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Georgia Company Settles Government's Rebar Lawsuit
Source: NewsIn a whistle-blower case, a company that supplied rebar to the government for construction of the Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication and Reactor Irradiation Services facility in…
Toshiba To Create Four Subsidiaries
Source: NewsWestinghouse Electric Company parent Toshiba Corp. of Japan said Monday it would spit itself into four wholly owned subsidiaries by the end of the year in…
Amec Foster Wheeler Announces Low-Level Radiation Remediation Contracts
Source: NewsUK-based engineering giant Amec Foster Wheeler said Monday it had been awarded a five-year contract with U.S. Naval Facilities Engineering Command to clean up and restore…
Governor Of Prefecture Clears Genkai Units For Restart
Source: NewsThe governor of the Saga Prefecture in the northwestern side of the island of Kyushu, has consented to the restart of Units 3 and 4 at…
French Academy Of Sciences Decries Nuclear Fade
Source: NewsThe French Academy of Sciences said Thursday that the country's policy of reducing its dependence on nuclear power was a step in the wrong direction considering…
IAEA, Rosatom, Reach Agreement On Infrastructure Aid
Source: NewsThe United Nation's nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said it had reached an agreement with Rosatom, the Russian Federation’s State Atomic Corporation, aimed…
FORATOM Seeks Stronger Support For Nuclear In EU Proposals
Source: NewsFORATOM, the nuclear power trade association associated with the European Union this week published a position paper that stressed the importance of nuclear power in Europe's…
NRC Grants Pilgrim Extensions In Light Of Closing
Source: NewsThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Tuesday gave the owners of the soon-to-close Pilgrim nuclear power plant in Massachusetts a pass on several post-Fukushima Daiichi safety requirements,…
NRC Increases Oversight At Oyster Creek
Source: NewsThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission said it would increase oversight of the Oyster Creek nuclear power plant in the Lacey Township of New Jersey, owning to a…
Leningrad Phase II, Unit 1, Starts Hot And Cold Testing
Source: NewsRosatom subsidiary Rosenergoatom said Friday that functional testing – known as cold and hot tests – had begun for the newest unit at the Leningrad Nuclear…
NFC Claims Record In Fuel Bundle Production
Source: NewsA nuclear fuel manufacturing facility in Hyderabad, India, in the south-central region of the sub-continent, is claiming to have set a world record in the production…
Exelon Forms International Operations Venture With JAPC
Source: NewsExelon Generation said Thursday it had formed a joint venture with the Japan Atomic Power Company meant to marry the company's expertise in nuclear power plant…
V.C. Summer Expansion Threatened By Westinghouse Bankruptcy
Source: NewsThe Westinghouse Electric Company bankruptcy filing could pull the plug on the V.C. Summer nuclear power plant expansion project that is currently 34 percent completed, SCANA…
French Government Response To EDF With Decree
Source: NewsThe French government has called for the closure of the Fessenheim nuclear power plant in eastern France, taking the initiative less than a week after the…
EDF Board Elects To Keep Fessenheim NPP Operating
Source: NewsThe board of directors at French utility EDF have voted to continue operations of the Fessenheim nuclear power plant that has received international pressure to close…
AREVA, KAZATOMPROM, Sign Cooperation Agreement
Source: NewsAREVA and KAZATOMPROM signed a major agreement Monday to strengthen their long-standing cooperation in the uranium mining sector in Kazakhstan, the companies announced from Paris.
Japanese Regulator Clears GNF-J Fuel Plant Restart
Source: NewsThe Nuclear Regulation Authority in Japan has cleared a fuel processing plant in the Kanagawa Prefecture for a restart, marking the first such facility approved under…
Engie Backs Out Of NuGen Stake
Source: NewsJapanese conglomerate Toshiba announced Wednesday that French utility Engie had decided to back out of the Moorside project, selling its 40 percent stake in NuGen to…
Perry NPP Outage Shortest In 30 Years
Source: NewsFirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company on Tuesday said its Perry Nuclear Power Plant in Perry, Ohio was returned to service at 11:42 a.m. today, following a March…
AREVA Completes Sale Of Nuclear Propulsion Subsidiary AREVA TA
Source: NewsStruggling French nuclear power giant AREVA announced the sale of its majority stake in AREVA TA, a subsidiary specializing in nuclear propulsion and research reactors that…