atw 2018-10

atw Vol. 63 (2018) | Issue 10 ı October
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NEWS
Asco 1 started operating in 1984 and
has an installed net capacity of
1031 MWe, while Asco 2 started in
1986 with an installed net capacity
of 1027 MWe.
| | www.framatome.com
Framatome wins I&C
modernization contract for
EDF’s 900 MW reactors
(framatome) Framatome will be upgrading
the Instrumentation & Control
(I&C) system on EDF’s 900 MWe
reactor fleet in France. Following on
from the studies already underway
since 2015, the first on-site operations
will begin in 2019, coinciding with
the fourth ten-yearly inspections of
the 900 MWe series reactors.
These works are scheduled to be
carried out on 32 reactors. It forms a
part of the overall French nuclear
reactor modernization program
designed in particular to extend the
lifespan of the reactors beyond
40 years.
Framatome, as prime contractor
will leverage its own expertise and
partner with other French companies
to procure a part of the technology
associated with this contract. This
contract illustrates thus the complementarity
of competencies within
the French Nuclear sector.
Frédéric Lelièvre, Framatome’s
SEVP Sales, Regions and I&C, commented:
“Following the contract
awarded to us in 2011 to modernize
the I&C system on the 1,300 MWe
series reactors in France, we are
delighted that EDF has chosen us
again.”
| | www.framatome.com
Orano: Inauguration of the
conversion plant at the Orano
Tricastin site
(orano) The new Philippe Coste conversion
plant located at the Orano
Tricastin site (Drôme, France) was
inaugurated by Delphine Gény-
Stephann, Secretary of State to
the Minister for the Economy and
Finance, accompanied by Philippe
Varin, Chairman of the Orano
Group Executive Board, and Philippe
Knoche, Orano CEO.
This inauguration took place in
the presence of 60 international customers
of the group, representatives
of French and European administrations,
parliamentarians, elected
officials and local stakeholders.
The new plant incorporates technological
innovations in terms of
safety, the environment and improved
industrial performance. It enables
recycling of chemical reagents, offers
a reduction in water consumption
of as much as 90 % and features
extensive automation of instrumentation
and control functions to improve
management of the process.
Its construction has involved more
than 240 companies, most of them in
the region.
This new plant is part of the Orano
Tricastin site’s broader industrial
modernization program, in which the
group has invested over 5 billion euros
over the past decade. Representing
total investment outlay of 1.150 billion
euros, the project implemented
at the Malvési (Aude, France) and
Tricastin (Drôme, France) sites, is one
which will enable Orano to develop
its position on the conversion market
equipped with the most modern plant
in the world.
The Philippe Coste and Georges
Besse 2 plants at the Orano Tricastin
site will be used to manufacture
nuclear fuel to produce low-carbon
electricity for more than 90 million
homes.
| | www.orano.group
Publications
Energiemarkt
Deutschland
Hans-Wilhelm Schiffer
(atw) The book Energiemarkt Deutschland
(The German Energy Market)
provides an up-to-date overview of
the structure and development of
the German energy market. The focus
is on demand and supply structures
in the markets for oil, lignite, hard
coal and electricity. Renewable
energies are covered by a comprehensive
chapter separately. Other focal
points are the determinants and the
development of prices for oil, coal,
natural gas and electricity. The international
climate protection agreements
are treated as well as the legal
and political framework at the
European level. The implementation
of greenhouse gas emissions trading
and its consequences are explained.
The book is not limited to a description
of the energy and climate policy
setting. Rather, it also shows how
the major economic and societal
challenges associated with the
energy transition can be mastered.
Key facts and figures on energy
market labelling are illustrated in
more than 100 tables and around 200
graphs.
Hans-Wilhelm Schiffer
Energiemarkt Deutschland
(German).
1. Aufl. 2018,
648 S., 199 Abb.,
Book (89.99 € incl. eBook)
+ eBook (69.99 €)
| | www.springer.com
Market data
(All information is supplied without
guarantee.)
Nuclear Fuel Supply
Market Data
Information in current (nominal)
U.S.-$. No inflation adjustment of
prices on a base year. Separative work
data for the formerly “secondary
market”. Uranium prices [US-$/lb
U 3 O 8 ; 1 lb = 453.53 g; 1 lb U 3 O 8 =
0.385 kg U]. Conversion prices [US-$/
kg U], Separative work [US-$/SWU
(Separative work unit)].
2014
• Uranium: 28.10–42.00
• Conversion: 7.25–11.00
• Separative work: 86.00–98.00
2015
• Uranium: 35.00–39.75
• Conversion: 6.25–9.50
• Separative work: 58.00–92.00
2016
• Uranium: 18.75–35.25
• Conversion: 5.50–6.75
• Separative work: 47.00–62.00
2017
• Uranium: 19.25–26.50
• Conversion: 4.50–6.75
• Separative work: 39.00–50.00
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