| NEW NUCLEAR: |
| Another Bellefonte contract |
| 15 October 2010 |
| Babcock and Wilcox (B&W) has been contracted to design and build two steam generators for Bellefonte unit 1, pending a final decision by Tennessee Valley Authority on the completion of the partially constructed reactor. |
| New press for nuclear market |
| 14 October 2010 |
| A major new facility has been commissioned in Germany for the production of large reactor components. |
| Developments in fusion |
| 12 October 2010 |
| The Iter fusion demonstration project has suffered another funding blow, while a milestone was reached in another potential route to fusion power in the USA. |
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| NUCLEAR POLICIES: |
| UK government clears path for nuclear new build |
| 18 October 2010 |
| Revised draft national Energy Policy Statements have been presented to UK parliament by energy and climate change secretary Chris Huhne. He announced progress in ensuring that nuclear energy will play a significant role in meeting the UK's future energy needs. |
| Russian reactors slated for Venezuela |
| 18 October 2010 |
| Russia has agreed to move towards building a nuclear power plant in Venezuela as part of the latest set of trade agreements between the nations. |
| Partners strengthen FBR cooperation |
| 13 October 2010 |
| Japan, France and the USA have signed a revised version of their 2008 memorandum of understanding (MoU) in order to renew and expand their collaboration in fast breeder reactor (FBR) research and development. |
| Uranium imports boost Indian reactor output |
| 12 October 2010 |
| Electricity generation from India's nuclear power plants has exceeded targets, partly through imports making uranium more readily available, according to Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd. |
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| REGULATION & SAFETY: |
| Two more years for Wylfa |
| 14 October 2010 |
| Wylfa, one of the UK's oldest nuclear power plants, has been given regulatory approval to continue operating for up to a further two years. The Magnox plant had been scheduled to shut in March 2010, but was granted a nine-month extension. |
| Record HEU return from Poland |
| 14 October 2010 |
| The largest return of highly enriched uranium (HEU) research reactor fuel in the history of an initiative to return the fuel to its country of origin has been completed, with the removal of over 450 kg of HEU fuel from Poland. |
| Second US reactor gets isotope go-ahead |
| 13 October 2010 |
| The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has approved a licence amendment allowing a pilot program to produce cobalt-60 at the Hope Creek nuclear power plant in New Jersey. |
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| CORPORATE: |
| Constellation moves for quick resolution |
| 18 October 2010 |
| Electricite de France (EdF) may pursue Calvert Cliffs 3 alone after Constellation offered a cut-price sale of its interest in the project. |
| BNFL reaches its end |
| 15 October 2010 |
| British Nuclear Fuels Ltd (BNFL) is to be finally abolished, said the UK government as it carried out a major cull of public bodies. The nuclear giant, formed in 1971, has been systematically dismantled since 2002. |
| Paladin increases Niger holding |
| 12 October 2010 |
| Paladin Energy's holding in NGM Resources, which holds exploration tenements in Niger, has increased after the Australian government's Takeovers Panel ruled against Paladin's attempts to pull back from a takeover bid. |
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| INDUSTRY TALK: |
| New schedule for Point Lepreau |
| 15 October 2010 |
| Work to refurbish the Point Lepreau Candu 6 reactor should be complete in September to November 2012, said owner NB Power and Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. The new dates follow a decision to repeat the installation of calandria tubes. |
| Constellation and Edf to talk |
| 14 October 2010 |
| Electricite de France (EdF) has responded to Constellation's rejection of loan guarantee terms with a letter "generally describing ideas for a potential restructuring" of their Unistar partnership. |
| Flowserve expands at Raleigh |
| 12 October 2010 |
| Valve manufacturer Flowserve is to add about 1500 square metres of manufacturing space to its facility at Raleigh, North Carolina. The space will be taken by new machine tools, it said, "to more efficiently manufacture large valve components as well as increase space for inspection assembly and test." |
