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Utility
Engineering
Collaboration
On the occasion of the visit to China
by the President of the French Republic,
EDF’s Chairman and CEO Henri Proglio
signed two agreements with Sun Qin, the
CEO of CNNC (China National Nuclear
Corporation) and He Yu, President of
CGNPC (China Guangdong Nuclear
Power Holding Company), thereby
marking a new step in the acknowledgment
of EDF as a partner in China’s nuclear
programme.
Contact: Carole Trivi, telephone: 33
(1) 40 42 44 19.
Community Outreach
Entergy Nuclear and Entergy
Mississippi, Inc. have been named
recipients of a national award recognizing
their economic and community
development efforts in Port Gibson and
Claiborne County, Mississippi.
The 2010 Communitas Award
for Leadership in Community Service
recognizes recent targeted efforts by
Entergy to improve relations and boost
the community near Grand Gulf Nuclear
Station.
Company activities included financial
and employee support of area arts and
service organizations, launch of the
Power Path to Nuclear Energy program
in Port Gibson schools, community
meetings, the establishment of a Salvation
Army office, holiday food and toy drives,
scholarships, United Way contributions,
and the organization of an economic
engine for the county called Claiborne
Works!, among many others.
Contact: Ann Becker, email:
abecker@entergy.com.
Nuke 101
Exelon’s Braidwood Generating
Station in Illinois held its first Nuke 101
class on April 10, 2010. The course was
for teachers to learn about nuclear energy
and nuclear technology so that they can
educate their students. During the six
hours, teachers learned about the history
of nuclear power plants, did in class lab
activities and toured the nuclear power
plant. The class was ran by members of
the North American-Young Generation
Nuclear.
Contact: Neal Miller, telephone:
(815) 417-3184, email: neal.miller@
exeloncorp.com.
Industry
Uranium
A new IAEA service for promotion
of best practices and safety in the uranium
production cycle, Uranium Production
Site Appraisal Team (UPSAT) has
been introduced as the uranium production
industry continues to expand worldwide.
This service is available on request
and on a cost recovery basis to any Member
State at any facility that is operating
a uranium production cycle (UPC). UPC
covers prospecting, exploration, development,
feasibility studies, mining, processing,
remediation and decommissioning
and stewardship in relation to uranium
mineral resources.
Contact: Peter Waggitt, email:
P.Waggitt@iaea.org.
Agreement
On April 9, 2010 the Chubu Electric
Power Co., Japan concluded a cooperation
agreement with the Japan Atomic Energy
Agency (JAEA) regarding exchanges of
information on decommissioning technology.
Such cooperation will contribute
to ensuring safety in the decommissioning
of the Hamaoka-1 and -2 nuclear power
plants (NPPs), which the utility has been
working on since last fall, 2009.
JAEA has been engaged in decommissioning
its advanced thermal reactor
(ATR) Fugen since 2008. The concluded
agreement is aimed at facilitating mutual
utilization of the lessons learned through
the experiences of both parties.
Contact: Japan Atomic Industrial
Forum, Inc., email: information@jaif.
or.jp.
Corporation
Clean Energy Park
AREVA and Fresno Nuclear Energy
Group (FNEG) announced that they have
signed a memorandum of understanding
(MOU) to develop a Clean Energy Park
near Fresno, California, including nuclear
and renewable generation.
According to the MOU, AREVA
and FNEG will work together on the
site selection and initial development of
a nominal 1,600 Megawatt U.S. EPR
reactor.
Contact: Julien Duperray, telephone:
33 1 34 96 12 15, fax: 33 1 34 96 16 54,
email: press@areva.com.
I&C
A consortium comprising AREVA
and Siemens Energy will supply digital
supervision, protection and control (I&C)
systems for units 3 & 4 of the Mochovce
nuclear power plant in Slovakia. Slovenské
Elektrárne, a subsidiary of the Enel
Group, is completing the construction of
two reactors based on VVER (Pressurized
Water Cooled and Water Moderated)
technology.
The new power plant units will be
equipped with TELEPERM XS safety
I&C supplied by AREVA and SPPA-
T2000 operational I&C from Siemens.
Unit 3 is scheduled to be operational by
the end of 2012, whereas unit 4 will be
online in 2013.
Contact: Julien Duperray, telephone:
33 1 34 96 12 15, fax: 33 1 34 96 16 54,
email: press@areva.com.
Consolidation
The Babcock & Wilcox Company
(B&W) announced that it is combining
two of its business units into a single
organization to accelerate its growth in
the commercial nuclear power sector.
Babcock & Wilcox Nuclear Energy, Inc.
will be formed through the combination
of B&W Nuclear Power Generation
Group, Inc. and B&W Modular Nuclear
Energy, LLC. Christofer M. Mowry,
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