| ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT: |
| Roadmap gives options for 2050 target |
| 6 October 2010 |
| Deploying all current low-carbon technologies to their maximum potential could see Europe cut carbon dioxide emissions by 80% by 2050, according to a roadmap from the European Climate Foundation. |
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| NEW NUCLEAR: |
| Constellation rejects loan guarantee terms |
| 11 October 2010 |
| American plans for new nuclear were hit by uncertainty after Unistar partner Constellation declared the terms of loan guarantees flawed, unrealistic and unworkable. |
| Icebreaker simulator centre |
| 6 October 2010 |
| A simulator centre for nuclear-powered ships has been inaugurated by Atomflot, the subsidiary of Russian state nuclear energy company Rosatom responsible for the operation and maintenance of the country's fleet of nuclear icebreakers. |
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| WASTE & RECYCLING: |
| MOX plant and Myrrha in Sino-Belgian deals |
| 7 October 2010 |
| China and Belgium have signed a framework agreement on the construction of a pilot MOX fuel fabrication plant in China, and a research collaboration agreement covering developments in the Myrrha hybrid research reactor project. |
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| NUCLEAR POLICIES: |
| South Africa's nuclear strategy in motion |
| 8 September 2010 |
| A new strategy for nuclear power is emerging in South Africa, including cooperation deals with China and South Korea. |
| Nuclear is competitive in Sweden, says report |
| 7 September 2010 |
| Nuclear power could be the lowest-cost option for new electricity generating capacity in Sweden, according to a study by PricewaterhouseCoopers conducted for an electricity-intensive industry group. |
| Boost to UK nuclear technology R&D |
| 28 September 2010 |
| The UK government is to provide GBP2 million ($3.2 million) to help fund twenty feasibility studies aimed at stimulating innovation and strengthening the supply chain in the area of nuclear research and development and its applications. |
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| CORPORATE: |
| AECL starts again on retubing Point Lepreau |
| 11 October 2010 |
| All of the 380 new calandria tubes installed as part of the major ongoing refurbishment of the Point Lepreau Candu-6 nuclear power plant in Canada are to be removed and reinstalled. |
| Major engineering contract for Bellefonte |
| 5 October 2010 |
| The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has awarded Areva a contract for engineering and design work towards the completion of the Bellefonte nuclear power plant. |
| Russian-Ukrainian engineering venture planned |
| 5 October 2010 |
| Ukraine's national electricity generator Energoatom has agreed to establish a consortium to locally produce equipment for Ukrainian nuclear power plants with AtomEnergoMash - part of the Russian state nuclear energy company Rosatom. |
| More steam tubes in the pipeline |
| 5 October 2010 |
| Vallourec's Chinese subsidiary is expanding its manufacturing capacity for steam generator tubing as a major conference prepares to focus on the Chinese nuclear supply chain. |
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| EXPLORATION & NUCLEAR FUEL: |
| Study shows feasibility of Marenica project |
| 11 October 2010 |
| Australia-based Marenica Energy said that an upgraded scoping study of its Marenica uranium project in the Erongo region of Namibia shows that it could be a significant, cost-competitive uranium project. |
| Russia boosts nuclear fuel exports |
| 6 October 2010 |
| Russia is set to have foreign contracts for the supply of nuclear fuel and uranium enrichment services worth $20 billion by the end of 2010, Sergey Kiriyenko of Rosatom has promised prime minister Vladimir Putin. |
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| INDUSTRY TALK: |
| Front-end contract for Transnuclear |
| 11 October 2010 |
| Areva subsidiary Transnuclear has been awarded a contract by Urenco USA to transport uranium hexafluoride (UF6) from Converdyn's Metropolis conversion plant in Illinois - the only conversion plant in the USA - to its new enrichment facility in Eunice, New Mexico. |
| Russian reactor coming soon |
| 8 October 2010 |
| Rostov 2 is expected to enter commercial operation on 16 October, according to Russian state nuclear enterprise Rosatom, which said commissioning tests were nearly complete. |
| Bellefonte decision next year |
| 7 October 2010 |
| The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) will officially decide on completing Bellefonte 1 in the first half of 2011. The TVA board will consider which route to take when determining its Integrated Resource Plan in the first half of 2011. Should it decide to complete Bellefonte 1, the licence application for units 3 and 4 would require significant revision taking up to two years. |
