NUKEM

History

2007

Sales of NUKEM group subsidiaries: NUKEM Ltd. to Freyssinet SAS, a 100% subsidiary of VINCI Construction, NUKEM Corp. to EnergySolutions (US), NIS Ingenieure and Assistance Nucleaire S.A. (ANSA) to Siempelkamp (Germany).

2006

 

Advent International acquires NUKEM from RWE

2004

Under a joint contract, TENEX and RWE NUKEM supplied the first batch of low-enriched uranium (LEU) for the Mexican Laguna Verde NPP.

2001

UK's NUKEM Nuclear Ltd., a subsidiary of NUKEM Nuklear in Germany, purchased the assets and business of AEA Technology's nuclear engineering activity. Thus, NUKEM strengthened its worldwide market position in the nuclear services business field.

1999

NUKEM, Cameco and COGEMA signed a commercial agreement with Techsnabexport (TENEX), for the purchase of natural uranium derived from Russian HEU (HEU Feed Agreement)

1992

Long-term uranium supply contracts concluded with Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, including purchase of existing stocks.

1982

Foundation of two US subsidiaries:

NUKEM, Inc., dealing with nuclear fuel services in the US
 

WasteChem, dealing with design, engineering and delivery of radioactive waste treatment facilities

1974

Foundation of NUKEM-Luxemburg (NULUX), initially a 100% NUKEM subsidiary (later with a share of Rio Tinto and Dresdner Bank)
  

Foundation of NVD, the nuclear insurance service (NUKEM share: 50%)

1973

Bulk purchase of enrichment services from TENEX for RWE (value: DM 120 Mill)

1972

MOX Fuel Fabrication Plant at Hanau entered production with a nominal capacity of 25 t HM per year; the plant was an important part of the German plutonium industry and was run by ALKEM (40% NUKEM; 60% Siemens) until 1988   

Foundation of HOBEG, a 100% NUKEM subsidiary, for the production of high-temperature reactor fuel elements

NUKEM set up departments for process technology and plant engineering

1969

Foundation of the NIS-Nuclear-Ingenieur-Service GmbH: Build-up of know-how and expertise in reactor physics

1969

 

Foundation of the Reactor Fuel Element Company (RBG - Reaktor-Brennelemente Gesellschaft, 1974 renamed into Reaktor-Brennelement Union (RBU)), headquartered in Hanau

Shareholders: 

Siemens (60.0%)
NUKEM (40.0%)

1966

NUKEM enters the reprocessing business and acquires one share in the Belgium Eurochemic
Foundation of the Transnuklear GmbH headquartered in Frankfurt

Shareholders:

NUKEM (80.0%)
TNP-Transnucléaire Paris (France) (20.0%)

1964

Foundation of ALKEM (Siemens (60%); NUKEM (40%)): Research and development of the MOX processing technology and erection of a MOX fuel production pilot

NUKEM produced first fuel with coated particles for high-temperature reactors

NUKEM established department for reactor physics

NUKEM organised and carried out first nuclear transports

1960

Foundation of NUKEM (Nuklear-Chemie und -Metallurgie GmbH) as one of the first companies in the nuclear industry in Germany, 150 employees, DM 4 Mill (Euro 2 Mill) equity capital.

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