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B&W Awarded Dominion Steam Generator Maintenance Contract
Source: NewsDominion has hired Babcock & Wilcox to service steam generators across its operating nuclear fleet. In a release Thursday, B&W announced it will provide steam generator…
Chiller Outage Briefly Forces All Three Browns Ferry Reactors to Power Down
Source: NewsThe Browns Ferry nuclear plant in Alabama briefly risked having to shut down all three of its reactors Tuesday when a system cooling electrical equipment rooms…
New Standard Issued for Emergency Planning Around Canadian Nuclear Facilities
Source: NewsA Canadian standards organization recently finalized a new, comprehensive set of standards for civilian nuclear emergency management programs. The CSA Group developed the N1600 standard in…
Rolls-Royce to Work More Closely with China as the Country Looks to Accelerate Reactor Construction
Source: NewsRolls-Royce on Tuesday announced an agreement with China's State Nuclear Power Technology Corp. aimed at furthering the companies' cooperation. The memorandum of understanding opens the door…
Startup Commercializing Sandia Lab Reactor for Molybdenum-99 Production
Source: NewsA New Mexico startup has joined the quest to commercialize a technology that can produce the medical isotope molybdenum-99 without using highly enriched uranium. Five foreign…
Former Leader of Hanford Cleanup to Head Kurion Fukushima Project
Source: NewsThe former manager of the Hanford site's Richland Operations Office has joined Kurion to guide its deployment of a waste processing system at the Fukushima Daiichi…
EnergySolutions Challenges Loss of UK Contract
Source: NewsUtah-headquartered EnergySolutions has filed a court challenge to a recent decision awarding management of UK nuclear sites to another company. The Financial Times and other British…
Waterford Nuclear Plant Staff Catches Potential Problem with Replacement Part
Source: NewsWorkers prevented a potential problem with safety equipment at the Waterford nuclear plant during a recent refueling outage, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission reported Friday. Maintenance at…
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant Weekly Review
Source: NewsTokyo Electric Power Co. will use a new robot to begin decontaminating the walls of Fukushima Daiichi unit 2, while the Japanese government announced plans for…
New B&W Robot Approved to Inspect Reactors
Source: NewsBabcock & Wilcox announced Thursday that a new robot it developed with INETEC received approvals allowing its use in reactor pressure vessel component inspections. The qualifications…
L-3 MAPPS to Perform Full Scope Upgrade on PPL’s Susquehanna Simulator
Source: NewsPress Release L-3 MAPPS announced today that it has added PPL Susquehanna LLC as a new customer for its leading-edge power plant simulation capabilities. Using its…
Five Suspect LANL Waste Containers Sent to Waste Control Specialists Site in Texas
Source: NewsDepartment of Energy investigators have narrowed their focus to the contents of six transuranic waste containers destined for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, five of which…
PPL to Spin Off Susquehanna Nuclear Plant and Other Generation Assets
Source: NewsPPL Corp. has announced that it plans to spin off its reactors at Susquehanna and other merchant power plants in a deal with Riverstone Holdings. The…
Dresden Excavates Area Near Tank After Tritium Leak
Source: NewsCrews at the Dresden nuclear plant have been working to secure a leak of tritiated water detected over the weekend. Sampling on Saturday turned up elevated…
False Fire Alarm Triggers Unusual Event Declaration at Robinson Nuclear Plant
Source: NewsThe Robinson nuclear plant in South Carolina issued an emergency declaration Friday for a fire alarm that was later found to be in error. The alarm…
NNSA Reworking Plans for Over-Budget Oak Ridge Uranium Facility
Source: NewsAfter years of cost overruns and design mistakes, the National Nuclear Security Administration plans to completely overhaul its approach to building a new facility for processing…
Survey: Some NRC Employees Fear Dissent Will Result in Retaliation
Source: NewsA Nuclear Regulatory Commission survey made public following congressional testimony last week suggests that some NRC employees fear formal objections to agency policies will result in…
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant Weekly Review
Source: NewsGovernment inspectors fled Fukushima Daiichi early in the crisis, according to a recently publicized government interview, more of which may come to light as Tokyo Electric…
Canadian Study: Adult Cancer Risk Likely Unchanged in Event of Nuclear Power Accident
Source: NewsAs it considers the proposed refurbishment of reactors at Darlington, Canada's nuclear regulator released a study Wednesday that forecast limited public health effects in the event…
Southern Co.: Vogtle Construction Budget, Schedule on Track
Source: NewsSouthern Co. executives told state regulators Tuesday that a project to build two new reactors at Plant Vogtle remains on track for completion in mid-2017. Southern's…