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Russian outfit tipped as likely winner of Belene nuke plant deal
Russia's AtomStroyExport is the most likely winner of the deal for the construction of Bulgaria's Belene nuclear power plant, on the Danube. That outcome from the selection procedure, which also includes Czech consortium Skoda Alliance, was indirectly confirmed by Thursday's meeting in Paris of Bulgarian economy minister Rumen Ovcharov and Anne Lauvergeon, chairman of the executive board of Areva, an AtomStroyExport subcontractor. Ovcharov himself said that the results form the competition will be announced next week. The Russian press tipped AtomStroyExport as the likelier winner of the contract back in September. Skoda Alliance Wednesday said it has cut to 4 years the timeframe for the completion of the first unit of the new NPP. The tie-in said it expected that Bulgarian power grid operator NEK will pick a contractor for Belene by the end of 2006.
Costly development: VUSD considers impact of ruling on planned ...
VISTA ---- A judge's recent ruling ordering the Vista Unified School District to address traffic and safety concerns near a proposed 66-acre high school campus in eastern Oceanside means that costs for the controversial project could grow by more than $1 million, and possibly much higher.The district had already agreed that key improvements recommended by the California Department of Transportation were needed at the intersection of Highway 76 and Melrose Drive to accommodate the planned campus, but had argued that other agencies should be required to make them. The Sept. 22 ruling by Superior Court Judge Lisa Guy-Schall means that the district is responsible for the work, which could include adding right- and left-turn lanes, as well as center medians or a pricey pedestrian overpass across the busy highway.
What's On At Storage Expo
Below is a summary of what's happening at Storage Expo 2006 with highlights of keynote sessions and exhibitor product launches. Keynote Sessions include: 1. Storage Security is a key issue, get it wrong and you fail all compliance and could lose your reputation and your company. Speakers include Paul Simmonds, Global Information Security Director, ICI; Sean Martin, Head of Architecture, The British Library and Graeme Haekland, IT Manager, Renault Formula 1. 2. Case studies will be featured throughout the keynote programme including Honda Formula 1, Ordnance Survey, Britannia Building Society, and The Moving Picture Company. 3. The wave of compliance regulations are tackled by 2 keynotes: Jon Fell a top lawyer from Pinsent Masons who will examine, Does your Storage stand up to legal scrutiny? and Rob Harding, KPMG who will ask Who is to blame when it all goes horribly, horribly wrong?.
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