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L-3 MAPPS to Replace Daya Bay Simulator I/O System
Source: NewsL-3 MAPPS announced today that it has signed a contract with Guangdong Nuclear Power Joint Venture Co., Ltd. (GNPJVC) to replace the input/output (I/O) system on…
Government in Philippines Takes Another Look at Mothballed Nuclear Plant
Source: NewsFacing rising power demand and costs, energy officials in the Philippines are studying the potential to refurbish the mothballed Bataan nuclear plant. The country's energy secretary…
Day & Zimmermann Awarded Maintenance Contract at Texas Nuclear Plant
Source: NewsDay & Zimmermann has reached a deal to provide maintenance and modifications at the South Texas Project nuclear plant near Houston. Terms of the deal were…
Steam Generator Issue Shuts Down Indian Point Reactor
Source: NewsA problem affecting water flow in a steam generator shut down unit 3 at New York's Indian Point nuclear plant Monday. A failed valve in the…
Decision Suspends Czech Nuclear Repository Study
Source: NewsA study on a potential site for a spent fuel repository in the Czech Republic has been put on hold. The country's environment minister has sided…
Containment Dome Placed at Reactor in Pakistan as New Plants Proposed
Source: NewsRoughly two years after construction began, Pakistan's newest reactor at Chashma is taking shape. On Thursday, crews placed the 180-metric-ton containment dome on unit 4 at…
Huntington Ingalls Buys Nuclear Engineering Firm S.M. Stoller
Source: NewsU.S. shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls announced last week that it purchased Colorado-based engineering firm S.M. Stoller Corp. to help diversify its business into Department of Energy and…
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant Weekly Review
Source: NewsAnother earthquake in eastern Japan and a damaged spent fuel assembly at unit 4 highlighted the recent news from Fukushima Daiichi. Developments related to the Tokyo…
CEZ to Delay Decision on New Czech Reactors
Source: NewsThe head of Czech state-controlled utility CEZ has said bid selection for a project to build new reactors at the Temelin nuclear plant will be pushed…
Washington Group to Study Hosting Small Modular Reactors at Hanford
Source: NewsAn organization in Tri-Cities, Wash., will make use of $500,000 in state funding this year to study the Hanford site as a possible host for small…
First Reactor Online at China's New Yangjiang Nuclear Plant
Source: NewsChina's new Yangjiang nuclear plant connected to the grid Tuesday, state media reported. Unit 1 at the plant in Guangdong Province has entered trial operations and…
Farley Nuclear Plant to Receive 2013 ISOE World-Class ALARA Performance Award
Source: NewsThe Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant has been selected to receive the prestigious 2013 Information Systems on Occupational Exposure (ISOE) World-Class ALARA (As Low As Reasonably…
Fort Calhoun Nuclear Plant Back to 100 Percent Operation after a 3 Year Outage
Source: NewsAccording to the Fort Calhoun’s power status , the plant has reached 100 percent power production. Fort Calhoun initially shut down for a maintenance outage in…
UK News: Iberdrola to Sell NuGen Stake; Government Studies up to 75GW of New Nuclear Generation
Source: NewsToshiba has purchased Iberdrola's stake in new reactors proposed at Sellafield in the UK. Meanwhile, a planning document has suggested that the government is considering a…
Minority Owners Sell Stake in New Romanian Reactors
Source: NewsEnel and ArcelorMittal plan to sell their stake in new reactors proposed in Romania following China General Nuclear Power Corp.'s announcement that it would invest in…
Demolition Complete at Manhattan Project-Era Oak Ridge Enrichment Building
Source: NewsDemolition wrapped up last week to take down the largest building in the cleanup at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge site. After five years of…
Court Rejects Irish Protest of New Hinkley Point Reactors
Source: NewsA judge in the UK has dismissed a lawsuit by an Irish group seeking to block construction of new reactors at Hinkley Point C. The National…
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant Weekly Review
Source: NewsTokyo Electric Power Co. formalized its plans to decommission the two functional reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, while a new report shed additional light…
DOE Proposes 3-Month Extension of Usec's American Centrifuge Demonstration Project
Source: NewsThe Department of Energy will continue to support Usec's American Centrifuge Project next year, although any reprieve for the Ohio uranium enrichment facility still hinges on…
Regulators OK Restart at Nebraska's Fort Calhoun Nuclear Plant
Source: NewsFollowing an outage that spanned nearly three years, the Fort Calhoun nuclear plant has begun to power back up. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission gave it the…