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Where Does EPA's ACE Proposal Leave Nuclear Power?
Source: NewsThe Trump administration's Affordable Clean Energy plan (ACE) designates steps for states to manage performances of power plants with customized on-site targets, a boon to coal-fired…
Bechtel Selected As Construction Manager For Wylfa Newydd NPP
Source: NewsEngineering and construction giant Bechtel said Thursday that it had been selected as the project manager by Horizon Nuclear Power for the two-reactor project slated for…
GSE Awarded Contracts In Korea And Slovakia
Source: NewsGSE Systems of Columbia, Maryland, said it had been awarded two contracts to update power plant simulators at two separate nuclear facilities. The contracts, the company…
Oglethorpe Power Board To Revisit Commitment To Vogtle Expansion
Source: NewsA critical vote in September by the board members at Oglethorpe Power, owners of 30 percent of the Plant Vogtle expansion project in Georgia, could decide…
FirstEnergy Solutions Files Training Plan For Plant Closures
Source: NewsOhio-based FirstEnergy Solutions said Wednesday that it had submitted plans with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission detailing how it would train its staff to begin decommissioning at…
Canada Extends Pickering NPP License With Closure Caveat
Source: NewsThe Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) announced on August 8 that it would renew Ontario Power Generation Inc.’s (OPG) Nuclear Power Reactor Operating Licence for the…
AP1000 Units In China Notch Operational Milestones
Source: NewsFour Westinghouse AP1000 reactor construction projects in China nearing completion continue to pass operational milestones on their way towards commercial operating status, the latest represented by…
SNC-Lavalin Signs Fuel Contract With China's Qinshan Nuclear Power Company
Source: NewsSNC-Lavalin said it had signed an engineering service contract and a licensing agreement with China’s Third Qinshan Nuclear Power Company Limited (TQNPC) to implement 37M Natural…
Federal Government Seeks New Rationale For Supporting Nuclear
Source: NewsA top official with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has said that the federal government is attempting to create a list of power plants that…
Orano To Supply Fuel Storage System To Wolf Creek NPP
Source: NewsOrano TN, the Orano subsidiary providing used fuel management and transportation services, has been selected by Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Company (WCNOC) to design, build and…
British Report Recommends Subsidies For SMR Development
Source: NewsA study commissioned by the British government on financial considerations of small modular reactors said Tuesday that SMR developers should be given subsidies to help the…
Holtec Completes Assembly Removal From Vermont Yankee Storage Pools
Source: NewsHoltec International said that it had successfully completed in record time the largest defueling project of a BWR plant in the United States at the Vermont…
Unit 2 Barakah Hot Functional Testing Is Done
Source: NewsThe Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) said Monday that hot functional testing (HFT) for Unit 2 of the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant had been completed.
Westinghouse Sale To Brookfield Done, Bankruptcy Over
Source: NewsThe saga of Westinghouse Electric Company's disruptive bankruptcy is over with the sale of the company from Japanese owner Toshiba to the Brookfield Business Partners investment…
Holtec To Decommission Pilgrim And Palisades NPPs
Source: NewsEntergy Corp. said Thursday that it had agreed to part with the subsidiaries that own the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Massachusetts and the Palisades Power…
Valcor Acquires Rights to Manufacture and Sell CU Services Products
Source: News–Press Release– Valcor Engineering, a designer and manufacturer of solenoid valves and flow control components for liquids and gases, is proud to announce they have acquired…
Decommissioning Milestone — Waste Removal — Achieved At Bradwell
Source: NewsBradwell Site in Britain is a step closer to closure and full decommissioning, as work to remove the final remaining radioactive waste stream from the site…
IAEA Team Completes Infrastructure Review In Saudi Arabia
Source: NewsAn International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said Tuesday that a team of experts has concluded a twelve-day mission to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to review…
Nuclear Power Holding Steady In Britain
Source: NewsOn the heels of a $263 million Nuclear Sector Deal between the industry and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, the British government said…
Cameco To Extend Production Halt At Two Sites
Source: NewsSensing a weak uranium market, Canada- and Kazakhstan-based mining concern Cameco said in its second quarter statement that it would continue with a production halt at…