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DOE Report Describes Waste Repository Truck Fire as Preventable
Source: NewsPoor maintenance and the deactivation of an onboard fire suppression system are to blame for a truck fire inside the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New…
No Leaks Detected after UF6 Containers Dropped at Canadian Port
Source: NewsMonitoring following an incident at a Halifax, Canada, port suggests that containers of uranium hexafluoride dropped by a crane Thursday are not leaking. The bottom of…
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant Weekly Review
Source: NewsTuesday marked three years since the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan. The natural disaster killed at least 15,880 people and forced another 315,000 to evacuate.…
Emergency Communication System Found Inoperable in Pilgrim Nuclear Plant Control Room
Source: NewsMonthly testing at Massachusetts' Pilgrim nuclear plant found that an emergency communications link to federal regulators was not functional in the control room and other parts…
Court Awards Duke Energy, Energy Northwest Spent Fuel Storage Costs
Source: NewsA federal court this week awarded $123 million to Duke Energy and Energy Northwest to cover the cost of storing several years worth of spent fuel…
Investigators Note Weaknesses of an NRC Emergency Communication System
Source: NewsAn investigative agency within the government has recommended that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission consider upgrading an emergency communications system that might not work in the event…
Westinghouse to Provide Instrumentation for Reactors in Finland
Source: NewsWestinghouse and its parent company Toshiba have announced a contract to supply reactor-core instrumentation for a nuclear plant in Finland. Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) selected the…
1,100-ton CA20 Module Placed at New Vogtle Reactor
Source: NewsCrews building two new reactors at Plant Vogtle recently completed their heaviest lift to date, placing the 1,100-ton CA20 module into unit 3's nuclear island. The…
Nine Mile Point Back Online After Problem with Electrical Equipment
Source: NewsUnit 2 at Nine Mile Point in upstate New York is back online after the failure of an uninterruptible power supply prompted operators to shut it…
Contractor Transition Begins at Pantex and Y12
Source: NewsA Bechtel-led consortium is preparing to assume management of the Y-12 and Pantex sites after more than a year of appeals from their previous contractor. Babcock…
NRC Publishes Annual Rundown of Safety at U.S. Reactors
Source: NewsThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission has finished its annual assessments of the safety at America's 100 operating power reactors. Eighty held its highest safety performance rating at…
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant Weekly Review
Source: NewsTechnology to measure infant radiation doses and to better enable cleanup activities at Fukushima Daiichi highlighted the news from Japan last week. While in Tokyo, protests…
Salem Reactor Operator Tests Positive for Cocaine
Source: NewsA random fitness for duty test last week suggested a senior reactor operator at the Salem nuclear plant had been using cocaine. The licensed employee's access…
White House Proposes Cuts to Hanford Budget
Source: NewsA proposal by the White House to reduce spending at the Hanford site next year has raised objections from Washington legislators on both sides of the…
President Cuts SRS MOX Project from Proposed Budget
Source: NewsIn light of substantial cost overruns, an ongoing project to build a MOX fuel plant at the Savannah River Site has lost the support of the…
Report: Exelon Warns Ill. Legislators of Possible Nuclear Plant Closures at Byron, Quad Cities and Clinton
Source: NewsExelon executives and lobbyists have reportedly warned legislators in Illinois that several reactors employing 2,300 people in the state might be shut down unless market conditions…
False Alarm in Fire Detection System Triggers Emergency Notification at Beaver Valley Nuclear Plant
Source: NewsHigh humidity inside the containment of unit 1 is believed to have set off a fire alarm at Pennsylvania's Beaver Valley nuclear plant over the weekend,…
Condemnation of Russia Becomes Point of Contention in Czech Nuclear Plant Bids
Source: NewsConflicting comments from leaders in the Czech Republic suggest that the political consequences from Russia's occupation of the Crimean Peninsula could reach into the market for…
Report: Vogtle Nuclear Construction on Schedule, Lake Charles Plant Problems Addressed
Source: NewsSouthern Co.'s yearly report to Georgia regulators on the status of two new reactors under construction at Plant Vogtle contained few surprises, with the project's budget…
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant Weekly Review
Source: NewsTokyo Electric Power Co. briefly suspended fuel removal at Fukushima Daiichi unit 4 this week when its spent fuel cooling system went offline for several hours.…