conventional "natural draught" cooling towers. |
| First contracts for first new plant |
| 14 September 2010 |
| At a supply chain event for UK contractors yesterday, EDF Energy announced that it has awarded over over GBP50 million ($77 million) worth of contracts for the first nuclear power plant it plans to build in the UK. |
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| NUCLEAR POLICIES: |
| MIT looks at US fuel cycle options |
| 20 September 2010 |
| The availability of uranium resources, as well as scientifically sound methods for managing used nuclear fuel, should mean that nuclear fuel will not need to be recycled in the USA for much of this century at least, according to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). |
| South Korean partnership for Argentina |
| 20 September 2010 |
| South Korea has made headway into the South American nuclear market following the signing of an agreement to support Argentina's nuclear power program. |
| French government puts up funds for Astrid |
| 16 September 2010 |
| The government of France has allocated Eur651.6 million ($837.4 million) to develop a prototype fourth generation fast neutron reactor to be operational by 2020. India's nuclear program also sees neutrons as a valuable resource. |
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| REGULATION & SAFETY: |
| South African radioisotope production on target |
| 17 September 2010 |
| NTP Radioisotopes of South Africa is heading towards producing vital supplies of molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) from the Safari 1 reactor using only low-enriched uranium, both for fuel and for the target plates used to produce isotopes. And the secret to future reliable radioisotope supplies could simply come down to realistic economics. |
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| CORPORATE: |
| Nuclear utilities in global sustainability index |
| 14 September 2010 |
| A number of US and European nuclear power utilities have been included in the latest review of the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index, one of the leading international benchmarks for corporate contribution to sustainable development. |
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| INDUSTRY TALK: |
| Hot rock taken to hospital |
| 17 September 2010 |
| The emergency room at the Sky Ridge Medical Center in Denver, Colorado, was closed for more than an hour after a patient arrived with a radioactive rock in his pocket. |
| Areva employee among Niger kidnap victims |
| 16 September 2010 |
| French nuclear company Areva has expressed its concern after one of its employees and his wife were among the victims of a kidnapping in Arlit, northern Niger, during the night of September 15-16. |
| Pacific Egret welcomed into home port |
| 15 September 2010 |
| International Nuclear Services (INS) subsidiary Pacific Nuclear Transport Ltd (PNTL) has taken delivery of its newest ship, the Pacific Egret, in Barrow-in-Furness, UK. |
| IAEA appoints new head of inspections |
| 14 September 2010 |
| The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has appointed Herman Nackaerts to replace Olli Heinonen as the head of its safeguards division. The move was announced IAEA director general Yukiya Amano to the board of governors. Amano also noted that Iran has objected to some inspectors, 'hampering' inspections. |
