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NRC is Monitoring North Anna and other Nuclear Plants on East Coast Following the Earthquake
Source: NewsThe U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is monitoring an Alert at the North Anna nuclear power plant in Virginia, following today’s earthquake in central Virginia. The NRC is…
Proposed Nuclear Plant Site In Utah Moves Closer to License Application
Source: NewsFollowing positive geologic findings, Blue Castle Holdings announced that its Green River, Utah, site is making progress toward an application to build the first nuclear plant…
Lightning Strike Blamed For Partial External Power Loss at Indian Point
Source: NewsA lightning strike in a switchyard cut off one of the external power sources at New York’s Indian Point nuclear plant for about an hour Friday,…
NRC Issues Final SER For New Reactors At V.C. Summer
Source: NewsThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission last week indicated it found no safety concerns that would preclude licensing two new AP1000 reactors at the V.C. Summer nuclear plant…
TVA To Sell New Watts Bar Reactor To Pay for Bellefonte Completion
Source: NewsAfter approving plans to finish a long-mothballed reactor project at the Tennessee Valley Authority’s Bellefonte site, TVA announced it would pay for the completion by selling…
Japan’s Tomari 3 Reactor Back Online – First to Return to Service Since Fukushima Crisis
Source: NewsThe first of Japan’s reactors idled following the Fukushima Daiichi accident returned to commercial service Wednesday. Like dozens of reactors around the country, Unit 3 at…
NRC: Battery Charger Problem Warrants White Finding at Prairie Island 1
Source: NewsPrairie Island’s unit 1 reactor faces additional scrutiny from federal regulators following a Nuclear Regulatory Commission finding related to backup batteries that would not recharge under…
Crucial Decision on Bellefonte Reactor Completion Scheduled for Thursday TVA Meeting
Source: NewsBellafonte’s unit 1 reactor – abandoned 90 percent complete 23 years ago and a potential lynchpin in the Tennessee Valley Authority’s ambitions to increase nuclear generation…
Nuclear Developments in Florida: Progress Defends Plant Construction Charges, Fla. P&L Faces NRC Inspection at Turkey Point
Source: NewsNuclear power has drawn a lot of attention in Florida in recent days. On Tuesday Progress Energy faced questions from state regulators regarding costs passed on…
Westinghouse Signs Agreement For I & C Energo Controls in Anticipation of Czech AP1000 Bid
Source: NewsI & C Energo recently reached an agreement to provide instrumentation and control systems for new reactors in the Czech Republic if the Westinghouse AP1000 design…
Special Inspection Follows Water Service Pump Issue at Palisades Nuclear Plant
Source: NewsThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission recently dispatched materials experts to Michigan’s Palisades nuclear plant following a water service pump failure earlier this month. In a release Monday,…
300-Ton Crane Ships to Sanmen Nuclear Plant in China For AP1000 Assembly
Source: NewsWestinghouse Electric Company announced today that its NuCrane Manufacturing LLC (NuCrane) facility in Hutchinson, Minn. has begun shipment of the first AP1000 polar crane destined for…
Centuries-Old Roman Glass Gives Insight Into Hanford Nuclear Waste Vitrification
Source: NewsVitrification—the primary technology behind a $12.2 billion nuclear waste treatment facility under construction at Washington’s Hanford site—can keep radioactive contaminants safely out of the environment. Thanks…
NRC Denies Entergy Bid to Reduce Vermont Yankee Decommissioning Funds
Source: NewsBecause of state resistance to relicensing the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Thursday that Entergy cannot count on revenue from its 20-year…
DOE Awards $39 Million to Universities for Nuclear Research
Source: Newshis week the Department of Energy announced funding for 51 research projects through its ongoing Nuclear Energy University Programs. At the NEUP annual workshop Tuesday, DOE…
Report: Japan Could Lose 5.6 Percent of Its GDP If Reactors Kept Offline
Source: NewsIn the months following the multiple-reactor accident at Fukushima Daiichi, as many as 39 of Japan’s 54 reactors have been taken offline. If they stay that…
Drywell Leakage Prompts Shutdown at Nine Mile Point Nuclear Plant
Source: NewsUnit 2 at upstate New York’s Nine Mile Point nuclear plant remains shut down after excess drywell leakage last weekend prompted operators to declare an unusual…
Excavation Underway at One of Hanford’s Most Contaminated Nuclear Waste Sites
Source: NewsWorkers began unearthing drums of 50-year-old waste at the Department of Energy’s Hanford complex last week from what DOE characterizes as one of the site’s most…
As Germany Drops Nuclear Power, Bayer Threatens to Leave Over Energy Costs
Source: NewsThe CEO of Bayer SA has threatened to abandon manufacturing in Germany, where country’s recent anti-nuclear politics are expected to boost the price of power. Headquartered…
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant Weekly Review
Source: NewsWhile efforts to cool spent fuel at Fukushima Daiichi have made progress in recent days, crews also discovered some of the highest radiation readings at the…