Newstin - AREVA

Areva warns of soaring reactor costs

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:00:00 GMT

By Peggy Hollinger in Paris Areva, France’s nuclear engineering group, on Friday confirmed that the initial cost of building nuclear reactors is soaring, just as demand is rising for a more cost-effective source of power...

AREVA: First half 2008 Financial Results - Strong Income Growth 2008 First Half Net Income above...

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:57:16 GMT

AREVA (Paris:CEI): I - Consolidated performance The backlog rose to 38.123 billion euros at June 30, 2008, up 13.6% compared with the 33.553 billion euros recognized at June 30, 2007. Operating income for the Back End...

Bouguyes says Areva-Alstom tie-up talks stall

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:06:47 GMT

PARIS Aug 29 (Reuters) - French conglomerate Bouygues said on Friday efforts to promote a tie-up between engineering firm Alstom , in which it owns a large stake, and Areva will not lead to a...

Jordan and French company ink MoU on uranium mining

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 02:48:00 GMT

AMMAN, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) -- Jordan signed Wednesday a memorandumof understanding (MoU) with French company Areva on uranium mining,local daily The Jordan Times reported Thursday. Khalid Touqan, head of the Jordan Atomic...

Otter talks about economic downturn in Idaho, U.S. during State of the State

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:52:19 GMT

Gov. Butch Otter warned Boise-area business leaders against growing complacent because Idaho has not been hit as hard as some states by the current U.S. economic downturn. Delivering a State of the State address Thursday...

Nuclear Reaction - a Greenpeace blog: Nuclear energy news for August 29 2008

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:47:00 GMT

Some other stories from the nuclear industry you may have missed: The Economist: There should be no exemption for India from the worldâ€™s nuclear rules â€˜IN A dangerous and unstable world, isnâ€™t cementing friendship...

Nuclear Reaction - a Greenpeace blog: Breaking News: Independent inspection immediately needed at...

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:35:00 GMT

Well, the preliminary findings of STUKâ€™s extraordinary inspection of the construction of the Olkiluoto 3. The Finlandâ€™s nuclear watchdog conducted the inspection after it was revealed by Greenpeace published evidence...

China's lead in race for new nuclear plants could create UK skills famine

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:07:42 GMT

Britain's plans for a new generation of nuclear power stations will face a fierce challenge for skills and resources from countries keen to build their own, according to research published today. China has plans for 24...

Maya makes it to Forbes! Nooyi still weilds power

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:06:47 GMT

Nooyi, Mazumdar also feature in Forbes power women tally. New York: Making her debut in the club of 100 most powerful women in the world, India's Bahujan Samajwadi Party chief Mayawati has joined Congress President Sonia...

UPDATE 1-Areva's Finnish nuclear costs rise sharply -paper

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:33:22 GMT

PARIS, Aug 28 (Reuters) - France's Areva will have to take a provision because of a nuclear reactor project in Finland where costs have spiralled to 4.5 billion euros ($6.66 billion) from a planned 3 billion,...