By Lisa Peterson, Marketing Specialist, AREVA Federal Services
AREVA is the only company in the world to work in every stage of the nuclear fuel cycle, from mining uranium, enrichment and fuel fabrication to reactor construction and maintenance, and recycling used fuel. What’s more, AREVA’s expertise extends to developing solutions for safely and effectively packaging and transporting nuclear material.
AREVA Federal Services is part of AREVA’s back end business which manages a wide range of operations focused on the latter part of the nuclear cycle, from recycling used fuel to developing packaging and transportation solutions for used fuel. Remediating former weapons production sites, such as the Hanford and Savannah River are central parts of our business. This work together with the renaissance of nuclear power will increase demand for innovative packaging and transportation solutions. read more…
On Feb. 13, the Discovery Channel aired an episode of “The Green Room,”
hosted by John Holden which provided a great look at AREVA’s La Hague
facility and the process of recycling used nuclear fuel.
Check out the clip below that features AREVA Executive V.P. Alan Hanson
as he walks through the key facts about recycling and the facility
itself.
My name is Mike McMahon, and I am an American living in the south of France on an expatriate assignment at AREVA’s MELOX mixed-oxide (MOX) fuel fabrication facility in the Rhône family. My family and I moved from Bethesda, Maryland to France in July 2008 to begin a multi-year assignment learning firsthand the technologies that AREVA uses to recycle nuclear fuel for the entire French nuclear fleet and for customers in Japan and Germany as well. read more…
Friday Secretary Chu announced the formation of a Blue Ribbon Commission that will provide recommendations for managing used fuel and nuclear waste.
AREVA supports the Department of Energy’s efforts to move forward with the development of this program.
Energy Secretary Steven Chu with President Obama. (image: msn.com)
From the Department of Energy:
Washington, D.C. – As part of the Obama Administration’s commitment to restarting America’s nuclear industry, U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu today announced the formation of a Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future to provide recommendations for developing a safe, long-term solution to managing the Nation’s used nuclear fuel and nuclear waste. read more…
