10.24, in 11th WANO Biennial the vice manager of CNNC, YuPeigen and President of Areva Fracne, Wu Sai have signed a Memorandum of Understanding in order to strength cooperation in the fields like nuclear safety, improvement of NPP operation and service etc. of two companies.
Nuclear Facilities
10.30, China, Haiyang NPP No.2 has finished the location of 3rd ring of the whole steel made containment vessel, which is also the last milestone node in 2011.
10月28日,日本关西电力公司(Kepco)向原子力保安院、福井(Fukui)县及大饭(Ohi)镇提交了大饭(Ohi)核电站3号机组第一阶段压力测试结果。
10.27, USA, FP&L in Florida has planed to finish the upgrade of NPP St. Lucie No.1 during the maintain and fuel exchange period, which is a part of the Production Enhancement Project, which will enhance the power of NPP Turkey Point and NPP St. Lucie up to 450MW.
10.25, USA, U.S. Utilities Service Alliance has reached an agreement to use the nuclear waste process facility for low level radioactive waste(LLW) build by WCS in Texas.
Nuclear Accidents
10.26, Japan, Japan Atomic Power Company(JAPC) found that in NPP Tōkai II 22.4 ton of coolant with 400Bq/liter radioactive material leaked from reactor pressure vessel into the inner groove in the safety shell. 4 male employees got drenched with these radioactive water but the limit was not reached.
Uranium
10.25, Indicative term prices for U3O8 remain at US$55/lb (medium) and US$63/lb (long).
Companies
10.27, Czech(Prague), General Manager of the Russian State Atomic Energy Corporation(Rosatom) Sergei Kiriyenko said that Rosatom would conquer at least 20% of the world NPP construction market.
10.25, China, Bohai Shipyard Group owned by China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation(CSIC) has successfully localized the production of main pipe of AP1000 NPP.
Voice
10.27, Japan, Ministry of the Environment pointed out that about 3% of territory of Japan(11.6k qkm) was radiated at 1mSv and needs to be decontaminated, which is the limit of the radiation for a normal adult for 1 year.
10.27, Russia, the 1st vice president of Russia's nuclear power construction export company(Atomstroyexport), Alexander Glukhov said that at the end of this year it is hopefully that Atomstroyexport and Bangladesh will sign a construction agreement of a NPP in Bangladesh.
10.26, France, Capgemin Consulting Agency warned in its European Energy Annual Report that because of the shut down of more than half of all NPPs in Germany, France may face a real "threaten" in the power supply in this winter. (In France countrywide 1 degree lower in winter will more cost 2300MW electricity power, which is equal to 2 NPPs. In 2010 France has imported 8000MW from Germany in winter.)
10.26, Kazakhstan, vice president of Kazakhstan's national atomic company(Kayatomprom) Sergey Yashin reaffirmed that Kazakhstan will build a NPP in 10 years.
10.25, Japan, the Institute of Energy Economics Japan(IEEJ) showed in its "A Japanese Perspective on the International Energy Landscape 2011" that by 2035 the worldwide nuclear power generation will be 28% more than 2011 and the capacity will rise to 500GW.
10.25, Japan, an affiliate of Atomic Energy Commission(AEC) Japan has evaluated that in the first 2 years after the accident the cost will be 71.48 billion dollars.
10.25, <Nature> published a article with a result from researchers in North Europe according to the data measured by worldwide Nuclear Test Monitoring Network that at the beginning of the Fukushima accident the radioactivity of Cs-137 was up to 35,000Bq, which is far more than twice than the data that Japanese Government announced.