Areva signs MOX fuel fabrication contract with Japan by Staff Writers Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Aug 02, 2017
New AREVA has signed a contract with Japan's NFI (Nuclear Fuel Industries) for the fabrication of 32 MOX* fuel assemblies for the Takahama 3 and 4 reactors operated by Kansai Electric. The supply of MOX fuel assemblies for Kansai is a follow-up to agreements signed with Japanese utilities from 1975 onwards for the treatment of up to 3,000 tonnes of used fuel at the la Hague site. The Takahama nuclear power plant is located on the south-west coast of Japan, 350 km from Tokyo. It is equipped with 4 reactors. In July, a MOX convoy sailed from Cherbourg for Japan to supply this plant. To date, 44 reactors across the world have generated electricity from MOX fuel since 1972: 38 in Europe, 5 in Japan, and 1 in the United States.
Paris (AFP) July 28, 2017 France's state-owned energy company EDF saw its profit slip in the first half of the year as two of its nuclear reactors were taken offline due to safety concerns. Net profit slid 3.7 percent compared to the first half of last year to 2 billion euros ($2.3 billion), while operating profit tumbled 20.6 percent to 7.0 billion euros. Production of electricity from its nuclear reactors fell ... read more Related Links AREVA Nuclear Power News - Nuclear Science, Nuclear Technology Powering The World in the 21st Century at Energy-Daily.com
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