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Rosatom Starts Hydraulic Testing At Rostov 4
Source: NewsRussia's state-owned nuclear corporation Rosatom said Tuesday that hydraulic tests had begun at its latest VVER-1000/V-320 reactor, Rostov Unit 4, which reached first criticality in early…
Olkiluoto 3 Hot Functionality Tests Underway
Source: NewsHot functionality tests at Olkiluoto Unit 3 in Finland, which will take months to complete, are underway at the first assembled European Pressurized Reactor (EPR), the…
FAA Bans Drones Over Federal Nuclear Sites
Source: NewsThe Federal Aviation Administration said this week that it would add seven federal nuclear sites to its no-fly list for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), commonly known…
New AREVA Lands Three Waste Service Contracts
Source: NewsNew AREVA said Monday it had signed three contracts valued at nearly 9 million euros ($10.63 million) in the past three months for treatment and management…
French President, Backing Nuclear, Says Pick Your Battle
Source: News“You have to pick your battle,” said French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday, in effect ruling out the push to phase out nuclear power in the…
NRC Issues Confirmatory Order To Global Nuclear Fuel-Americas
Source: NewsThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission, noting three apparent violations involving a scrap metal shipment, said Monday it had issued a confirmatory order to the Global Nuclear Fuel-Americas…
CGN Replacing Component At Nearly Complete Taishan Unit 1
Source: NewsWith construction all but completed at Unit 1 of China's Taishan nuclear power plant 130 kilometers from Hong Kong, the unit having already completed cold functional…
Japanese Court Shuts Down Ikata NPP Unit 3
Source: NewsOne of Japan's reactor restarts out of its five currently operating nuclear reactors has been shut down by the Hiroshima High Court, which has overruled a…
Toshiba Pays $3.68 Billion To Vogtle Expansion Owners
Source: NewsGeorgia Power and the other Vogtle co-owners, Oglethorpe Power, MEAG Power and Dalton Utilities said Thursday they had received a total of $3.68 billion in parent…
Mayak Official Says No Leak Occurred In September
Source: NewsThe Ruthenium-106 spike detected by several European atmospheric monitoring networks in late September could have originated at a nuclear processing plant in Russia, although officials at…
Rusatom Delivers Turbo-Generator To Armenian NPP
Source: NewsRusatom Service of Russia announced the competed delivery of a new turbo generators for the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant in Metsamor as part of a refurbishment…
SCANA Offers To Gift Expansion Project Site To South Carolina
Source: NewsSantee Cooper, the state owned utility in South Carolina that is minority owner of the now suspended V.C. Summer nuclear power plant expansion project, already knows…
DOE Approves Toshiba, Vogtle Co-owners Pay Schedule
Source: NewsGeorgia Power said Friday that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) had issued the final approval needed for Georgia Power's new agreement with Toshiba, the parent…
Fusion Reactor Construction At Halfway Point, Says ITER
Source: NewsOfficials of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) in France, building what is called the most complex human project ever, said Thursday that construction of the…
L3 MAPPS to Deliver Two Classroom Simulators to EDF Energy’s Nuclear Power Academy
Source: News–Press Release– L3 MAPPS announced today that it has been contracted by EDF Energy Nuclear Generation to supply two classroom simulators to its Nuclear Power Academy…
Kepco Top Pick For Moorside NPP Development
Source: NewsAn announcement naming Korean conglomerate Kepco as the preferred bidder for the Moorside nuclear power plant project and noting that the company is expected to purchase…
Fluor Contracted For Refurbishment Work At Darlington NPP
Source: NewsFluor Corporation announced Monday that it had been awarded a contract of an undisclosed value that includes replacing the emergency power generators for Units 1 and…
Saudi Arabia Open To U.S. Bids For Nuclear Plants
Source: NewsA meeting between Saudi Arabia's energy minister Khalid al-Falih and U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry in Vienna concluded with no nuclear power pact announcement being made.…
Yemen Rebels Claim Attack On Barakah Plant Under Construction
Source: NewsRegional conflict in the Middle East came to the nuclear power industry over the weekend, according to rebel fighters in Yeman, who claimed they had fired…
Hanford Completes Sludge Removal At First Tank Farm
Source: NewsClean up work at the Hanford Site in Washington State – production base for weapons-bound plutonium in previous years – has reached a milestone with completion…