Russia and USA sign agreement on nuclear energy
President Bush and President Putin have signed an agreement on the development of nuclear energy. They agreed that they "share a common vision of growth in the use of nuclear energy, including in developing countries, to increase the supply of electricity, promote economic growth and development, and reduce reliance on fossil fuels, resulting in decreased pollution and greenhouse gasses."
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US nuclear power stations near completion of all the additional measures to deal with terrorists.
The US regulator, the NRC, has said that almost all the additional measures taken in response to the threat of terrorists attacks at US nuclear power stations, including additional measures to mitigate the possible effects of a large fire or explosion, including those caused by the deliberate or accidental impact of a large commercial aircraft. Nuclear power stations are already robustly constructed as part of their safety systems but these additional measures should protect them even more.
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German Chancellor Merkel decides against reversing nuclear phase out- for now...
Angela Merkel rejected German industry calls to reverse that country's nuclear phase-out policy. However she only said that she did not see the policy being reversed before 2009, when new elections are due. Many members of Merkel's own party would like to reverse the phase-out, but Merkel's party is in a grand coalition with the anti-nuclear Social Democrats.
Merkel commited Germany to a 40% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020, compared to 1990 levels. German power utilities say they need to keep nuclear power stations operating to meet those goals.
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IBM open nuclear centre in France
IBM have opened up a "centre of excellence" in La Gauge, France. The centre will help IBM offer their services to the nuclear industry worldwide. IBM say the centre will help support safe, reliable and efficient nuclear electricity generation.
IBM recently bought MRO, which developed the Maximo Asset Management software application in cooperation with the NEI (Nuclear Energy Institite), a US nuclear trade association.
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US Department of Energy hands out contract to turn ex-weapons material into feedstock for use in nuclear plants around the world
The US DoE has given Wesdyne International and Nuclear Fuel Services the contract to dilute highly enriched uranium now surplus to the US weapons programme to produce low enriched uranium suitable for the production of nuclear fuel for nuclear power plants.
The low enriched uranium will form part of the Reliable Fuel Supply programme. This programme will ensure that countries that do not develop their own enrichment or reprocessing plants have a reliable supply of low enriched uranium to make nuclear fuel. The Reliable Fuel Supply programme will only supply materials to qualifying countries if they can't get them from the normal commercial routes.
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French and Russians tie up nuclear partnership deal
Alstom of France and Atomoernergomash of Russia have tied up a deal to collaborate on the manufacture of the "conventional" parts of a nuclear power plant. Nuclear power plants use a nuclear reactor to generate steam, whereas a coal fired power plant burns coal to produce steam.
The steam is then used to drive turbines that produce electricity. The "conventional" turbine parts of power stations are quite similar. The new joint venture company will be based in Moscow.
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Belarus presses on with nuclear plans
Belarus is pushing ahead with plans for its first two nuclear power plants by the middle of the next decade. Construction of a nuclear reactor had started in Belarus in the 1980s, but stopped after the Chernbyl accident.
Now, nuclear energy is again in demand as Belarus seeks to improve the reliability of its energy system. At present it is highly reliant on imported fossil fuels.
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