Sellafield MOX output will fall below half of year's original target
Mixed-oxide fuel manufactured at the UK's Sellafield complex by the end of the current 2007/08 financial year, ending March 31, will be less than half the original
Publication Date: FEB 2008
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Shaw Areva, NRC staff object to contention in MOX proceeding
Shaw Areva MOX Services and the NRC staff are objecting to the admission of a contention which was "recast" by an Atomic Safety and Licensing Board in
Publication Date: FEB 2008
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Swedish effort to bar exports of spent fuel fails to win support
Three Swedish Green parliamentarians failed to win support February 20 for a series of motions aimed at changing Sweden's nuclear technology law, including barring the export of
Publication Date: FEB 2008
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TVEL gears up for market expansion with new fuel for Western PWRs
Russian fuel vendor TVEL is gearing up to expand its share of the world nuclear fuel market, thanks to collaboration with Western partners, according to its president,
Publication Date: FEB 2008
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Taiwan investigating feasibility of French reprocessing option
Taiwan Power Co. and Areva are investigating the feasibility of reprocessing Taipower's spent fuel in France, in a project that would have to be approved by the
Publication Date: FEB 2008
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Upward pressure on spot U price seen increasing
Although there were reports of a spot deal being done at a price several dollars below $75 a pound U3O8, the forecast by Uranium One February 21
Publication Date: FEB 2008
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ACNW&M to be ACRS subcommittee as NRC realigns to meet new needs
NRC's waste advisory committee will be absorbed into the agency's reactor safeguards advisory committee as a new waste subcommittee, a move that reflects "the changing workloads and
Publication Date: FEB 2008
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Andra resumes borehole drilling near underground waste lab at Bure
Andra resumed drilling of exploratory boreholes last month in a 250-square-kilometer zone around its underground waste laboratory at Bure, as part of a new geologic exploratory campaign
Publication Date: FEB 2008
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Areva signs four fuel contracts; Browns Ferry-1 joins BLEU program
Areva last week announced the signing of four fuel contracts with a combined value of more than $300 million. The contracts are with Constellation Energy, AmerGen, PPL
Publication Date: FEB 2008
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Cameco fourth-quarter revenue down despite huge price hikes
Despite a 49% increase in realized prices, Cameco's fourth-quarter revenue from uranium decreased (Cdn)$23 million (US$22.8 million) to $219 million compared with fourth-quarter 2006, due to a
Publication Date: FEB 2008
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DOE asks vendors to extend TAD bids
DOE wrote spent fuel cask vendors late last month to seek extensions through May 2008 of the validity dates of their bids to design and license transportation,
Publication Date: FEB 2008
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DOE challenges Nevada's LSN certification
DOE is charging that Nevada has not made a "good faith effort" to make available on NRC's licensing support network all of the state's documents on the
Publication Date: FEB 2008
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DOE changes royalty methodology for leases for uranium mining
DOE said it has changed its royalty calculation methodology for uranium mining leases on federal land, following a recommendation from the department's Office of the Inspector General.
Publication Date: FEB 2008
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DOE ponders using MOX in LWRs as interim step in GNEP
DOE plans to explore the possibility of using mixed-oxide fuel in LWRs as part of its Global Nuclear Energy Partnership, according to budget documents the department released
Publication Date: FEB 2008
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Duke seeks Oconee Isfsi renewal
Duke Energy filed a timely request January 30 to renew the license for Oconee's independent spent fuel storage installation, or Isfsi, due to expire in January 2010.
Publication Date: FEB 2008
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ETC juggling tight resources to build centrifuges at five sites
Urenco and its subsidiary Enrichment Technology Co., ETC, are shunting limited centrifuge-building resources among four sites to set up new uranium enrichment plants in Europe and the
Publication Date: FEB 2008
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Humboldt Bay faces transport quandary
Pacific Gas & Electric is facing a dilemma as it prepares to load Humboldt Bay's spent fuel into storage casks next month. Because NRC staff guidance on
Publication Date: FEB 2008
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Inside this Issue
Inside this Issue
Publication Date: FEB 2008
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NRC requests $221.3 million for FY-09 materials, waste activities
The NRC is requesting $221.3 million for its nuclear materials and waste program in fiscal 2009, the agency said last week. This represents a $44.6 million increase
Publication Date: FEB 2008
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NRC special inspection team to investigate GNF-A incident
NRC established a special inspection team to look into a January 30 incident at Global Nuclear Fuel-Americas LLC's fuel assembly fabrication plant in which moisture was found
Publication Date: FEB 2008
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NRC to pull Hi-Storm amendment 5 rule
NRC will withdraw a direct final rule that would have increased the heat load in Holtec International's Hi-Storm 100 spent fuel storage system. The rule, published December
Publication Date: FEB 2008
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NRC, Holtec discuss 100U impacts
The environmental report NRC has asked Holtec International to prepare in support of its bid to license an underground spent fuel storage system needs only address how
Publication Date: FEB 2008
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Neider appointed TN CEO
Areva last month named Tara Neider chief executive officer of Transnuclear Inc. Neider previously was chief operating officer. Neider, who will continue as TN's president, takes the
Publication Date: FEB 2008
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Other Uranium Pricing Indicators
Other Uranium Pricing Indicators
Publication Date: FEB 2008
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Platts Forward Uranium Indicator
Platts Forward Uranium Indicator
Publication Date: FEB 2008
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Repository budget request for FY-09 aimed at defending license request
The focus of DOE's repository project in fiscal 2009 will shift from its current emphasis on preparing a license application for submittal to NRC to "vigorously" defending
Publication Date: FEB 2008
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Rio Tinto tells shareholders to reject BHP Billiton offer
International mining conglomerate BHP Billiton February 6 launched a direct appeal to Rio Tinto shareholders in a $147.4 billion bid to buy Rio Tinto and merge the
Publication Date: FEB 2008
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Secondary SWU Market Price Estimate (US$/SWU)
Secondary SWU Market Price Estimate (US$/SWU)
Publication Date: FEB 2008
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Slow rebound expected in spot uranium price
It is unclear whether the spot price of uranium will continue to drop, but some analysts are suggesting that a bottom may be close at a level
Publication Date: FEB 2008
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Tight funds since 2007 could result in up to 950 Yucca jobs being cut
By the end of fiscal 2008, funding constraints may have forced the DOE repository project at Yucca Mountain, Nevada to eliminate as many as 950 jobs since
Publication Date: FEB 2008
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Turkey will press for fuel technology transfer
Turkey, which this year is organizing an international bidding war to supply it with a small fleet of power reactors, will consider terms offered by competing firms
Publication Date: FEB 2008
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Yushchenko urges action to assure nuclear fuel diversification
Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko and the National Security and Defense Council have agreed the country must stop arguing and begin executing plans, first approved in 2005, to
Publication Date: FEB 2008
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Aggressive sellers pushing spot U price lower
The spot price of uranium could drop below $80 a pound U3O8 for a brief period, according to several analysts, given that there appears to be a
Publication Date: JAN 2008
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Areva-Niger agreement will pump more money into U mine development
Areva will invest more than 1 billion euros (US$1.47 billion) to develop the Imouraren uranium deposit in Niger, following an agreement with the government of Niger for
Publication Date: JAN 2008
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Australian mine developers seek uranium in Europe
Australian-based uranium mine developer WildHorse Energy is counting on a nuclear renaissance in Europe to support its efforts to reopen a closed uranium mine in Hungary.
Publication Date: JAN 2008
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Diablo Canyon hearing launched
Parties to the Diablo Canyon dry storage facility licensing case held an initial conference call January 23 to discuss the discovery process after NRC's three commissioners on
Publication Date: JAN 2008
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EnergySolutions asks NRC for modification of requirements
EnergySolutions is asking NRC to allow the company to accept from DOE for disposal certain special nuclear materials, or SNM, from the cleanup of a shutdown gaseous
Publication Date: JAN 2008
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Funding cuts increase Yucca Mt. uncertainty
When DOE waste program director Edward Sproat told nuclear industry officials January 22 that the opening of a high-level nuclear waste repository in Nevada in 2017, as
Publication Date: JAN 2008
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Industry ready to press for statement by DOE on uranium inventories
The nuclear industry is preparing to ask DOE to issue a policy statement codifying the industry's stance on disposition of the department's uranium inventories, industry officials said
Publication Date: JAN 2008
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Inhofe introduces waste legislation aimed at fast-tracking Yucca project
Republican Senator James Inhofe of Oklahoma last week introduced nuclear waste legislation aimed at fast-tracking DOE's beleaguered repository program at Yucca Mountain, Nevada and at making DOE's
Publication Date: JAN 2008
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NFS moving toward decision on sale of company, official says
The sale of Nuclear Fuel Services could be completed by mid-year, a top company official said last week.
Publication Date: JAN 2008
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NRC proposes $32,500 fine against BWXT for criticality violation
The NRC last week proposed a $32,500 fine against BWX Technologies for "a violation of NRC safety requirements involving a failure to analyze a potential nuclear criticality
Publication Date: JAN 2008
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NRC: Longer reviews driven by complexity
NRC officials say the increasing complexity of spent fuel cask applications in recent years is why it has been taking longer to review COC amendments.
Publication Date: JAN 2008
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New Zealand floats conditioning India NSG exemption on protocol
Senior New Zealand officials have informed counterparts in the Nuclear Suppliers Group, NSG, that New Zealand is keen on setting the requirement of a meaningful Additional Protocol
Publication Date: JAN 2008
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No date in sight for EPA standard
The associate director of the Environmental Protection Agency's radiation protection division told industry officials this month that EPA does not know when it will be able to
Publication Date: JAN 2008
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No immediate enforcement of amendment policy
NRC will not begin inspecting for compliance with its new policy on implementing amendments to dry storage cask certificates of compliance, or COCs, until a draft regulatory
Publication Date: JAN 2008
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Other Uranium Pricing Indicators
Other Uranium Pricing Indicators
Publication Date: JAN 2008
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Platts Forward Uranium Indicator
Platts Forward Uranium Indicator
Publication Date: JAN 2008
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Prairie Island amendment request in March
Nuclear Management Co. plans to submit a request in late March to amend the site-specific license for Prairie Island's dry storage facility to accommodate higher enrichment, burnup
Publication Date: JAN 2008
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SFST, NRR to address burnup credit
Two NRC offices that analyze fuel burnup differently will present their views to the agency's Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste and Materials in March. The March 18-20
Publication Date: JAN 2008
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Secondary SWU Market Price Estimate (US$/SWU)
Secondary SWU Market Price Estimate (US$/SWU)
Publication Date: JAN 2008
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Senate Energy Committee takes up royalties on hardrock minerals
Royalties on minerals mined on federal land was a central issue during the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee's January 24 hearing on reform of hardrock mining
Publication Date: JAN 2008
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Spent fuel inventory at 56,586 metric tons
The spent fuel inventory in the US totals about 56,586 metric tons, according to Steven Kraft of the Nuclear Energy Institute. More than 10,000 mt of that
Publication Date: JAN 2008
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Three utilities interested in Holtec's 100U
Three potential customers will attend a January 31 NRC meeting on the environmental report NRC has asked Holtec International to provide to support licensing an underground version
Publication Date: JAN 2008
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Ukraine plans fuel company, supplanting Ukratomprom
Ukraine's energy ministry said January 22 the government will set up a new state company this year to oversee and improve activities in the nuclear fuel cycle.
Publication Date: JAN 2008
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Budget shortfall puts Yucca site in 'standby'
DOE has ceased all activity at Yucca Mountain, placing the proposed repository site and its five-mile test tunnel in what it calls an indefinite "standby mode."
Publication Date: JAN 2008
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Congress provides $50 million in FY-08 funding for fuel bank
The fiscal 2008 omnibus funding bill enacted last month includes funding for a new effort to establish an international nuclear fuel bank. The new law also increases
Publication Date: JAN 2008
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Fluor-Honeywell team win SRS contract
DOE awarded a contract potentially worth up to $4 billion on January 10 to Savannah River Nuclear Solutions to manage the department's 310-square-mile Savannah River Site in
Publication Date: JAN 2008
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Holtec to package damaged Chernobyl fuel
Holtec International said this month it has won a new contract at Chernobyl to place into dry storage a small quantity of spent fuel so severely damaged
Publication Date: JAN 2008
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NAC highlights challenges ahead for licensing DOE's TAD canister
NAC International Vice President Charles Pennington told an NRC advisory committee last month that NAC's interaction with DOE on the development of a transportation, aging and disposal,
Publication Date: JAN 2008
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NFS safety culture assessment due for completion next month
An independent contractor is on track to complete by February 16 its assessment of the safety culture of Nuclear Fuel Services Inc.'s operations in Erwin, Tennessee, NFS
Publication Date: JAN 2008
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NRC OKs code alternative for TN
NRC staff last week approved Transnuclear Inc.'s December 27 request for relief from certain requirements of the Nuhoms HD technical specifications and the ASME code for seven
Publication Date: JAN 2008
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NRC expands Part 72 rulemaking
NRC commissioners last month directed staff to address the implementation of amendments to dry storage cask certificates of compliance, or COCs, as part of a rulemaking plan
Publication Date: JAN 2008
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NRC proposes amendment to Hi-Storm
NRC published a direct final rule December 31 that would boost the standard-length Holtec International Hi-Storm 100 spent fuel cask system's heat load to 36.9 kilowatts by
Publication Date: JAN 2008
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NSG prepares to set specific conditions for lifting sanctions against India
Members of the Nuclear Suppliers Group, or NSG, have begun discussions about setting specific conditions that India must meet as a prerequisite for NSG lifting nuclear trade
Publication Date: JAN 2008
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New security rulemaking for Isfsis
NRC's commissioners last month approved a staff recommendation to develop a proposed rule addressing radiological sabotage at dry cask storage facilities, a new initiative for which there
Publication Date: JAN 2008
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Other Uranium Pricing Indicators
Other Uranium Pricing Indicators
Publication Date: JAN 2008
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Platts Forward Uranium Indicator
Platts Forward Uranium Indicator
Publication Date: JAN 2008
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SFST revising ISG-18
NRC's division of spent fuel storage and transportation, or SFST, is taking public comments until February 25 on a draft revision to its interim staff guidance, "The
Publication Date: JAN 2008
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Secondary SWU Market Price Estimate (US$/SWU)
Secondary SWU Market Price Estimate (US$/SWU)
Publication Date: JAN 2008
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U market quiet as U3O8 price stays close to $90/lb
The spot uranium market remained "really quiet" over the past week, with no new reported deals, one market analyst said.
Publication Date: JAN 2008
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Wackenhut says nuclear services to be performance-based contracts
The departure last week of Wackenhut President and CEO Gary Sanders will not affect a comprehensive reorganization of the company's nuclear security services division that has been
Publication Date: JAN 2008
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Areva readies for 'renaissance' with upgrades at fuel facilities
Areva's existing fuel fabrication capacity is sufficient to meet requirements for the first wave of new power reactors, senior Areva officials said this month, but the company
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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Areva sent back three-quarters of foreign HLW, official says
Areva NC has already sent back 75% of the high-level waste corresponding to its reprocessing contracts with foreign customers, Denis Hugelmann, director of the company's Reprocessing Business
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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DOE to unveil expected impact of waste program funding shortfall
DOE is expected to announce this week what effect Congress' $390 million appropriation for the repository program in fiscal 2008 will have on its plan to submit
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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Despite year-end activity, spot price unchanged
Even though there was a flurry of year-end activity, the spot price of uranium remained at $90 a pound U3O8, according to both TradeTech and Ux Consulting.
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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EDF needs all plutonium to start up fast reactor series
The plutonium separated from EDF's spent PWR fuel will be "just sufficient" to start up a planned series of fourth-generation fast reactors, Electricite de France nuclear fuel
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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French regulators vow to continue conservative view on fuel changes
Saying "the devil is in the details" of nuclear fuel design, a senior French regulator told an industry conference this month that French nuclear safety authorities would
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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Germany aims to prepare agreements for multilateral SWU plant proposal
Underpinning a proposal it floated beginning in late 2006 for an IAEA-controlled multilateral centrifuge uranium enrichment plant project, the German federal government plans to draft model legal
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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Holtec must resubmit proprietary info
Holtec International needs to resubmit portions of its responses to NRC questions on the Hi-Star 100 HB transportation cask with proper markings on the proprietary pages to
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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