Areva will supply a total of 18 reactor coolant pumps for the Yangjiang and Ningde nuclear power plants, under construction in China, following the signing of contracts worth almost $200 million.

Centrica has confirmed it is still in discussions on taking on an equity stake in British Energy (BE), possibly including an asset swap with BE owner Electricité de France (EDF).

French electricity generator Electricité de France (EDF) has suspended two staff members from their duties while a legal inquiry into allegations of hacking into the computer systems of anti-nuclear campaigner Greenpeace is in progress.

Indian engineering company Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has signed a memorandum of understanding with Russia's AtomStroyExport (ASE) for cooperation on Russian-designed VVER 1000 nuclear power reactors.

Denison Mines has agreed to sell a 20% stake in the company to Korea Electric Power Corp (KEPCO), and has entered into an offtake agreement with the South Korean utility.

Equipos Nucleares SA (Ensa) of Spain will become a key supplier of reactor pressure vessels (RPVs) under a strategic agreement signed with GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH).

Among a series of energy-related agreements signed in Moscow recently between Russian and Italian companies is a quadrilateral agreement to cooperate in the field of nuclear energy.

Entergy has announced it will team with Enercon to provide nuclear services with a special focus on licensing and new build. The partnership will take effect with Entergy's wider restructuring.

Japan's nuclear power fleet continues to suffer low capacity factors, primarily because of the prolonged shutdown of seven earthquake-affected reactors.

US utility Entergy Nuclear has renewed its existing contract with the Shaw Group for the provision of nuclear maintenance services to its fleet of eleven reactors at nine nuclear power plants.

A group of Italian politicians has toured a German nuclear power plant in a signal of EOn's interest in the emerging Italian nuclear market.

EnergoNuclear SA has been formally established to undertake the construction, commissioning and operation of two new reactors at the Cernavoda nuclear power plant in Romania.