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First Unit 3 Coolant Pumps In Place At Vogtle Project
Source: NewsTechnicians at the Vogtle nuclear expansion near Waynesboro, Georgia, have placed the first of four reactor coolant pumps (RCPs) into the Unit 3 containment vessel, Georgia…
GE Power To Supply Turbine Island For El Dabaa NPP
Source: NewsGE Power said Monday it won the contract to deliver the turbine island equipment for El Dabaa nuclear power plant project in Egypt through AAEM its…
NRC Approves Final Safety Evaluation Of APR 1400 Design
Source: NewsThe U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued a final safety evaluation report and standard design approval for Korea Electric Power Corporation and Korea Hydro & Nuclear…
Centrus Contracted To Decommission K-1600 Facility
Source: NewsNuclear fuel and service provider Centrus Energy Corp. said Friday that it had been awarded a $15 million Work Authorization from the U.S. Department of Energy…
Rosatom Closes In On Six-Reactor Deal With India
Source: NewsFollowing a leadership summit in India, Russian and Indian leaders signed a pact that could pave the way for a six-reactor construction deal at a site…
Fuel Loaded Into World's Only Floating NPP
Source: NewsRussian nuclear power giant Rosatom said Wednesday that Baltijskiy Zavod specialists completed (on October 2, 2018) loading nuclear fuel into the second of two reactors –…
U.S. DOE Extends Cleanup Contract At Portsmouth Diffusion Plant
Source: NewsU.S. Department of Energy has has extended Fluor-BWXT's Portsmouth's cleanup and decommissioning contract at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Pike County, Ohio, with a 30-month…
ASN Widens Probe Of Flamanville 3 Welding
Source: NewsFrench regulator ASN (Autorite De Surete Nucleaire) chastised the utility EDF this week in a letter that says that certain welds at the nearly completed Flamanville…
Reactor Developer Transatomic Power Closes Shop
Source: NewsNuclear reactor developer Transatomic Power, which aimed to create molten-salt reactor and make use of used reactor fuel, said Tuesday that it is shuttering its operations…
Operational Staff On Board For Ostravets NPP Unit 1
Source: NewsThe head of training at the nearly complete Belarus Nuclear Power Plant in Ostravets said nearly all of the jobs involved in operating Unit 1, scheduled…
Wyoming Takes Over Regulating Radioactive Materials
Source: NewsThe state of Wyoming in a signing ceremony this month in Cheyenne became the 38th state to be authorized to take over regulatory jurisprudence over certain…
Exelon Applauds Ruling Affirming Zero Emissions Credit Plan
Source: NewsExelon Corporation on Thursday applauded the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruling that said this week that the state’s Zero Emissions Credit (ZEC)…
Hinkley Point C Joint Venture To Merge Engineering Teams
Source: NewsEngineering firms Balfour Beatty Bailey, Cavendish Nuclear and Doosan Babcock said Thursday they had formed a partnership, officially called MEH Joint Venture, to deliver the erection…
Vogtle Expansion Co-Owners Strike Deal To Continue Project
Source: NewsThe co-owners of the two-reactor Plant Vogtle expansion project in Waynesboro, Georgia, have arrived at a joint agreement meant to put the brakes on cost increases…
Joint Venture CAST Delivers Fuel Cladding Tubes To Fuqing NPP
Source: NewsOn September 20, Framatome and the China National Nuclear Corporation, through their joint venture CAST, has delivered on time and on scheduled, the first batch of…
Regulator Extends Licenses For Olkiluoto NPP 1 and 2
Source: NewsWhile delays have pushed back the expected start date for the Olkiluoto 3 reactor in Finland to 2019, the two predecessors at the power plant, Olkiluoto…
Framatome To Supply Susquehanna NPP With Atrium 11 Fuel
Source: NewsFramatome said Tuesday it had signed a contract with Talen Energy’s Susquehanna Nuclear, LLC, to supply its advanced ATRIUM 11 fuel design.
BWXT To Start SMR Engineering For Manufacturing Phase
Source: NewsNext generation reactor developer NuScale Power said Tuesday that it had chosen Virginia-based BWX Technologies, Inc. (BWXT) to start the engineering work to manufacture the company's…
Oglethorpe Power Calls For Cap On Vogtle Expansion Costs
Source: NewsOglethorpe Power, a 30 percent stakeholder in the Plant Vogtle two-reactor expansion project said Monday that its board of directors had approved of completion of the…
Belgian Regulator Confirms New Concrete Problems Found
Source: NewsBelgian nuclear power regulator FANC (Federal Agency for Nuclear Control) said power plant operator ENGIE Electrabel had inspected Doel 4 and Tighange 2 reactors and conformed…