Blogposts tagged 'Areva'

Nuclear companies in cash crisis?

Posted by jossc - 17 June 2009 at 11:43am - 0 Comments

A new report out today casts doubt on the ability of the nuclear industry to deliver its promised new reactors.

French companies EDF and Areva, who are at the forefront of the new worldwide reactor design and building programme, have been making serious investments in foreign markets where they hope to build new reactors, including here in the UK. As a consequence they are heavily in debt.

Article tagged as: areva, climate change, EDF, energy, EPR, nuclear power

Waiting for a nuclear disaster

Posted by saunvedan - 13 August 2008 at 3:40pm - 0 Comments

Olkiluoto

More breaking news on nuclear safety from Nuclear Reaction this morning; we found the Olkiluoto 3 construction site in Finland, where they are building the so-called state of the art European Pressurised nuclear Reactor (EPR), to be unsafe after examining leaked documents from Areva, the French company building it. Olkiluoto 3 is a white elephant whose construction has been mired with 1,500 flaws, is £1.5 billion over budget and is already running 2-3 years late.

Article tagged as: areva, EPR, finland, france, nuclear, olkiluoto

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Standards are slipping in the nuclear industry?

Posted by jamie - 22 May 2008 at 5:21pm - 0 Comments

A projection near Prague Castle says 'Non merci' to nuclear power

A projection near Prague Castle says 'Non merci' to nuclear power © Horejsi/Greenpeace

Prague, that wonderful city admired by horror film makers and stag parties alike, is currently hosting the European Nuclear Energy Forum (ENEF), a gathering of those involved in shaping nuclear policy across the EU. One of the hot topics at this meeting is safety standards within the nuclear industry and a very scary proposal has been floated to lower standards in many member states.

Article tagged as: areva, ENEF, EPR, nuclear power, nuclear reactors