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L3 MAPPS to Assist ABB With Simulator Update for Fermi 2 Nuclear Power Plant
Source: News–Press Release– MONTREAL, August 21, 2017 – L3 MAPPS announced today that under a contract with Swiss industrial technology company ABB it will update the simulator…
Canadian Nuclear Lab Finds Broad Small Reactor Support
Source: NewsCanada's primary research facility for nuclear research, Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL), said that its request for expression of interest (RFEOI) notices concerning small nuclear reactors, had…
ASN Initiates New Review Of Le Creusot Forged Parts
Source: NewsThe national nuclear power regulator in France, Autorite de Surete Nucleaire (ASN) has opened a public review of an order that would force utility giant EDF…
OneAIM Partnership Awarded $188 Million Contract For Sellafield Support
Source: NewsAmec Foster Wheeler said Friday that joint venture OneAIM had been awarded a $188 million, four-year contract to provide facility support, along with partner Inferserve, for…
NRC Approves Power Uprate For Browns Ferry NPP
Source: NewsThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Wednesday it had approved Tennessee Valley Authority’s request for a 14.3 percent increase in the generating capacity of Browns Ferry Nuclear…
Steam Generator For Unit 3 In Place At Vogtle Project
Source: NewsGeorgia Power announced Wednesday that the first steam generator has been placed at the Vogtle nuclear expansion project near Waynesboro, Georgia.
Kyushu Delays Restarts At Genkai NPP
Source: NewsThe restart of units 3 and 4 at Kyushu Electirc Power Company's Genkai nuclear generating station is being postponed from this coming fall to later in…
Oak Ridge Ships Transuranic Waste After Five Year Suspension
Source: NewsFor the first time since 2012, processed and treated transuranic waste is leaving Oak Ridge’s Transuranic Waste Processing Center for permanent disposal at the Waste Isolation…
Energy Futures Initiative Report Calls For Nuclear Power Support
Source: NewsA report from the Energy Futures Initiative, headed by former Energy Department Secretary Ernest Moniz, calls for greater support for nuclear power based on the premise…
BWXT Canada To Fabricate Steam Drums For Unit 6 At Bruce Power
Source: NewsBWX Technologies, Inc., said Monday that that its subsidiary BWXT Canada Ltd. (BWXT) has been awarded a $48CA million amendment to its existing steam generator purchase…
IAEA Completes Follow Up Review Of Kashiwazaki-Kariwa NPP
Source: NewsThe U.N.'s International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said that a review of Japan's Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Station by an international team of experts recommended more work…
IAEA Projects "High Potential" For Nuclear Power Growth
Source: NewsThe U.N.'s nuclear watchdog group, the International Atomic Energy Agency, said this week that the growth potential for nuclear power remains high, taking the long view,…
South Carolina Governor Considers Options For V.C. Summer
Source: NewsThe sale of state-owned Santee Cooper is one of the options South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster is considering in an effort to revive the suspended two-reactor…
NEI Seeks To Block Texas From Nuclear Waste Fund Withdrawal
Source: NewsIn an effort to keep the Nuclear Waste Fund intact, the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) this week filed a legal brief in the U.S. 5th Circuit…
Southern CO. Expects New Costs At Vogtle Expansion
Source: NewsIn a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission Wednesday, Southern Co. said that it would cost an additional $1 billion to $1.7 billion to complete…
June Accident In Japan Rated Level 2 Incident
Source: NewsThe early June radiation exposure accident at the Oarai Research and Development Center in the Ibaraki Prefecture in Japan involving five workers has been designated a…
Stopping V.C. Summer Expansion Has Ripple Effects
Source: NewsWhen you throw a stone in a pond, there's a ripple effect. But if your project is large enough, when you stop throwing rocks in the…
Westinghouse Plans 7 Percent Workforce Trim, Reacts To South Carolina Project Cessation
Source: NewsWestinghouse Electric Company Chief Executive Officer Jose Emeterio Gutiérrez.said the company was “extremely disappointed” at the decision by Santee Cooper and the South Carolina Electric and…
SCE&G To Halt Construction of New VC Summer Units
Source: NewsSouth Carolina Electric & Gas Company (SCE&G), principal subsidiary of SCANA Corporation (SCANA) (NYSE:SCG), announced today that it will cease construction of the two new nuclear…
NRC Issues TVA New Orders On Safety-Conscious Work Culture
Source: NewsThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued a confirmatory order to the Tennessee Valley Authority, which has agreed to an extensive list of corrective actions to address…