Posts Tagged ‘Areva’

Uranium One Enters into Definitive Agreement to Acquire Christensen Ranch and Irigaray in Wyoming

August 10th, 2009

Uranium One Inc. (”Uranium
One”) announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to
acquire 100% of the MALCO Joint Venture (”MALCO”) from wholly-owned
subsidiaries of AREVA and EDF for US$ 35 million in cash.
The assets of MALCO include the licensed and permitted Irigaray ISR
central processing plant, the Christensen Ranch satellite [...]

China may bid for Jordan’s $3.5 bln nuclear contract

April 22nd, 2009

BEIJING, April 21 (Reuters) - China National Nuclear Corp (CNNC) could join the bidding to build a nuclear power plant in Jordan worth $3.5 billion, Khaled Toukan, chairman of the Jordan Atomic Energy Commission (JAEC), said on Tuesday.
French nuclear energy producer Areva (CEPFi.PA), Korea Electric Power Corp (KEPCO) (015760.KS), Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd [...]

France’s Areva, India sign nuclear reactor deal

February 5th, 2009

PARIS (AP) — French nuclear giant Areva signed a preliminary deal Wednesday to provide India with up to six new-generation reactors — a move hailed in India as ending its nuclear isolation and transforming the country into “a responsible nuclear state.”
The Paris-based company says the deal signed with Indian electric utility Nuclear Power Corporation of [...]

Nuclear needs energize schools

December 29th, 2008

Zinie Chen Sampson ASSOCIATED PRESS
RICHMOND | Virginia universities and colleges are developing or restarting nuclear-education programs, often with help from energy companies, to replenish an aging work force in anticipation of new plants to meet increasing electricity demand.
Virginia Commonwealth University started a nuclear track to its master’s of engineering program in 2007, after officials with [...]

Areva’s Niger uranium mine to go ahead despite price fall

December 21st, 2008

NIAMEY, Dec 20 (Reuters) - French nuclear power group Areva (CEPFi.PA) will press ahead with its plan to build a 1 billion euro ($1.40 billion) uranium mine in Niger despite falling world prices for the fuel, the firm said on Friday.
The Imouraren mine, due to begin commercial production of 5,000 tonnes per year in [...]

Eskom Will Choose Winner of Nuclear Plant Bid by Year End

November 13th, 2008

By Ron Derby
Nov. 13 (Bloomberg) — Eskom Holdings Ltd., South Africa’s state-owned power utility, will select the winner of a tender for the construction of a 120 billion-rand ($11.7 billion) nuclear power plant in the country by January.
“We will announce the outcome of the commercial process before the end of the year,” Fani Zulu, a [...]

Total sees nuclear energy for growth after peak oil

November 13th, 2008

By Simon Webb
DOHA, Nov 10 (Reuters) - French oil and gas giant Total (TOTF.PA: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) is targeting nuclear energy to drive growth long after oil and gas output peak, a top executive said on Monday.
“In the future, energy demand will be constrained by tight supply,” Arnaud Chaperon, Total’s senior vice [...]

France’s AREVA to launch uranium project in Jordan in November

October 5th, 2008

AMMAN, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) — French nuclear giant AREVA is expected to embark on a uranium project in Jordan in November, officials were quoted by local daily The Jordan Times on Sunday.
Jordan Nuclear Energy Commission Chairman Khalid Touqan said AREVA will start drilling in November for the project’s first phase, [...]

German RWE wins 49 percent stake in nuclear plant

October 4th, 2008

The Associated Press
SOFIA, Bulgaria: Bulgaria has chosen Germany’s RWE AG as a strategic investor in the country’s second nuclear plant, the government said Friday.
RWE outbid rival Belgian energy company Electrabel, owned by France’s GDF Suez SA, for a 49 percent stake in the Belene Power Company, which will own and operate the new nuclear power [...]