Nuclear News Roundup Jan 17, 2017 The combined 261 workers for Framatome Inc. and New AREVA is a shadow of the nearly 640 workers AREVA had here when it moved its North American headquarters here in 2013. Bizjournals.com A fired-up civil society in South Africa will challenge any energy plan with a whiff of nuclear and Eskom's financial and leadership woes are the final nail in the nuclear energy coffin, says Wayne Duvenage. Fin24.com EDF Energy has claimed it could build a second new nuclear power station in Britain that would be 20% cheaper than the £20bn Hinkley Point C project under construction in Somerset. Theguardian.co.uk The USA's two main uranium producers yesterday filed a petition with the US Department of Commerce (DOC) seeking an investigation into the effects of uranium imports on US national security. Energy Fuels Inc and Ur-Energy are calling for a limit to imports that would reserve 25% of the US nuclear market for domestic uranium production. World-nuclear-news.org
