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Boaters Rescued Near Perry Nuclear Plant
Source: NewsThe U.S. Coast Guard pulled three Ohio men from Lake Erie Tuesday after their disabled boat was pushed into a breakwater near the Perry nuclear plant.…
DOE Awards Decommissioning Services Contract to CH2M Hill-B&W West Valley
Source: NewsThe Department of Energy (DOE) today awarded a contract to CH2M Hill-B&W West Valley of Englewood, Colorado, for the Phase I Decommissioning and Facility Disposition activities…
TEPCO Restarts Fukushima Water Treatment After Fixing More Leaks
Source: NewsCrews have restarted a system to decontaminate and reuse water for core cooling at the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant after another set of leaks forced…
Forest Fire Forces Evacuation of Los Alamos National Lab
Source: NewsA forest fire adjacent to the Los Alamos National Laboratory prompted an evacuation of the 11,000-employee lab Tuesday. LANL announced it has suspended research and closed…
Westinghouse AP1000 Reaches Major Milestone in License Approval in the UK
Source: NewsWestinghouse today welcomed the announcement from the UK nuclear safety regulator that the “Regulatory Issue” connected with the design of the company’s AP1000 nuclear plant had…
NRC Renews Prairie Island Nuclear Plant License for 20 More Years
Source: NewsXcel Energy officials today welcomed the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s renewal of operating licenses for Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant units 1 and 2 for 20…
Regulators Say TEPCO Delayed Reporting Radiation, Hydrogen Buildup at Fukushima
Source: NewsTokyo Electric Power Co. faces new accusations that it withheld critical information from regulators in the early hours of the Fukushima Daiichi crisis, including the likely…
French President Pledges $1.43 Billion for Nuclear Development
Source: NewsWhile neighboring Germany backs off its use of nuclear power, French President Nicolas Sarkozy has announced that his country will invest 1 billion euros ($1.43 billion)…
Constellation Energy Nuclear Group Announces Leadership Appointments at R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant
Source: NewsConstellation Energy Nuclear Group, LLCSM (CENG) announced leadership changes Friday at its R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant, located in Ontario, N.Y., including Joe Pacher as Site…
Progress Energy to Complete Repairs on Crystal River Nuclear Plant
Source: NewsProgress Energy Florida has provided an update to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and the Florida Public Service Commission (FPSC) regarding the status of its Crystal…
TEPCO Begins Recirculating Treated Water in Fukushima Reactors
Source: NewsIn what could be a major step forward at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, Tokyo Electric Power Co. has started using treated water from plant basements…
Robot Aircraft’s Engine Fails Above Fukushima Daiichi
Source: NewsA remote-controlled aircraft monitoring the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan lost power today, making an emergency landing on top of a reactor building. Bloomberg…
Comment Period on ESBWR Design Ends with GE-Hitachi Optimistic
Source: NewsGE-Hitachi's reaffirmed its fall forecast for regulatory approval of its new boiling water reactor with the close of the public comment process earlier this month. The…
Westinghouse Develops Passive Thermal Shutdown Seal to Protect a Reactor’s Core
Source: NewsWestinghouse Electric Company has developed and implemented a passive thermal shutdown seal that protects a nuclear plant's reactor core by preventing loss of reactor coolant system…
Surry Reactor Down Again After Problem Detected in Cooling System
Source: NewsFollowing an outage brought on by April's tornado outbreak across the South, Virginia's Surry nuclear plant briefly restarted its unit 2 reactor but took the unit…
Handwritten Records Leave TEPCO Unable to Find 69 Workers For Health Checks
Source: NewsDrawing further scorn from Japanese regulators, Tokyo Electric Power Co. has said it cannot find a number of subcontractor employees who worked at the Fukuhsima Daiichi…
NRC Grants Wyoming Uranium Project Favorable FEIS
Source: NewsThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission recently found that Ur Energy's Lost Creek uranium recovery project will have no environmental impacts that preclude its licensing. A final supplemental…
Humidity Drops as Doors Open at Fukushima Unit, Radiation Release Small
Source: NewsRadiation readings at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant grounds were unchanged Monday after workers opened the doors to reactor unit 2. The doors were opened gradually…
Westinghouse to Begin Fuel Shipments to Watts Bar Unit 2
Source: NewsWestinghouse announced Monday that it will soon begin shipping fuel to Tennessee's Watts Bar unit 2 – scheduled to be the first U.S. reactor to come…
After Five Hours, Accumulated Radiation Forces TEPCO To Stop Water Treatment
Source: NewsWater filters expected to last a month accumulated excessive radiation levels after only five hours this weekend at Japan's severely damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. After…