SNC-Lavalin announced that its Atkins Nuclear Secured Holdings Corporation, in a joint venture (JV) partnership with Westinghouse Government Services and Fluor Federal Services, has been awarded a 14-month extension to continue operating the depleted uranium hexafluoride (DUF6) conversion facilities at the United States Department of Energy’s (DOE) Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Kentucky and the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Ohio.

Candu Energy Inc., a member of the SNC-Lavalin Group (TSX: SNC), has won a 12-month, $8.4 million contract from Romanian firm, EnergoNuclear S.A., to provide engineering services during the preparatory stage of a precursor project to complete CANDU Units 3 & 4 in Romania.

The current status of the disposal of high-level radioactive waste in Finland and the remediation of contaminated sites in the Ukraine, the Euratom research programme and the ongoing work for the commissioning of the Konrad repository were the focus of the "7th Essen Expert Talk on Final Repositories" on March 1, 2018.

Joint venture will provide liquid waste services and close underground tanks

Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, announced that it has been appointed by EDF Energy as preferred bidder for the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station tunnelling and marine works package.

Cameco (TSX: CCO; NYSE: CCJ) has been granted a 10-year operating licence for its conversion facility in Port Hope, Ontario by the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC). The new licence expires on February 28, 2027.

Engineering solutions provider to save £Millions in costs by reinventing boiler tubes visual inspection equipment

In May 2016 the international technology service provider DMT officially became a member of the United Nations Task Force for the Application of the UN Resource Classification Code UNFC-2009 to Nuclear Fuel Resources. DMT is hereby reinforcing its activities related to the life cycle of nuclear resources.

Global engineering and construction leader Bechtel has appointed Barbara Rusinko executive vice president of its Nuclear, Security & Environmental business unit and president of Bechtel National, Inc., the company’s U.S. government services arm.

On the afternoon of Oct. 21 (UK local time), the UK-China Business Summit, another major event during President XI Jinping’s visit to the UK, kicked off. Under the testimony of China’s President Xi Jinping and British Prime Minister David Cameron, CGN Group’s President He Yu and EDF’s CEO Jean-Bernard Levy formally signed the Agreement for Investment in the Construction of Nuclear Power Projects in the United Kingdom in London.

The State Atomic Energy Corporation ROSATOM and the International Atomic Energy Agency concluded the Practical Arrangements (PAs) to enhance cooperation in the area of radiation safety.

AREVA has recently delivered Filtered Containment Venting Systems (FCVS) to the Hamaoka 4 reactor operated by Chubu Electric Power Company.

Vattenfall and E.ON cooperate in decommissioning and dismantling process of joint nuclear power plants – long-term cooperation agreement signed.

Parsons announced the appointment of Frank R. Sheppard, Jr., as Project Manager for the Department of Energy (DOE) Salt Waste Processing Facility (SWPF), effective immediately. Mr. Sheppard, a Parsons Vice President and former Deputy Project Manager for SWPF, replaces Louis M. “Lou” Jackson, who has retired.

Jacobs recently opened its new Pillar House, Westlakes office in Cumbria, United Kingdom, which supports the company’s future growth in the nuclear sector. Jacobs works across the complete nuclear lifecycle from the existing nuclear power generation fleet, the new build program, through to decommissioning and clean up.

New, simplified management arrangements will be introduced at Sellafield to ensure the long-term success of the clean-up programme at the Cumbrian site, the government announced.

Costain has gained £180,000 of funding for a project that aims to make the disposal of radioactive waste safer, quicker and more cost-effective.

Bechtel announced a partnership with Westinghouse Electric Company to provide decontamination and decommissioning services for nuclear power plants throughout the United States. Leveraging more than 100 years of combined industry experience, the alliance provides customers a single contracting group to manage and deliver their decommissioning projects.

Pöyry awarded framework agreement as A-supplier to Vattenfall.

A consignment of irradiated experimental fast reactor fuel has returned to the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) in the USA from France for the final stages of a study that has been ongoing for over eight years.