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Miners In Australia Call For End To Nuclear Power Ban
Source: NewsThe top mining organization in Australia has once again asked the government to consider ending its ban on nuclear power in the country, which it says…
Russia Develops New Cost-Efficient Fuel Casing Material
Source: NewsRussian scientists at the National Nuclear Research University, funded by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research in conjunction with Tsinghua University's department of engineering physicists in…
Rosatom Prepares Leningrad Phase II Unit For First Criticality
Source: NewsRussia's state-owned nuclear corporation Rosatom said that Unit 1 of the the Leningrad Phase II construction project is being prepared for first criticality after the completion…
Cold Testing Completed At Flammanville Unit 3
Source: NewsEDF has completed the cold functional test phase for the Flamanville EPR, ending a test phase that started on Dec. 18, the company said.
ENEC Prepares Barakah Unit 2 For Hot Testing
Source: NewsPreparations are underway for plant hot functional testing for Unit 2 at the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant construction project in the United Arab Emirates, the Emirates…
CNNC Installs Third Fuqing Unit 5 Steam Generator
Source: NewsWithin two months, crews at the Fuquing nuclear power plant in the Fujian province of China have installed all three of Unit 5's steam generators, the…
NRC Approves NuScale's Fundamental SMR Safety Feature
Source: NewsThe U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has concluded that application of NuScale Power’s safety design approach related to its small modular reactor (SMR) eliminates the need…
CNNC, New AREVA Affirm Commitment To Project
Source: NewsNew AREVA and its Chinese partner China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) said Tuesday they had signed an accord for the Chinese commercial used fuel treatment and…
Bad Timing And Snow Hits Nuclear Support Bill In N.J.
Source: NewsIn fighting in the New Jersey capital and bad timing, given the turnover in the governor's mansion in the state, could derail and effort to provide…
Canadian Board Trims OPG Budget Request
Source: NewsOntario Power Generation (OPG) must cut $500 million from its $16.8 billion budget request for nuclear operations submitted to the Ontario Energy Board (OEB) in May…
SCANA Corp. Accepts Tentative $14.6B Purchase Offer
Source: NewsA tentative purchase offer from Dominion Energy of $14.6 billion has been accepted for SCANA Corp., media reports indicated Wednesday.
IAEA: Gains Among Concerns In 2017
Source: NewsThe year 2017 continued the 60-year anniversary celebrations at the U.N.'s International Atomic Energy Agency, which remains dedicated to its mission of providing global nuclear safeguards…
SCE&G Takes Formal Step To Withdraw From Project
Source: NewsSCANA Corp. said Thursday that its subsidiary South Carolina Electric & Gas Company, had taken the formal step of withdrawing from the V.C. Summer nuclear plant…
Deadly Arsenic Binds With Uranium With Far-Reaching Benefits
Source: NewsUsing powerful synchrotron X-ray imaging, scientists at the University of Sheffield in Britain announced recently that they had discovered uranium at the country's only uranium ore…
EDF In Expected Deal Buys 75.5% Of New NP
Source: NewsIn a long-expected deal, French utility, operator of all of the country's nuclear power plants, signed an agreement on Friday to purchase 75.5 percent of New…
Cleanup Begins at Evacuated Futaba, Close To Meltdowns
Source: NewsCleanup has begun in a “special reconstruction zone” of the town of Futaba in the evacuation zone close to the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Generating Station, which…
Toshiba Unveils Latest Fukushima Daiichi Probe
Source: NewsWith necessity the mother of invention, Toshiba Corp. on Friday released details of a 43-foot long probe designed to do wide scanning inside the No. 2…
Kansai To Decommission Oi Units 1 And 2
Source: NewsJapanese utility Kansai Electric Power Company said Friday that it would cost too much to upgrade two units at the Oi nuclear power plant in central…
BWXT Lands $1.4B Los Alamos Cleanup Contract
Source: NewsBWX Technologies Inc., said Thursday it had landed a major Los Alamos Legacy Cleanup Contract along with lead partner Stoller Newport News Nuclear (SN3), a subsidiary…
NRC Sends Inspection Team To Clinton NPP
Source: NewsThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Wednesday the agency had launched a Special Inspection at the Clinton nuclear power plant to review the circumstances surrounding the failure…