Russian nuclear czar – selling $6 billion enriched uranium to USA?
Rosatom Signs $2.8 Billion Contract to Enrich Uranium for U.S. Bloomberg, By Ilya Khrennikov – Mar 26, 2011 Rosatom Corp., Russia’s government- owned nuclear holding company, agreed a contract valued at about $2.8 billion to supply enriched uranium to the U.S., Russian state-run newspaper Rossiyskaya Gazeta said, citing the company.The accord includes an option to double supplies, possibly boosting the value of the deal to $6 billion, Kommersant said in a separate report, citing Rosatom Chief Executive Officer Sergei Kirienko.….Rosatom Signs $2.8 Billion Contract to Enrich Uranium for U.S. – Bloomberg
China selling off old nuclear reactor models to Pakistan
China to Sell Outdated Nuclear Reactors to Pakistan, Voice of America, Stephanie Ho | Beijing March 24, 2011 China is pressing ahead with nuclear energy cooperation with Pakistan, despite concerns that it is shipping decades-old technology to its South Asian neighbor. This comes as China suspended approvals for new nuclear power plants within China to review safety standards following the recent earthquake/tsunami disaster in Japan. Continue reading
Westinghouse, Toshiba, AREVA, Rosatom marketing nuclear power to Czech Republic
U.S.-based Westinghouse Electric Co., a subsidiary of Japan’s Toshiba Corp., France’s state-owned nuclear engineering giant Areva SA and a consortium led by Russia’s Atomstroyexport submitted preliminary bids.
Czechs pledge to develop nuclear energy program Bloomberg, BusinessWeek. 18 March, PRAGUE The Czech Republic’s prime minister says his country will go ahead with plans to develop its nuclear energy program despite Japan’s nuclear crisis. Continue reading
French nuclear company chief “in no doubt” that Britain needs nuclear
Mr de Rivaz said his “determination to press ahead was undimmed” and added that he was in no doubt that “what Britain needs is nuclear”.
UK industry must press on, says EDF chief, FT.com , By David Blair and Sylvia Pfeifer in London March 17 2011 The British nuclear industry will have to work harder to keep the public’s trust in the aftermath of Japan’s disaster, Continue reading
Australian pro nuclear expert explains how Fukushima nuclear plant is safe
The plant is safe now and will stay safe……If you want to stay informed, please forget the usual media outlets [Does he include the International Atomic Energy Agency as an “usual media outlet” , I wonder?]
Fukushima Nuclear Accident – a Simple and Accurate Explanation, Brave New Climate, Barry Brook, 13 March 2011, [Barry Brook quotes Josef Oehmen, a PhD Scientist, whose father has extensive experience in Germany’s nuclear industry.] Continue reading
Nuclear marketing going ahead in China and India, anyway
in China, which has the world’s most ambitious nuclear expansion plans, a vice minister of environment, Zhang Lijun, said on Saturday that Japan’s difficulties would not deter his nation’s nuclear rollout…..The United States has lobbied extensively to open India’s nuclear power market to American industry. Indian and American officials spent more than five years negotiating a nuclear energy agreement that was blessed by both governments and international nuclear agencies.
Emerging economies move ahead with nuclear plans, New York Times, by Heather Timmons and Vikas Bajaj, 15 March 11, NEW DELHI — Despite Japan’s crisis, India and China and some other energy-ravenous countries say they plan to keep using their nuclear power plants and building new ones. Continue reading
Australia will get nuclear power, top nuclear scientist confident
“We will learn from the tragic Japanese experience how to build more robust reactors, how to ensure multiple layers of protection work properly, how to better contain radioactive gases.” – Ziggy
Ziggy Switkowski, nuclear physicist, and chief of Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, is confident that there will be only a short term halt in the nuclear renaissance.
Ziggy’s been explaining on Australian TV (Channel 10 News 14/3/11) and print media (THE AUSTRALIAN, 14/3/11), how Australia doesn’t need to worry about earthquakes and nuclear power, and does need nuclear energy. Indeed, Ziggy looks forward to the boost that nuclear power development will get, from studying the defects in the Japanese nuclear reactors. In this way, the nuclear renaissance will thrive again. Though I dunno that it was thriving even before the Japan disaster, now that I come to think of it. – Christina Macpherson
Nuclear Energy Institute confident that Japan explosion will ‘reassure’ Americans
All told, the industry expects up to eight new reactors to be churning out power by 2020, according to Mitch Singer, a spokesman for the Nuclear Energy Institute, an industry trade group.
Mr. Singer said he doesn’t think the accident in Japan will derail the U.S. nuclear boom. In fact, he said the explosion should reassure Americans that their own plants will be prepared for any emergency, because the industry will disseminate lessons learned in Japan around the globe, helping other reactors shore up their defenses against even devastating natural disasters, like the quake and the tsunami that followed.
“At this point,” Mr. Singer said, “I don’t think we’re going to see a major impact on the U.S. nuclear industry.”…. – WSJ.com By STEPHANIE SIMON, 13 March 11,.
Bad timing for Australia to decide to sell uranium to Middle East
“It’s very poor judgement and poor timing to be proposing to sell this material into the Middle East when tensions are running so high,” said Scott Ludlam, an Australia senator for the Greens, a party affiliated with the government’s minority administration and set to hold the balance of power in the country’s top legislature from July 1. Mr. Ludlam said he wants the government to publish a list of the countries Australia won’t supply with uranium……….
South Africa gives desperate France a chance to save its nuclear business
“South Africa is an indispensable lifeline,” Yves Marignac, a French energy consultant who campaigns for renewable solutions, told FRANCE 24. “It seems to be the only country seriously willing to put out a tender [for the construction of nuclear reactors] next year, so the only one that can salvage the little credibility that France as an exporter still has.”
France creeps closer to South Africa’s nuclear jackpot, France24 by Sophie PILGRIM 3 March 11, Long-time energy partners France and South Africa signed a series of bilateral agreements Wednesday on President Jacob Zuma’s final day of his state visit to Paris. The deals, which involve energy giants Areva and EDF, come just before South Africa is set to expand its nuclear programme. Continue reading
France’s Sarkozy aggressively marketing nuclear power
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been especially aggressive in leveraging the French lead in civilian nuclear technology to try to secure diplomatic, commercial and military advantages in the Middle East, in addition to parts of Africa and Asia.
Nuclear Babies and Bathwater , The Diplomat, by Manpreeth Sethi, 3 March 2011, “……..It’s no secret that with the current global nuclear renaissance, France hopes to seize a significant share of the world nuclear market—including from major Asian nuclear energy rivals such as South Korea Continue reading
Funds for new nuclear research at University of Saskatchewan
$30 million is being set aside over seven years for a new nuclear research centre at the University of Saskatchewan…… Wall believes the new money will make the province a leader in nuclear material science, and small reactor technology….
Two University chairs to be funded by nuclear company
Push for a $2 billion loan for Ohio uranium enrichment plant
France devising new nuclear marketing system
France launches new nuclear strategy Industrial Fuels and Power, February 23rd, 2011 The French Nuclear Policy Council has drawn up a new strategy to boost the industry’s competitiveness on the international stage. Continue reading
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