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Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant Weekly Review
Source: NewsThis week Tokyo Electric Power Co. reported its first yearly profit since the accidents at its Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, where a former head of the…
Regulators Scrutinize Safety Issues at Browns Ferry, Brunswick Nuclear Plants
Source: NewsThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced enforcement activity at two nuclear plants Thursday. At the Tennessee Valley Authority's Browns Ferry plant in Alabama, the NRC issued a…
Exelon Bid for Pepco Holdings Would Create Largest U.S. Utility
Source: NewsExelon, the owner of the country's largest fleet of power reactors, has reached an agreement to purchase Mid-Atlantic utility Pepco Holdings. Pepco and subsidiaries Delmarva Power…
B&W Announces Naval Reactor Contracts
Topics: Industry & BusinessSource: NewsBabcock & Wilcox on Wednesday announced $95.6 million in new contracts for the U.S. naval reactor program, in addition to $99.7 million in 2014 orders under…
SRS Mox Plant Construction, Jobs Preserved Through September
Source: NewsCongressional supporters of the Savanah River Site's Mox plant have reached an agreement with the Department of Energy that continues construction activities through the end of…
Babcock & Wilcox Adds 50 Jobs at Expanded Chattanooga Facility
Source: NewsA nuclear power services subsidiary of Babcock & Wilcox has announced plans to triple its footprint in Chattanooga, Tenn. Babcock & Wilcox Intech will consolidate its…
Tornado-Damaged Grid Forces Both Reactors to Power Down at Arkansas Nuclear One
Source: NewsGrid damage from tornadoes that tore through Arkansas Sunday forced two reactors at the state's only nuclear plant to power down. At 7:32 p.m., a grid…
Emirati Nuclear Program Awards $1.7 Billion in Local Contracts
Source: NewsThe head of the United Arab Emirates' nuclear development company told a conference Sunday that his organization has signed $1.7 billion in contracts with local companies…
Taiwan Halts Construction at New Nuclear Plant, Completion Uncertain
Source: NewsAmid large anti-nuclear protests, Taiwan's leadership has halted construction at the Lungmen plant pending a national referendum. The ruling Kuomintang party reached an agreement Sunday wherein…
Holtec to Develop Waste Transport Cask for Swedish Nuclear Plants
Source: NewsHoltec International has announced a contract to design and manufacture casks for moving waste from Swedish nuclear plants to storage facilities off site. The contract, announced…
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant Weekly Review
Source: NewsTritium in groundwater, debris removal at unit 3 and more operational issues with the ALPS decontamination system highlighted the news from Fukushima this week. Recent developments…
NuScale Schedules SMR Supplier Event
Source: NewsNuScale Power has scheduled an event with potential suppliers for its small modular reactor. In December, the Department of Energy selected the Fluor-backed company to receive…
Exelon Exec Reiterates Possibility of Nuclear Plant Closures Absent Market Reforms
Source: NewsExelon, which operates America's largest fleet of power reactors, continues to make the case that electricity markets and the policies that shape them undervalue nuclear plants'…
Fermi 2 Back Online After Transformer Replacement
Topics: Plant OperationsSource: NewsDTE Energy's Fermi 2 nuclear plant on Lake Erie has restarted after an unplanned outage to replace a transformer. The reactor between Detroit and Toledo, Ohio,…
NRC Approves Intake Water Temperature Increase at Millstone Nuclear Plant
Source: NewsThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission has granted a license amendment to the Millstone nuclear plant to accommodate higher water temperatures in Long Island Sound. The amendment, issued…
Westinghouse in Advanced Talks to Build 8 Additional AP1000 Reactors in China
Source: NewsA Westinghouse executive has said the Pennsylvania-based company is in negotiations to build an additional eight AP1000 reactors in China for an estimated $24 billion. Timothy…
Reactor Pressure Vessel Head Repairs Planned at Summer Unit 1
Source: NewsInspections during a refueling outage turned up small flaws in the reactor pressure vessel head of South Carolina Electric and Gas' Summer nuclear plant, the company…
Workers Locate Site of Contamination Inside WIPP Repository
Source: NewsThe Department of Energy is a step closer to identifying the source of a February radiation alarm that has kept the New Mexico nuclear waste repository…
Washington State, DOE Reject Changes to Hanford Agreement
Source: NewsWashington state and the Department of Energy have rejected each other's proposals amending an agreement on waste cleanup at the Hanford site. The state won a…
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant Weekly Review
Source: NewsMore leaks and storage mishaps involving contaminated water at Fukushima Daiichi drew a rebuke from Japanese regulators this week. Recent developments at the Tokyo Electric Power…