Areva, EDF Said To Agree On Uranium Supply Deal -Report
French state-controlled nuclear engineering firm Areva SA (AREVA.FR) and utility Electricite de France SA (EDF.FR), also state-controlled, are expected to agree to a strategic partnership, French daily Les Echos reported Tuesday without citing specific sources.
Degree in nuclear engineering
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia will be the first local university to offer a nuclear engineering bachelor degree.
UI nuclear engineering professor disects report of infant mortality and radiation
Professor Akira Tokuhiro teaches mechanical and nuclear engineering at the University of Idaho. We brought him a study potentially linking nuclear fallout from the Fukushima meltdown with an increase in infant mortality in the 14 weeks after that disaster in Boise for his opinion.
Japan’s Nuclear Crisis Points to Need for Sharing Crisis-Management Talent
Tokyo Electric’s manager of nuclear power cites the value of cross-border sharing of crisis management knowledge.
UTM OFFERS FOUR-YEAR NUCLEAR ENGINEERING COURSE
JOHOR BAHARU, Jan 19 (Bernama) -- Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) is tooffer a Bachelor in Nuclear Engineering programme beginning September, UTMvice-chancellor Prof Datuk Dr Zaini Ujang said today.He said the course will be the first of its kind offered at a localinstitution of higher learning. "The objective of establishing the course from the 2012/2013 academicsession is to supply ...
The right recipe: Engineering research improves laser detectors, batteries
( Kansas State University ) A Kansas State University researcher is developing new ways to create and work with carbon nanotubes -- ultrasmall tubes that look like pieces of spaghetti or string. These carbon nanotubes have the perfect ingredients for improving laser detectors and rechargeable batteries.
GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy Continues Preparations for Finland ESBWR Bid
GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy continues to expand its presence in the Finland. Today the company announced it has signed a new project development memorandum of understanding with Finnish software and systems engineering firm Space Systems Finland Ltd.
ENERCON Receives Patent For Innovative Nuclear Reactor Filter System
KENNESAW, Ga., Feb. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- ENERCON , a multi-disciplined engineering, environmental and technical consulting energy company since 1983, has received patents (USPN 8048319 and USPN 8054932) ...
Nuke dangers nowhere near resolved: Kan's crisis adviser
In December, Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda announced the "conclusion" of the meltdown crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, saying Tokyo Electric Power Co. was managing to keep the three crippled reactors cool, as well as the facility's spent fuel pools. But a former special adviser to Naoto Kan, who was prime minister when the crisis started, warned that the situation is far from ...
Rensselaer Nuclear Safety Expert To Brief Congressional Staffers
Nuclear safety expert Peter Caracappa, the campus radiation officer at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, will visit Capitol Hill Friday to brief congressional staffers on radiation and radioactivity.