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EWI’s Silicon Carbide Nuclear Fuel Cladding Passes Testing
Source: NewsEWI announced that its silicon carbide (SiC) joining samples have emerged stable from six months of aggressive irradiation and water flow testing in the core of…
Cameco Acquires Australian Uranium Mine from BHP Billiton
Source: NewsCameco has reached an agreement with BHP Billiton to acquire the Yeelirrie uranium project in Western Australia for $430 million. Yeelirrie is a near-surface calcrete-style deposit,…
Westinghouse Awarded Contract for Feasibility Study of a Hybrid Reactor Unit at Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant
Source: NewsWestinghouse Electric Company announced today that it has received a contract from the Kozloduy NPP – New Build PLC of Bulgaria to perform a feasibility study…
Alstom and BHEL Awarded Turbine Contract for New Nuclear Plants in India
Source: NewsAlstom, in consortium with the Indian company BHEL (Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited), has secured a contract from the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) to…
Nuclear Energy Industry and Navy Establish Partnership for Seamless Transition to Commercial Nuclear Power Jobs
Topics: Industry & BusinessSource: NewsThe civilian nuclear energy industry and the U.S. Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program signed an agreement today establishing the first systematic program that allows personnel separating from…
Georgia PSC Approves Vogtle Units 3 and 4 Construction Costs
Source: NewsThe Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) voted 5-0 to approve Georgia Power's spending on Plant Vogtle units 3 and 4 for the period including July 1,…
SCE Downsizing San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station Staff
Source: NewsSouthern California Edison (SCE) has determined that San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) staffing and costs are significantly higher than other similar dual unit, non-fleet nuclear…
Vogtle Begins Testing One of the Biggest Cranes in the World to Support New Nuclear Plants Construction
Source: NewsTesting has begun on a major component in the construction of two new nuclear units at Plant Vogtle 3 and 4 – a 560-foot tall heavy…
Nuclear Site Preparation License Issued for OPG Darlington Nuclear Power Plant Project
Source: NewsThe Joint Review Panel (JRP) of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) announced on Friday its decision to issue a Nuclear Power Reactor Site Preparation License…
Underwater Construction Corporation and TFT Nuclear Coating System Benefits a Nuclear Plant Life Extension Program
Source: NewsUnderwater Construction Corporation (UCC) Director of Global Nuclear Services, Philip McDermott announces that UCC and TFT Nuclear have recently completed another innovative nuclear industry project using…
Westinghouse and Studsvik Team to Offer Decommissioning Services in Europe
Source: NewsWestinghouse Electric Company today announces that it has signed a teaming agreement with Studsvik AB to offer jointly a full range of decommissioning services for nuclear…
Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation Awards Nuclear Fuel Supply Contracts
Source: NewsStarting in 2014 – 2015, a total of six leading companies in the nuclear fuel supply industry will participate in the ENEC fuel supply program. ConverDyn…
Striking Nuclear Engineers and Scientists Picket at Bruce Power and OPG Nuclear Plants
Topics: Industry & BusinessSource: NewsThe Society of Professional Engineers and Associates (SPEA) is holding an information picket this morning in front of Bruce Power and Ontario Power Generation nuclear facilities…
Toshiba Seeking Buyers for a Stake in Westinghouse
Topics: Industry & BusinessSource: NewsJapanese newspapers have reported that Toshiba Corporation is interested in selling a 16 percent stake in U.S. nuclear power-plant company Westinghouse Electric Co. LLC as it…
Prairie Island Unit 1 and Monticello Nuclear Plants are Down for Repairs
Topics: Plant OperationsSource: NewsOperators shut down Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant to repair a gasket on a pipe flange, while in an unrelated action Tuesday, operators at Prairie Island Nuclear…
NuScale Meets With US and Canadian Utilities to Discuss SMR Development
Source: NewsRepresentatives from more than a dozen U.S. and Canadian utilities met with NuScale Power at its Corvallis, Ore., offices July 24-26, for the small modular reactor…
TechPrecision Receives Order for Nuclear Isotope Transport Casks
Source: NewsTechPrecision Corporation manufacturer of precision, large-scale fabricated and machined metal components and systems for the nuclear industry announced that it has received an order, valued at…
Managers, Guards Disciplined for Y12 Security Breach
Source: NewsSo far, at least six people have been disciplined after reports that anti-nuclear weapons protestors breached security outside a uranium storage facility at the Y-12 site.
Martin Fleischmann, Made Famous for Disputed Cold Fusion Experiment, Dies at 85
Topics: Research & TechnologySource: NewsMartin Fleischmann — whose cold fusion experiment briefly made him a household name in 1989 before it was debunked by his fellow scientists — died Aug.…
Ventyx to Provide Software to Koeberg Nuclear Plant, Other South African Power Facilities
Source: NewsABB subsidiary Ventyx announced $7 million in contracts with South African utility Eskom Monday for software at electric facilities that include the Koeberg nuclear plant.