| 2 November 2010 |
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| EXPLORATION & NUCLEAR FUEL: TVEL signs Chinese fuel contracts |
| Russian nuclear fuel company TVEL has signed a package of contracts which will see it supply nuclear fuel, fuel production technology and zirconium fuel components to China. The contracts relate to the Tianwan nuclear power plant. |
| CORPORATE: French reactor reaches generation landmark |
| The six-unit Gravelines nuclear power plant near Dunkerque in northern France has become the first nuclear plant in the world to deliver 1000 billion kilowatt-hours (one petawatt-hour) of electricity. |
| NUCLEAR POLICIES: Japan boosts cooperation with Vietnam |
| Vietnam has selected Japan as a partner for cooperation in the construction of nuclear power plants, the Vietnamese prime minister has told his Japanese counterpart. The announcement came as Vietnam agreed that Russia will build its first plant. |
| INDUSTRY TALK: Qatar and Russia sign up for nuclear cooperation |
| Russia's Rosatom and Qatar's Ministry of Environment have signed a memorandum of cooperation on the peaceful use of atomic energy. The memorandum covers bilateral cooperation in areas such as the development of nuclear energy legislation in Qatar. |
