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Ohio House Drops Nuclear Financing Plan
Source: NewsChairman of Ohio's House Public Utilities Committee Bill Seitz has closed down the hearing that was exploring the possibility of setting up financial support for FirstEnergy's…
China, Argentina Sign Off On Two New Reactors
Source: NewsPresidents of China and Argentina on Wednesday ushered in a series of business agreements, including contracts for two nuclear power reactors, for which China is to…
KEPCO To Restart Takahama Unit 4 Wednesday
Source: NewsThe Kansai Electric Power Company (KEPCO) in Japan announced Tuesday that it intended to restart the Takahama Unit 4 reactor on Wednesday, May 17. It expected…
Interim Agreement Keeps Vogtle Expansion Going
Source: NewsGeorgia Power and Westinghouse said they have reached an interim service agreement that would allow for the transition of the Plant Vogtle expansion project to management…
NRC Chemist Wins Miss USA Pageant
Source: NewsShe is young, stunning and bright. She is also a chemist and she works for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Her name is Kate McCullough and her…
Tepco Looks Beyond Fukushima Daiichi, Seeks Build Partners
Source: NewsTokyo Electric and Power Company, owner of the Fukushima Daiichi generating station that suffered a triple-reactor meltdown after the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, said…
Workers Return To Hanford Site After Tunnel Collapse
Source: NewsThe Department of Energy said Thursday that most of the 9,000 workers at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington State had been informed they could return…
SNC-Lavalin Announces Contracts for Fuel Channel Work
Source: NewsEngineering and construction giant SNC-Lavalin announced Tuesday that it has been awarded a contract from Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power Company Ltd. (KHNP) for fuel channel…
Site Area Emergency Declared At Hanford Site After Tunnel Collapse
Source: NewsA collapsed tunnel at the Hanford Site in Washington State, overseen by the Richland's Operations Office under the Department of Energy, lead to the declaration of…
ENEC Delays Barakah Unit 1 Start-Up
Source: NewsThe Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) confirmed Friday the start-up of the first reactor at the Barakah nuclear power plant would be put off for a…
GNI Calls For "Significant Change" In Policies And Technology
Source: NewsThe Global Nexus Initiative (GNI), a policy group formed by the Partnership for Global Security and the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI), has released a report stating…
IAEA Updates Regulatory Self-Assessment Program SARIS
Source: NewsIAEA said Thursday that it had completed development of an upgraded SARIS tool that makes it easier for countries to check their regulatory mandates against international…
KSB To Supply Hinkley Point C Pumps And Valves
Source: NewsKSB Group, makers of pumps and valves, has signed on as a supplier to the Hinkley Point C nuclear plant project in Somerset, England, with orders…
Dominion Virginia Power Aims For Lower Carbon Footprint
Source: NewsDominion Virginia Power (Dominion) said Monday that the carbon footprint for a typical customer would drop by as much as 25 percent over the next eight…
TVA Sees Cost Benefits From Watts Bar Unit 2
Source: NewsThe Tennessee Valley Authority said they had seen a quick economic benefit with the addition of the Watts Bar 2 nuclear reactor to its generation mix,…
Plant Vogtle Expansion Granted Two Week Reprieve
Source: NewsThe Plant Vogtle expansion project in Waynesboro, Ga., remains in financial limbo this week as Georgia Power agreed to extend a 30-day interim agreement to keep…
Georgia Power Objects To Westinghouse Loan
Source: NewsGeorgia Power Co. lawyers filed an objection in court this week protesting the use of Westinghouse Electric Company's intellectual property as collateral for an $800 million…
South African Setback Not Ultimatum, Notes Niasa
Source: NewsThe managing director of the Nuclear Industry Association of South Africa (Niasa) said Thursday that this week's High Court ruling that derailed the country' nuclear ambitions…
Uranium-Molybdenum Nuclear Fuel Does Well In U.S. Lab
Source: NewsThe plate-type uranium-molybdenum nuclear fuel developed by the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute has been found to be stable and reliable after testing at the research…
GEH Awarded Exelon Generation Contract For Outage Services
Source: NewsGE Hitachi Nuclear Energy has been awarded an outage services contract from Exelon Generation, operator of the largest fleet of nuclear power plants in the country…