Uranium output rises in Kazakhstan and Australia during 2007
Kazakhstan and Australia both reported double-digit increases in uranium production during 2007. Kazakh output increased over 25%, despite a shortage of sulfuric acid, whilst Australian output grew 13%. The countries are the world’s second and third biggest major uranium suppliers, after Canada.
KazAtomProm announced that Kazakhstan’s uranium production increased 25.7% in 2007, to 6637 tonnes (7827 tonnes U3O8), compared with output of 5281 tonnes (6228 tonnes U3O8) in 2006. The total production volume includes the share of KazAtomProm, joint ventures of KazAtomProm and the Stepnogorsk Mining Chemical Complex, which is managed by KazAtomProm. Production in 2007 was 1000 tonnes less than planned due to a shortage of sulfuric acid in Kazakhstan following a fire at a production plant and the delayed start-up of some new facilities. Sulfuric acid is the main chemical component during production of uranium using the in-situ leach (ISL) method.
Shaw’s nuclear division opens China office
The nuclear division of the Shaw Power Group has opened a new office in Shanghai to support the rapidly growing Chinese nuclear power market, the Shaw Group announced on 23 January. The Shaw Group already has an office in Beijing. The new Shanghai office will accommodate the Shaw project management team already working on four AP1000 nuclear reactors at plants in Sanmen and Haiyang. Shaw and Westinghouse, its AP1000 consortium partner, signed contracts in July 2007 to provide services and equipment for two AP1000 units in Sanmen and two at Haiyang. China has indicated plans to construct up to 30 new nuclear power reactors by 2020. Richard Gill, president of Shaw Power Group, said: “Having a significant presence in both Beijing and Shanghai will allow us to serve our customers more efficiently, facilitate the successful execution of our existing nuclear power projects in China and strengthen our position for future projects and services in the world’s fastest-growing economy.”
Source : WNN
Russian nuclear chief tempts foreign investors
Russia is prepared to sell stakes of up to 49 percent in its civilian nuclear projects to foreign investors, Sergei Kiriyenko, head of Russia’s atomic energy agency Rosatom, said on Wednesday.
Russia has resurrected its atomic assets and capabilities after the 1991 fall of the Soviet Union, and is looking to build new projects — two new reactors a year from 2012 to almost double the share of atomic energy to 30 percent by 2030.
“We’d rather make billions of dollars together than hundreds of millions alone,” Kiriyenko told an audience of nuclear executives and government officials from around the world at the opening of the nuclear conference Atomcon in Moscow.
The Soviet Union developed an extensive nuclear programme and built plants across its hegemony but when a reactor at Ukraine’s plant in Chernobyl in 1986 exploded most projects were placed on hold.
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