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AREVA Does Its Part To Address The Need For Future Nuclear Talent
Topics: Industry & BusinessSource: NewsAREVA Sponsors Engineering Leadership Academy At UNC Charlotte – By Jack Bryar – AREVA is expanding its commitment to The University of North Carolina at Charlotte's…
TEPCO Will Hire More Nuclear Professionals; Wants To Restart Reactor
Source: NewsTEPCO to employ additional nuclear staff for operations of power stations – By Linton Levy – TOKYO ELECTRIC POWER CO. (TEPCO) has announced that it plans to take…
AREVA Teams With Mitsubishi On New Nuclear Fuel Company
Source: NewsMitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), AREVA, Mitsubishi Materials Corporation (MMC) and Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) create a Joint Venture of Full-fledged Nuclear Fuel Fabrication Business – By…
EPRI-INL Report Details Nuclear Energy Strategy
Source: NewsA Strategy for Nuclear Energy Research and Development, outlines necessary research – By Linton Levy – A new report co-authored by the Electric Power Research Institute…
Mirion Technologies Earns Chinese Nuclear Safety Equipment Certification
Source: NewsMirion Technologies Receives Nuclear Safety Equipment Certification from the People’s Republic of China – By Mark McFadden – Mirion Technologies Radiation Monitoring Systems Division today announced…
Constellation Energy Reports Q4 And 2008 Results; Highlights EDF JV
Topics: Industry & BusinessSource: NewsCites Significant Progress on Previously Announced Strategic Initiatives, Provides 2009 and 2010 Guidance – By Jack Bryar – Constellation Energy (NYSE:CEG) has reported results for the…
NRG Energy, Inc. Issues Open Letter To NRG Stockholders
Topics: Industry & BusinessSource: NewsNuclear development partnership, NINA, has achieved success upon success with the STP 3&4 – Edited by Stephen Heiser – NRG Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NRG) has issued…
Progress Energy Sees Healthy Q4; Nuclear A Major Contributor To Profitability
Source: NewsCompany intends to build new nuclear plants and retire coal plants – By Stephen Heiser – Progress Energy [NYSE: PGN] has announced fourth-quarter reported GAAP earnings…
OPPD Plans Power Uprate At Nuclear Plant
Topics: Plant OperationsSource: NewsDistrict’s nuclear plant is undertaking a power uprate project that will add approximately 75 megawatts – By Mark McFadden – By 2013, the Omaha Public Power…
NRC: Reactors Must Survive Aircraft Strikes
Source: NewsNRC issues final rule on new reactor aircraft impact assessments – By April Murelio – The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued a final rule that…
NRC Approves Rule Incorporating EPA Standards For Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository
Source: NewsChanges affect the period beyond 10,000 years and up to 1 million years – By Jack Bryar – The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved a final…
FPL CEO Calls For More Nuclear, Renewables, And Transmission Capacity
Source: NewsChairman and CEO of Leading Renewable Energy Provider Calls for Prompt Action to Foster a Clean-Energy Economy – By April Murelio – A dramatic expansion of renewable…
Scottish Minister Jim Murphy: Nuclear Power in Scotland’s Best Interest
Topics: Policy & RegulationSource: NewsJim Murphy, the UK's Minister for Scotland spoke in favor of nuclear power – By April Murelio – Speakers at the PIME 2009 conference were sanguine about…
PIME 2009 Finds UK Opinion Warming To Nuclear Power
Topics: Policy & RegulationSource: NewsOpposition at the lowest level ever found by Ipsos-Mori, and support at the highest – By Linton Levy – These revelations came at the PIME 2009…
AEE: 88% Of Energy Professionals Surveyed Indicate U.S. Must Encourage Nuclear Power And Jobs
Source: NewsThe Association of Energy Engineers (AEE), a nonprofit professional society of over 9,500 members, has released the results of the survey on Jobs and Energy Independence. –…
France And Jordan Establish Five Nuclear Cooperation Taskforces
Source: NewsFrench companies, especially AREVA, as well as French universities and technical institutes will train Jordanian engineers – By Jack Bryar – The Joint Higher Jordanian-French…
Mirion Technologies Gets Contract For The Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant
Source: NewsContract will ensure the safe monitoring and inspection of spent fuel for the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant in Lithuania – By April Murelio – California's Mirion Technologies…
GE Energy Will Extend Reliable Operating Life of Hydro-Québec’s Gentilly-2 Nuclear Generating Station
Source: NewsGE Energy will replace and enhance key steam turbine and generator components – By Stephen Heiser – Hydro-Québec, one of the largest electric utilities in North…
NRG Q4 Net Grows; Company to Sell Stake In Nuclear Enterprise
Source: NewsCompany boosts profits while teaming with Toshiba and fighting with Exelon – By April Murelio – NRG Energy, which saw its fourth-quarter profit more than doubled…
The U.S. Nuclear Energy Industry Continued To Add Jobs Last Year
Source: NewsNuclear plants maintain solid performance in difficult times, Wall Street analysts told – Edited by Stephen Heiser – A bright light amid the nation’s…