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NRC Chairman’s Address to the National Press Club on Fukushima and U.S. Nuclear Safety
Source: NewsNRC Chairman Gregory B. Jaczko addressed the National Press Club today on Fukushima and U.S. Nuclear Safety. The following is his prepared remarks. "I am calling…
India Starts Construction of New Nuclear Power Plants
Source: NewsReactors are scheduled to be completed in the year 2016-17 Nuclear Power Corp. of India Ltd’s (NPCIL) second pair of 700 MW Pressurized Heavy Water Reactors…
NPPD Approves Funds for Valve Maintenance, Reactor Feed Pump Turbine Refurbishment, and other projects for Cooper Nuclear Plant
Source: NewsThe Nebraska Public Power District held its July 14-15, 2011, Board of Directors’ meeting in Columbus, Nebraska. The following Cooper nuclear projects and improvements were…
DOE to Pay $48.7 Million for Used Nuclear Fuel Storage Costs to Energy Northwest
Source: NewsA federal court ruled last Friday to award Energy Northwest more than $48.7 million in damages for the construction and licensing of a used fuel storage…
Furnaces Nuclear Applications Grenoble to Develop Technologies for Safe Disposal of Irradiated Graphite
Source: NewsAMG Advanced Metallurgical Group N.V., (AMG) through its nuclear engineering business unit, Furnaces Nuclear Applications Grenoble (FNAG), Grenoble, France, announces a joint development project with Empresa…
Lithuania Selects Hitachi GE for Nuclear Power Plant
Source: NewsAccording to news reports, Lithuania has picked Hitachi Ltd. together with Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy Ltd. over Westinghouse Electric Corporation to continue talks on building a new…
Congressman Doc Hastings Statement on Recommendation for Preservation of Hanford’s B Reactor
Source: News“I agree with the recommendation to include facilities at Hanford, Oak Ridge and Los Alamos as part of this effort and I will continue leading efforts…
NNSA and INL will Train IAEA Nuclear Safeguards Inspectors
Source: NewsThe National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), in partnership with Idaho National Laboratory (INL), announced the completion of a new course aimed at strengthening the training of…
Jacobs Engineering Group Awarded Contract to Support New Nuclear Plants in the UK
Source: NewsJacobs Engineering Group Inc. announced today that it has been awarded a consultancy agreement for the provision of professional services to EDF's NNB Generation Company Ltd…
University of South Carolina to Lead Research Expedition to Fukushima to Study the Effects of Radiation on Plants and Animals
Source: NewsA new international scientific expedition led by the University of South Carolina and supported by the biotechnology company QIAGEN is seeking to measure the genetic impact…
AREVA Opens Chattanooga TN Office
Topics: Industry & BusinessSource: NewsAREVA announced today the opening of a new office in Chattanooga, Tenn., to increase its regional engineering, project and service support to customers in the Southeastern…
L-3 MAPPS to Upgrade Callaway Simulator with Alternate Emergency Power System Models
Source: NewsL-3 MAPPS announced today that it has earned follow-on orders from Ameren Missouri to upgrade the full scope simulator for the Callaway Energy Center in Callaway…
Nine Mile Workers Go on Strike
Source: NewsNine Mile workers went on strike Friday night (midnight) after the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 97 members voted 425-49 on Thursday to reject Constellation…
DOE to Pay $100 Million for Used Nuclear Fuel Storage Costs to Xcel Energy
Source: NewsXcel Energy announced today it has reached a settlement with the federal government regarding costs incurred by Northern States Power Co. and its customers because of…
SNC-Lavalin to Buy ACEL’s Commercial Reactor Division
Source: NewsCANDU Energy, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SNC-Lavalin Group Inc., is pleased to announce that it has agreed with the Government of Canada to acquire certain assets…
Susquehanna Nuclear Plant Unit 2 Returns To Service after Turbine Repair
Source: NewsUnit 2 at the Susquehanna nuclear plant near Berwick, Pa., resumed generating electricity on Wednesday (6/29) after a planned refueling and maintenance outage that was extended…
CNSC Renews Operating License for Gentilly-2 Nuclear Generating Station and its Waste Management Facility
Source: NewsThe Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) announced last week that they have decided to renew for a five-year period the operating license issued to Hydro-Québec for…
NRC Approves 20-Year License Renewal for Salem Nuclear Plant
Source: NewsThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) approved PSEG Nuclear’s request to extend the operating licenses of Salem Generating Station Units 1 and 2 an additional 20 years.…
USEC Enters into Standstill Agreement with Toshiba and B&W to Obtain DOE Loan Guarantee
Source: NewsUSEC Inc. announced that it has entered into a standstill agreement with its strategic investors Toshiba Corporation (Toshiba), acting through its U.S. subsidiary Toshiba America Nuclear…
AREVA DZ Signs Services Agreements with Entergy Nuclear
Source: NewsAREVA DZ, LLC, a joint venture of AREVA and Day & Zimmerman ECM, has signed agreements with Entergy Nuclear for future upgrades at all nine Entergy…