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Unit 2 Earthworks Completed At Bushehr NPP Ahead Of Schedule
Source: NewsRussian nuclear construction giant Rosatom said Monday that the state-owned corporation’s engineering division Atomstroyexport Group has completed initial earthworks phase associated with the reactor building for…
Framatome Announces Major Instrumentation Upgrade Contract
Source: NewsFrench nuclear power supply and engineering contractor Framatome, formerly Areva, said Thursday it would be upgrading the Instrumentation & Control (I&C) system on EDF's 900 MWe…
World Nuclear Association's Rising Calls For Nuclear Power Future
Source: NewsIn a public conference taking place in Vienna concurrent with the International Atomic Energy Agency’s 62nd General Conference, Agneta Rising, the head of the World Nuclear…
Fort Calhoun Owners Consider Decon-style Decommissioning
Source: NewsThe board of directors of the Omaha Public Power District (OPPD), owners of the retired Fort Calhoun nuclear power plant in Nebraska have investigated the option…
Centrus Energy, Doosan Heavy Equipment, Sign MOU
Source: NewsU.S.-based Centrus Energy Corp., a nuclear fuel-supply and engineering company, said Monday that it had signed a Memorandum of Understanding with South Korean conglomerate Doosan Heavy…
NRC Prepares To Meet And Greet Hurricane Florence
Source: NewsThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Thursday it would be out in force reviewing safety and security protocols required by several nuclear power plants to prepare themselves…
Nuvia Awarded Dungeness Waste Transfer Facility Contract
Source: NewsNuclear engineering and project management concern Nuvia, based in Britain, said it had been awarded a contract to design, supply, integrate and commission plant and equipment…
CNNC Installs Four Major Karachi Components In 19 Days
Source: NewsChina National Nuclear Corporation said last week that it had reached a construction milestone at the Karachi nuclear power plant in Pakistan, where workers installed the…
NRC Approves Dominion-SCANA Merger
Source: NewsThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Friday that it had approved an indirect transfer of the South Carolina Electric and Gas Company's two-thirds interest in the Virgil…
IAEA Completes Phase I Infrastructure Review Of Sudan
Source: NewsThe International Atomic Energy Agency said it had complete a infrastructure review for the Republic of Sudan, a nation of 40 million persons that is interested…
NRC To Resume Review Of Waste Storage Specialist Site Application
Source: NewsThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) announced that it would resume a review for an consolidated interim spent fuel storage facility in Andrews County, Texas, on behalf…
Novovoronezh II, Unit 2, Begins Hot Testing
Source: NewsTesting at the Novovoronezh II NPP's Unit 2 has moved from cold testing to hot tests, state-controled Rosatom announced.
Welding Milestone Completed At Russian Research Reactor
Source: NewsThe welding for the basket and high pressure chamber for the sodium-cooled fast neutron reactor under construction at the Research Institute of Atomic Reactors in Russia…
MIT Report Says Costs Haunt Nuclear Industry
Source: NewsNuclear power could contribute significantly to the nation's goals of a low-carbon energy future, but higher costs are undermining that possibility, a report released this week…
Executive Changes at KeySource Thomas Thor Announced
Source: News–Press Release– Keith Wing will transition from the role of President and CEO of KeySource Thomas Thor, the global executive search division of Thomas Thor Associates,…
NRC Goes With "Dose-Based" Emergency Planning For SMR Plants
Source: NewsIn a preliminary response to the Tennessee Valley Authority's early site permit application concerning a small nuclear reactor facility at Clinch River, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission…
Cavendish Nuclear Tests Lightweight Plutonium Mapping System
Source: NewsCavandish Nuclear said it was testing a new system for mapping radioactive hotspots in a decommissioning project with technology that “promises to transform the decommissioning of…
Sanmen Unit 2 Begins Ascension Testing
Source: NewsA third Westinghouse Electric Company designed AP1000 reactor in China is now supplying power to the grid, the China National Nuclear Corporation along with partner State…
NRC To Review SONGS Storage Canister Incident
Source: NewsThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission said it would send team to the San Onore Nuclear Generatng Station to review an incident that came to light on August…
Spending On Bradwell B Giving Locals A Lift
Source: NewsLocal media near Bradwell, site of the future Bradwell B Nuclear Power Plant of Chinese design, are reporting that the region is already feeling associated economic…