Nuclear Companies

This page provides an overview of some main nuclear companies operating worldwide and of the countries associated with their operations. These information may help international Anti-nuclear network activities to cooperate in resisting nuclear power.

AECL

Atomic Energy of Canada Limited or AECL is a Canadian federal Crown corporation with the responsibility of managing Canada's national nuclear energy research and development program, including the advancement and support of CANDU reactor technology which was developed at AECL starting in the 1950s. AECL also provides a variety of maintenance, diagnostic, waste management, refurbishment, and other services to the nuclear industry.

• is the constructor of the Canadian NPPs

Areva

• is operator of Uranium mines McClean Lake (Areva Resources, formerly Cogema Resources) in Canada and is searching for Uranium in Finland
• is building EPR reactors in Flamanville (France) and Olkiluoto (Finland)
• is stakeholder of the Uranium mine McArthur River in Canada (30,2%)
• is stakeholder of the Uranium mill Key Lake in Canada (17%)
• is operator of the new Uranium mine Midwest in Canada
• is stakeholder of the new Uranium mine Cigar Lake in Canada (37%)
• is stakeholder of the new Uranium mine Dawn Lake in Canada (23%)
• wants to build new reactors in Ontario, Canada
• offered to build an EPR in Alberta, Canada
• transactions in Tchad & Nigeria.

Bruce Power

Bruce Power Limited Partnership is a Canadian business partnership composed of several corporations. It exists as a partnership between Cameco Corporation (31.6%), TransCanada Corporation (31.6%), BPC Generation Infrastructure Trust (31.6%), the Power Workers Union (4%) and The Society of Energy Professionals (1.2%) [1]. It is the licensed operator of the Bruce Nuclear Generating Station, located on the shores of Lake Huron, roughly 250 kilometres northwest of Toronto, between the towns of Kincardine and Saugeen Shores.

• operates a number of NPPs in Canada
• wants to build and operate a new reactor in Alberta/CA (as successor of Energy Alberta)

Cameco

Cameco Corporation is the world's largest publicly traded uranium company, based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. In 2008, it was the world's second largest uranium producer, accounting for 15% of world production.

• operates a number of uranium mines in Canada

Neckarwestheim NPP (Germany)

EnBW Kraftwerke AG

• operator and owner of several NPPs in Germany: Philippsburg-1 (1979 - 890 MW), Philippsburg-2 (1984 - 1,392 MW), Neckarwestheim-I (1976 - 785 MW; operator: EnBW Kernkraft GmbH, owner: 70 % Neckarwerke Stuttgart AG (is part of EnBW), 18.18 % Deutsche Bahn AG, 9.09 % EnBW Kraftwerke, and others), Neckarwestheim-II (1989 - 1,310 MW, operator: Gemeinschaftskernkraftwerk Neckar GmbH (is part of EnBW), owner: EnBW Kraftwerke AG)

Energy Alberta

Energy Alberta Corporation was created in 2005 to provide nuclear power to the energy-intensive development of the oil sands resources in northern Alberta. The company was founded by Hank Swartout, CEO of Precision Drilling Corporation, and Wayne Henuset, co-owner of Willow Park Wines and Spirits in Calgary, Alberta. In 2007 Energy Alberta was acquired by Bruce Power of Ontario. Bruce decided to relocate the site to Whitemud.

• wants to build and operate a new reactor in Alberta/CA

EON

• is operator of several NPPs in Germany: Brokdorf (1986 - 1,410 MW; 80 % EON, 20 % Vattenfall), Brunsbüttel (1976 - 771 MW; owner + operator: Kernkraftwerk Brunsbüttel GmbH & Co. OHG - 33.3 % E.ON Kernkraft, 66.7 % Vattenfall Europe Nuclear Energy GmbH), Emsland/Lingen (1988 - 1,329 MW; operator: Kernkraftwerke Lippe-Ems GmbH, owner: 87.5 % RWE Power, 33.3 % E.ON Kernkraft), Grafenrheinfeld (1981 - 1,275 MW; operator + owner: E.ON Kernkraft), Grohnde (1984 - 1,360 MW; operator: Gemeinschaftskernkraftswerk Grohnde GmbH, owner: 83.3 % E.ON Kernkraft, 17.7 % Stadtwerke Bielefeld), Gundremmingen-B (1984 - 1,284 MW; operator: Kernkraftwerke Gundremmingen Betriebsgesellschaft mbH, owner: 75 % RWE Power, 25 % E.ON Kernkraft), Gundremmingen-C (1984 - 1,288 MW; operator: Kernkraftwerke Gundremmingen Betriebsgesellschaft mbH, owner: 75 % RWE Power, 25 % E.ON Kernkraft), Isar-I/Ohu (1977 - 878 MW; operator + owner: E.ON Kernkraft GmbH), Isar-II/Ohu (1988 - 1,400 MW; operator: E.ON Kernkraft GmbH, owner: 80 % E.ON Kernkraft, 25 % Stadtwerke München), Krümmel (1983 - 1,346 MW; operator: Kernkraftwerk Krümmel GmbH & Co OHG, owner: 50 % E.ON Kernkraft, 50 % Vattenfall Europe Nuclear Energy GmbH), Unterweser/Esenshamm (1978 - 1,345 MW; operator + owner: E.ON Kernkraft GmbH)
• wants to build a new reactor in Finland (main stakeholder of Fennovoima)
• wants to build a new reactor in the UK (together with RWE)

RWE

• wants to build a new reactor in the UK (together with EON)
• wants to build a new reactor in Belene (Bulgaria): 49% of the project are owned by RWE
• is owner (RWE Power) of five nuclear power plants in Germany: Biblis-A (1974 - 1,167 MW), Biblis-B (1976 - 1,240 MW), Emsland/Lingen (1988 - 1,329 MW; operator: Kernkraftwerke Lippe-Ems GmbH, owner: 87.5 % RWE Power, 33.3 % E.ON Kernkraft), Gundremmingen-B (1984 - 1,284 MW; operator: Kernkraftwerke Gundremmingen Betriebsgesellschaft mbH, owner: 75 % RWE Power, 25 % E.ON Kernkraft), Gundremmingen-C (1984 - 1,288 MW; operator: Kernkraftwerke Gundremmingen Betriebsgesellschaft mbH, owner: 75 % RWE Power, 25 % E.ON Kernkraft)

RWE Energy Giant

RWE Energy Giant Lie - The Truth About The Ad

The RWE Energy Giant

RWE Energy Giant - Director's Cut

RWE Greenwashing Campaign

• the German RWE company started a greenwashing advertising campaign in Germany in 2009 with a short film ("RWE Energy Giant"): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhMV0e_cFAI , translation:
  • It can be so easy to make big changes.
  • If you are a giant.
  • Move forwards
• critics published a new version ("RWE Energy Giant Lie - The Truth About The Ad") of the film with critical comments: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTjHASBVA0Y&NR=1 , translation:
  • Only 0.1 Percents of RWE's power station's capacities are from wind power stations.
  • Tidal power plants has RWE: none. They only exist on their drawing board.
  • Many pylons origin from the prewar period. Some years ago some of them broke for age reasons.
  • RWE produces every year 170,000,000 tons of Carbon Dioxide. This is 20 % of the German total.
  • RWE owns five nuclear power plants. Where are they in this film???
  • You've got to be kidding, RWE! You won't cheat us!
• Greenpeace changed the film a bit ("The RWE Energy Giant"), pointing to the nuclear power of RWE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZFGYG7acz4 , translation:
  • 15 % of Germany's electricity came from renewable energies in 2008.
  • Only 2 % was the amount of renewable energies of the electricity production of RWE.
  • RWE: really less renewables
• The anti-nuclear campaign "Atomausstieg selber machen" (="make nuclear phase-out yourself") published another version of the short film ("RWE Energy Giant - Director's Cut"): http://www.youtube.com/atomausstieg09?gl=DE&hl=de , translation:
  • It's a blame if you don't make ANY big changes
  • although you are a giant.

Siemens

• is stakeholder of Areva
• nuclear operations in: Germany (Headquarter; built NPPs), France (EPR Flamanville via Areva), Finland (EPR Olkiluoto via Areva; Uranium mining via Areva), Canada (Uranium mining via Areva)