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Exelon Realigns And Announces Executive Promotions
Source: NewsPardee will have overall responsibility for Exelon Generation’s power generation fleet, which includes the Exelon Nuclear and Exelon Power business units. In his new role, Pardee…
International Atomic Energy Agency Forum On Spent Fuel Management
Source: NewsExperts to Exchange Ideas and Experiences on Management of Spent Fuel at Event – By Giovanni Verlini, IAEA Division of Public Information – Exhaused nuclear fuel…
Dresser Consolidated and Dresser Masoneilan Awarded More Than $20 Million in Control Valve Contracts From Chinese Nuclear Power Plants
Source: NewsNuclear Power Plant Projects Include Hongyanghe, Ningde, Yanjiang, Fangjiashan and Fuqing – By April Murelio – Dresser Consolidated and Dresser Masoneilan has announced that they have…
NNSA Announces New Satellite Detection Capability
Source: NewsThe launch advances President Obama’s broader nuclear nonproliferation agenda and strengthens the NNSA-USAF partnership that has ensured continuous global nuclear detonation detection coverage for nearly half…
Anticipated Purchse Of Areva T&D Triggers Offer For Share Of Areva T&D India
Source: NewsThe anticipated acquisition of Areva T&D by Schneider Electric and Alstom triggers a mandatory offer for 20% of the share capital of Areva T&D India Ltd.…
Siemens Will Upgrade Turbines At Vatttenfall Ringhals Nuclear Power Plant In Sweden
Source: NewsRinghals nuclear power plant is located in Värobacka, Sweden, approximately 60 kilometers south of Gothenburg and comprises four units – one boiling water reactor and three…
IAEA: Lessons On Radioactive Waste And Spent Fuel Management
Source: NewsIAEA Promotes Sharing of Experience and Good Practices Among States – By Giovanni Verlini, IAEA Division of Public Information – Radioactive waste and spent fuel are…
NRC Chairman Jaczko’s Remarks For Meeting On The Agency Action Review Meeting
Source: NewsIn 2009, both reactor and material licensees demonstrated good performance overall. At this year’s AARM, there were no reactor licensees that warranted discussion, and only two…
NNSA Hosts 26 Nations for Nuclear Emergency Response Training
Source: NewsThis workshop is part of NNSA’s broader effort to build and enhance the global capacity to prevent and respond to nuclear and radiological emergencies, and it…
President Obama Announces Key Energy Post Nomination
Source: NewsNeile L. Miller, Nominee for Principal Deputy Administrator, National Nuclear Security Administration, Department of Energy – By Mark McFadden – President Barack Obama has also announced…
GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy Donates Energy Software To Help Poland Train Local Engineers for Proposed Nuclear Power Plants
Source: NewsGEH Deal With SNC-Lavalin Polska to Enhance Support of Poland’s Nuclear Energy Initiative – By Stephen Heiser – GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) has announced a…
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Issues Inspection Report On Vermont Yankee Groundwater Contamination Issues
Source: NewsBased on the results of this inspection, the NRC determined that Entergy-Vermont Yankee (ENVY) appropriately evaluated the contaminated groundwater with respect to off-site effluent release limits…
NRC Appoints Brannen Adkins Resident Inspector For MOX Facility
Source: NewsThe MOX facility, which will be owned by the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration, is part of an effort to make surplus weapons-grade plutonium…
Dassault Systemes Announces New Multiphysics Technology in Abaqus Release 6.10 from SIMULIA
Source: NewsDassault Systèmes (DS), a leader in 3D and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, has announced the availability of Abaqus 6.10, the leading unified Finite Element Analysis…
Nuclear Indusrty Public Outreach: Entergy Sponsors the #78 Nuclear Clean Air Energy Race Car At The Indianapolis 500
Source: NewsEntergy is leveraging the IndyCar Series partnership to educate the public about the green benefits of nuclear power and to aid college and university student recruiting…
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to Collaborate with Weir of the UK in Nuclear Power Plant Pumps
Source: NewsMHI will be responsible for pump design and manufacture, and Weir will take charge of sales support, project management, installation and after-sale services – By Stephen…
Energy Secretary Steven Chu Announces $38 Million for 42 University-Led Nuclear Research and Development Projects
Source: NewsWe are taking action to restart the nuclear industry as part of a broad approach to cut carbon pollution and create new clean energy jobs,” said…
NRC Will Discuss Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage Plans For Salem Nuclear Power Plant
Source: NewsNuclear power plants have two options for the storage of spent nuclear fuel: It can be stored in a plant’s circulating-water spent fuel pool or in…
Senator Voinovich Encouraged By USEC’S Formation Of Financial Partnership
Source: NewsThis is yet another step towards USEC meeting the criteria for a loan guarantee. I know that USEC will submit the financial documents to the U.S.…
Bloomberg: China in Talks With Russia, France On Fourth Generation Reactors
Source: NewsState-owned CNNC could start building two 800-megawatt experimental fast reactors around 2013 and operations may start before 2020. China plans to master the technology by 2020,…