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Nuclear News Roundup for August 6, 2016
Source: Neutron BytesDuke Gets SER for AP1000 Reactors at William States Lee (NucNet): There are no safety aspects that would preclude issuing the licenses for construction and operation…
China blows a fuse over Hinkley Point delay
Source: Neutron BytesAfter saying it “respected” PM May’s decision to conduct a review of the Hinkley Point nuclear reactor project, the Xinhua Official News Agency made some very…
New UK Prime Minister Delays Decision on Hinkley Point
Source: Neutron BytesCiting concerns the role of Chinese state-owned nuclear energy firms as investors, Britain’s new Prime Minister Theresa May has put off a decision until September to…
Book Notes: Is Anti-nuclear Advocacy a Threat to the Planet?
Topics: Safety & EnvironmentSource: Neutron BytesReaders of this blog know that while it is pro-nuclear, efforts are made not to throw the baby out with the bathwater when it comes to…
IAEA Launches New Version of Advanced Reactors Database
Topics: Research & TechnologySource: Neutron BytesNew ARIS database now includes specific categories for molten salt and small and medium sized reactors. The IAEA recently launched a new design of its Advanced…
Nuclear News Roundup for July 23, 2016
Source: Neutron BytesUtah Court Ruling Kills Environmental Appeal, OKs Green River Nuclear Plant (Salt Lake City Tribune) A court ruling has removed the final state hurdle for a…
Carnival of Nuclear Energy Bloggers #318
Source: Neutron BytesThis post represents the latest link in an unbroken chain of almost six years of the weekly summaries of the best of the pro-nuclear blogs. With…
Nuclear News Roundup for July 11, 2016
Source: Neutron BytesFluor Idaho Begins Operations at DOE’s Idaho Site Operational responsibilities for environmental management work at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Idaho Operations Office were transitioned to…
Transatomic Releases Details of New Reactor Design
Source: Neutron BytesThe firm defies conventional wisdom about keeping early stage technical details a secret by posting a white paper about its progress along with the endorsements of…
What about nuclear energy in UK after Brexit?
Source: Neutron BytesThere are a lot of opinions about the impacts on energy policy and investments in the UK following the non-binding vote to leave the European Union.…
Is it time for a change to the Idaho Settlement Agreement?
Source: Neutron BytesWhen the nuclear waste cleanup deal was agreed to more than a decade ago, no one was thinking about small modular reactors. Readers of this blog…
Nuclear News Roundup for June 12, 2016
Source: Neutron BytesSouth Korea strengthens research ties with Russia on fast reactors (WNN) A new wide-ranging agreement has been signed by Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) and…
Prospects Uncertain for Westinghouse Nuclear Deal with India
Source: Neutron BytesThe Financial Express, a major Indian daily newspaper, reports that despite intense efforts from both sides, the Westinghouse-Toshiba nuclear reactors deal is not expected to be…
Carnival of Nuclear Energy Bloggers 311
Source: Neutron BytesThis post represents the latest link in an unbroken chain of almost six years of the weekly summaries of the best of the pro-nuclear blogs. With…
UK Horizon Nuclear Power Names Joint Venture for Wylfa
Source: Neutron BytesJapan’s Hitachi and the U.S. construction giant Bechtel, will build 5,400 MW of new nuclear power generating capacity at two sites. The first unit at Wylfa…
Surrender at Ft. Calhoun
Source: Neutron BytesThe nation’s smallest nuclear power plant, at 479 MW, threw in the towel this week The management of Omaha Public Power District (OPPD) has recommended that…
DOE Summit Aims to Preserve US Nuclear Reactors
Source: Neutron BytesThree panels to discuss policy solutions for federal, state leaders Industry represented by NEI’s Fertel, PSEG’s Levis, Entergy’s Mohl, Exelon’s Dominguez DOE report will propose ways…
DOE, NRC set workshop dates for SMRs, Advanced Reactors
Source: Neutron BytesDOE workshop on commercializing small modular reactors June 22-23 NRC/DOE workshop on advanced nuclear reactors June 7-8 DOE SMR Workshop The U.S Department of Energy (DOE)…
UPDATED: NuScale announces roadmap for SMR operation at Idaho site by 2024
Source: Neutron BytesSomewhere within the 981 square miles of the Idaho National Laboratory there is a site that will be selected as the location for a first-of-a-kind commercial…
Texas firm files with NRC for interim storage site license for spent nuclear fuel
Source: Neutron BytesWaste Control Specialists (WCS) , which already operates a radioactive waste disposal site in west Texas, has filed a license application with the NRC to build…