International

Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 11/21/2014 A Canadian company reached a major milestone last week in its efforts to produce molybdenum-99, a medical isotope used in millions of procedures annually. Canadian Light Source, based in the province of Saskatchewan, announced the first shipment of medical isotopes produced in its dedicated linear accelerator. With Canada set […]

Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 11/21/2014 The Joint Review Panel overseeing the environmental assessment of Ontario Power Generation’s planned deep geologic repository in Ontario closed the record this week for public comment and information. The move starts the countdown for the submittal of an environmental assessment report to the Canadian Minister of the Environment with […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 11/21/2014 China’s relatively young coal fleet is likely to continue running well into the future, ensuring continued business for companies exporting coal to the country even in the wake of the climate agreement reached between the United States and China last week, according to industry and environmental officials. Under the […]

New £1.5B Procurement for Sellafield Suppliers Moves to Next Phase Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 11/21/2014 Sellafield Limited’s Decommissioning Delivery Partnership procurement for new cleanup suppliers has moved into the invitation to tender phase, the company announced this week. The next step in the procurement comes after a notice and pre-qualification were issued in June, and […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 11/21/2014 Contrary to a popular myth, China has been working to combat climate change since long before its recently announced climate agreement with the United States, World Resources Institute Senior Associate Sarah Forbes said during an event hosted by the Unites States Energy Association this week. “This is myth that […]

The Joint Review Panel overseeing the environmental assessment of Ontario Power Generation’s planned deep geologic repository in Ontario closed the record yesterday for public comment and information. This step starts the countdown for the submittal of an environmental assessment report to the Canadian Minister of the Environment with its recommendations for the path forward. The […]

Lawrence Livermore National Lab to Play Role Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 11/14/2014 The United States and China will launch a new joint carbon capture, utilization and storage project in China as part of a new climate agreement announced this week. Relying in part on research from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, the project will […]

Todd Jacobson NS&D Monitor 11/14/2014 Russia is planning to cut back on nuclear security cooperation with the United States, the head of Moscow’s state-run nuclear company has reportedly told Obama Administration officials, the New York Times reported this week. Sergey Kirienko reportedly told U.S. officials that new nuclear security work is not “envisioned” in 2015. […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 11/14/2014 While coal will account for roughly 25 percent of the global energy mix in 2040, the United States’ reliance on the fuel will decrease by that time, according to the International Energy Agency’s World Energy Outlook 2014, released this week. “By 2040, the world’s energy supply mix divides into […]

Kenneth Fletcher NS&D Monitor 11/14/2014 Uranium firm TENAM has named Curt Steel as acting president after its general director was charged with conspiracy and extortion related to an alleged kickback scheme last month. Vadim Mikerin, general director of TENEX subsidiary TENAM USA, allegedly received more than $1.6 million in payments from officials from Transport Logistics […]

Brian Bradley NS&D Monitor 11/14/2014 The United States will attend December’s Vienna Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons, which will highlight the far-reaching, catastrophic effects that nuclear explosions could cause, the State Department announced late last week. The State Department statement underscored U.S. efforts to work toward the worldwide elimination of nuclear weapons, […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 11/14/2014 A climate deal reached this week between the United States and China, under which the United States commits to reducing its greenhouse gas emissions and China vows to peak its emissions by 2030, has been hailed as a historic step forward by the White House, but has garnered a […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 11/14/2014 The continued use of coal in the United Kingdom past 2030 should not be “assumed away,” and is likely to set the country on a path to miss its stated climate goals, according to a report released this week by the Centre for Energy Policy and Technology at the […]

Russian uranium firm TENAM has named Curt Steel as acting president after its general director was charged with conspiracy and extortion related to a kickback scheme last month. Vadim Mikerin, general director of TENEX subsidiary TENAM USA, allegedly received more than $1.6 million in payments from officials from Transport Logistics International for noncompetitive transport contracts […]

The United States will attend December’s Vienna Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons, which will highlight the far-reaching, catastrophic effects that nuclear explosions could cause, according to a Nov. 7 State Department announcement. The statement underscored U.S. efforts to work toward the worldwide elimination of nuclear weapons, but rejected the notion of negotiating […]

Kenneth Fletcher NS&D Monitor 11/7/2014 Federal charges of extortion and conspiracy charges were filed late last week against a Russian official working for a TENEX subsidiary and executives of the firm Transport Logistics International in relation to kickbacks for transportation contracts tied to the ‘Megatons to Megawatts’ program. TENEX contracted with TLI starting in 1996 […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 11/7/2014 The use of fossil fuels without carbon capture and storage technologies must be phased out by 2100, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Synthesis Report released early this week. The report looks at various scenarios or “representative concentration pathways (RCPs)” ranging from a high greenhouse gas scenario […]

Brian Bradley and Todd Jacobson NS&D Monitor 11/7/2014 Russia is boycotting the 2016 Nuclear Security Summit scheduled for the United States, dealing a blow to President Obama’s efforts to strengthen the security of nuclear materials. The 2016 summit is expected to be the fourth and final summit, where representatives from more than 50 countries and […]

NS&D Monitor 11/7/2014 Sergey Kislyak, the Russian ambassador to the United States, joined to the lineup of speakers for the seventh annual Nuclear Deterrence Summit scheduled for Feb. 17-20 in Washington, D.C. Kislyak will give a keynote speech to kick off the seventh annual gathering of weapons complex, Pentagon, State Department and industry officials. Also […]

Brian Bradley NS&D Monitor 11/7/2014 Concluding a historic 69th annual session, the UN First Committee this week wrapped up its annual voting on nuclear and conventional disarmament nonbinding draft resolutions, pushing through an agreement that calls for bringing nuclear disarmament under “strict and effective” international control, and another resolution that urges the UN General Assembly […]

Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 11/7/2014 Natural Resources Canada has extended the deadline for submittals to the Request for Response Evaluation on the government’s procurement to manage Atomic Energy of Canada Limited’s nuclear laboratories, the agency said last week. The deadline of Sept. 9, an extension from the previous Aug. 6 deadline, and the Oct. […]

TEPCO Making Progress on Water Contamination Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 11/7/2014 The Tokyo Electric Power Company this week completed the transfer of spent fuel assemblies from the Fukushima Daii-chi Unit 4 spent fuel pool.  In what TEPCO deemed “a sold step forward” in decommissioning the plant, the company moved 1,331 fuel assemblies to a […]

Concluding a historic session, the UN First Committee on Tuesday wrapped up its annual voting on nuclear and conventional disarmament nonbinding draft resolutions, pushing through an agreement that calls for bringing nuclear disarmament under “strict and effective” international control, and another resolution that urges the UN General Assembly to call for negotiations by the Conference […]

The United Kingdom has selected Bechtel, CH2M Hill and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) for a set of four “managed service provider contracts” designed to revamp the way it purchases equipment and vehicles for its armed forces. Bechtel has been offered a contract by the UK’s Ministry of Defense for Air and Fleet areas, while CH2M Hill has […]

The Associated Press reported yesterday that Russian representatives unexpectedly did not attend a Monday planning meeting for the 2016 Nuclear Security Summit, It remains unclear whether Russia " intended to boycott the summit itself or was just temporarily showing displeasure over Washington’s harsh condemnation of Moscow’s role in Ukraine unrest and the U.S. lead in […]

Kurion received a contract worth approximately $10 million from Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) to demonstrate its tritium-removal technology as a possible remedy at Fukushima, the company officially announced yesterday. Kurion first previewed its contract with METI back in September when Kurion President John Raymont spoke at the RadWaste Summit in Summerlin, […]

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland filed extortion and conspiracy charges Friday against a Russian official working for a TENEX subsidiary and executives of the firm Transport Logistics International in relation to kickbacks for Megatons to Megawatts transport contracts. TENEX contracted with TLI starting in 1996 to ship highly enriched uranium from […]

Natural Resources Canada has extended the deadline for submittals to the Request for Response Evaluation on the government’s procurement to manage Atomic Energy of Canada Limited’s nuclear laboratories, the agency said last week. The deadline of Sept. 9, an extension from the previous Aug. 6 deadline, and the Oct. 29 deadline to add supplemental team […]

During its third day of voting on nuclear and conventional disarmament initiatives, the United Nations First Committee on Friday forwarded 28 draft resolutions to the General Assembly, including a resolution urging all states to ratify the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, and another containing the Hague Code of Conduct, which expresses concern about the increasing regional and […]

Amb. Adam Scheinman today begins a five-day trip to South America to discuss initiatives of the 2015 Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty Review Conference (RevCon), according to a Friday State Department announcement. Scheinman will visit with South American government officials in Santiago, Buenos Aires and Brasilia, Brazil, from Nov. 3 to Nov. 7 to discuss initiatives of […]