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Savannah River Nuclear Solutions Wins Safety Award at SRS
Source: News"Time and again Savannah River Nuclear Solutions has proven how highly they value employee safety," said Inés Triay, Ph.D., DOE Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management. –…
Japan Pursuing Nuclear Power Market in Vietnam
Source: News"We're ready to offer any kind of assistance, including financing and personnel training," Naoshima told Dung. – Edited By Chris Reed – Japan is going all-out…
Bloomberg: Merkel Standing by Nuclear Windfall Tax
Source: News"I want us to meet our goals in budget consolidation and we're looking at a certain payment from the nuclear plant operators," Merkel said during a…
Radiation Safety Group Says Virginia Uranium Mining Safe, not Harmful to Environment
Source: NewsSource Virginia Energy Independence Alliance In what is being viewed as a landmark demonstration of public support in the scientific community, the President of the Virginia…
Bruce Power’s CANDU Reactors Rebuild in Units 1 and 2
Source: News"The quality of workmanship, attention to detail, and ability to deliver results in a tough work environment are a credit to the boilermakers, millwrights, electricians, and…
Two of Three Minnesota Governor Contenders Support Lifting the Ban on New Nuclear Plants
Source: News– Edited By Chris Reed – Two of three contenders for Minnesota governor say they support lifting a longtime ban on new nuclear power plants in…
Exelon to Decommission Zion Station – $1 Billion / 10 Year Project
Source: News– Edited By Tom Lamar – In the next few weeks, Exelon Corp. will undertake the first segment of a massive spending program in Illinois that will…
NRC Publishes Volume 1 of Yucca Mountain Safety Evaluation
Source: News– Source NRC – The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has published the first volume of the agency staff's safety evaluation report on the Department of Energy's license…
AEHI Cites United Nations Data on Global Water Crisis and Urges Wider Use of Nuclear Desalination Reactors
Source: News"The worldwide fresh water crisis, which is expected to outstrip supply by 2025 per the UN, could be helped significantly by using desalination systems powered by…
Vietnam Delegation Meets With AREVA to Discuss Nuclear Power
Source: News– Edited By Chris Reed – A delegation from the Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade, led by Deputy Minister Do Huu Hao, ended a visit…
Bloomberg: Merkel Says She Expects to Proceed With Nuclear Tax
Source: News"We have suggested a tax and as long as there's no other proposal on the table, we'll stick with it," Chancellor Angela Merkel said. – Edited…
Japan Working on a $645 Million Project to Develop Longer-lasting Jumbo-sized Reactors by 2030
Source: NewsJapan is targeting sales to the U.S., Europe and at home, where 270 reactors will likely be replaced by 2050 after reaching a 60-year use-by date.…
Annual Energy Review 2009 Released- Summary Data on Energy Production, Consumption, Imports, and Exports
Source: NewsBy Tom Lamar The Annual Energy Review 2009 (AER), was just released on August 19, 2010, provides EIA's most comprehensive look at integrated energy statistics. Summary statistics from the report…
Bangladesh Delegation to Visit Russian Nuclear Power Plants
Source: NewsBangladesh is seeking Russia's assistance in setting up two nuclear reactors with a capacity of 1,000 megawatts each. – Edited By Tom Lamar – A Bangladesh…
UK’s Dungeness B Nuclear Plant Back Online After Outage
Source: News"These were technically challenging inspections but we're pleased to say no problems were identified.", Dungeness B Station Director Graham Finn said. Edited By Tom Lamar –…
NIST and PaR System’s RoboCrane to Help Cleanup at Chernobyl
Source: News– Edited By Chris Reed – A modified version of the RoboCrane®, a unique floating platform developed by manufacturing research engineers at the National Institute of…
CH2M HILL Completes Retrieval of Highly Radioactive Waste from Settler Tubes in Hanford’s K West Basin
Source: News"Capturing the sludge from the settler tubes in the 100-K West Basin will pave the way for complete sludge removal and supports DOE's vision of completing…
South Korea Wants to Seal the Deal for Turkey Nuclear Reactor Export Deal This Year
Source: News"The United Arab Emirates deal was an important start, although a second contract is needed to establish South Korea as a viable 'player' in the nuclear…
China Guangdong Nuclear Power Group Will provide Nuclear Technology Transfer to Vietnam per MOU
Source: News– By Chris Reed – China Guangdong Nuclear Power Group recently signed a memorandum of understanding with the Vietnam Atomic Energy Commission for cooperation in the…
San Onofre’s Unit 3 Replacement Steam Generators Arrive in Port
Source: NewsIt's all part of a $691 million upgrade meant to allow the plant to continue operating at least until its present license expires in 2022. – Edited…