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French nuclear export drive tainted by safety fears Paris (AFP) Nov 4, 2009 
Safety fears and threats of winter power cuts have taken some of the shine off France's world-beating nuclear industry, the country's main source of power and a key plank in its foreign trade strategy. France generates more than three-quarters of its electricity through nuclear power, more than any other country by proportion, and President Nicolas Sarkozy has made exporting French know-how ... read moreThird of French nuke plants off line 
Paris (AFP) Nov 2, 2009Almost a third of France's 58 nuclear reactors were off line Monday due to a maintenance and refuelling backlog, as power bosses warned they would have to import massive amounts of energy. The EDF power company refused to say how many power plants were out of service, but a telephone survey on nuclear sites by AFP confirmed that at least 19 reactors were down and one operating at 60 percent ... more
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Iran wants review of nuclear fuel deal
Tehran (AFP) Nov 2, 2009Iran said on Monday it wants a review of the UN-brokered nuclear fuel deal, indicating it prefers to purchase the supplies directly rather than sending its own uranium abroad. Tehran's latest stance on the high-profile proposal came as close ally Moscow and London urged the Islamic republic to accept the offer which aims at applying the brakes on Iran's galloping nuclear programme. ... more Nuclear safety bodies call for redesign of EPR reactor 
Paris (AFP) Nov 2, 2009Nuclear regulators in France, Britain and Finland said Monday they have told French nuclear giant Areva and its foreign partners to correct a safety design flaw on its latest-generation EPR reactor. Any redesign could increase already costly delays in completing the first two of the reactors being built by Areva in France and Finland, and undermine French attempts to create a massive export ... more US state OKs tie-up of Constellation Energy, France's EDF 
Washington (AFP) Oct 30, 2009The US state of Maryland on Friday approved a plan for France' EDF Group to take a stake in Constellation Energy Group, clearing the final hurdle for a new nuclear power plant in the state. US regulators earlier this month had green-lighted the joint venture plan for the French state-controlled company to acquire nearly half of Constellation's nuclear assets. The companies say the nuclea ... more Nuclear fuel deal benefits Iran: Russian envoy
Tehran (AFP) Nov 1, 2009Russia's envoy to Tehran on Sunday urged Iran to sign on to a UN-drafted nuclear fuel deal in a bid to resolve the controversy over its atomic drive, which he said lacks "complete transparency." Alexander Sadovnikov's comments came a day after US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned Tehran that world powers had limited patience as Iran dilly-dallied over offering a categorical response ... more |
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German RWE pulls out of Bulgarian nuclear project
Sofia (AFP) Oct 28, 2009 German utility firm RWE is pulling out of Bulgaria's nuclear plant project in Belene, in which it was to hold 49 percent, the government in Sofia announced on Wednesday. The economic crisis, a lack of funding and no definitive agreement with Russian company Atomstroyexport, which was to build the plant, were among the reasons for RWE's withdrawal, said Galina Tosheva, director of the ... more Armenia approves expansion of nuclear plant 
Yerevan (AFP) Oct 27, 2009Armenia's parliament on Tuesday approved plans for the construction of a new reactor unit at the ex-Soviet republic's controversial Metzamor nuclear power station. Lawmakers voted in favour of plans to build a new 1,200-megawatt unit with a projected cost of four to five billion dollars (2.7 to 3.4 billion euros). Officials have said they expect the new reactor to be completed by 2017. ... more Bulgaria welcomes more EU funding for nuclear shutdown
Sofia (AFP) Oct 27, 2009Bulgaria welcomed a proposal by the European commission Tuesday to give it an additional 300 million euros (446 million dollars) to help dismantle obsolete reactors at its Kozloduy nuclear plant. "The decision taken (by the European Commission) is an expression of the solidarity of the EU with the Bulgarian government," the foreign ministry said in a statement. Brussels' safety concerns ... more Eiffage, Carillion plan partnership in Britain 
Paris (AFP) Oct 26, 2009French construction group Eiffage and British peer Carillion have signed a partnership agreement under which they will jointly bid to build nuclear power plants in Britain, Eiffage said Monday. The two groups have worked together in the past, notably on the cross-Channel tunnel and the Copenhagen metro system. The British government last year made clear its intention to renovate the ... more |
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