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Toshiba Says It Will Book Huge Losses On Cost Overruns
Source: NewsJapanese conglomerate Toshiba Corp, which purchased nuclear power plant builder CB&I Stone & Webster in December 2015, said this week that it would likely book a…
DOE Narrows Selection Of Borehole Test Participants To Four Companies
Source: NewsThe Department of Energy said this week that it had selected four companies – AECOM, ENERCON, TerranearPMC and RE/SPEC to begin working on the possibility of…
Letter To President Elect Urges Support For Nuclear Power
Source: NewsMore than 40 academics, business leaders and prominent citizens have penned an open letter to president-elect Donald Trump and former Texas governor Rick Perry, Trump's pick…
Illinois Law Translates To 400 Jobs, Says Exelon
Source: NewsExelon Corporation, owners and operators of 23 nuclear reactors, including the Clinton and Quad Cities nuclear power plants in Illinois, said the Future Energy Jobs Bill…
NRC Proposes $14,000 Fine For Virginia Firm
Source: NewsThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission in Washington said it had proposed a fine of $14,000 as a civil penalty to impose on a Virginia firm for performing…
Japan Talks With Britain About Nuclear Plant Financing
Source: NewsWhile the Japanese nuclear power industry struggles to remain profitable through an extended post-Fukushima Daiichi industry slowdown and the subsequent safety mandates, the government is now…
Vattenfall Secures Long-Term Nuclear Fuel Contracts
Source: NewsInternational power company Vattenfall, owned by the Swedish government and with a substantial presence across Europe, said it had secured long term nuclear fuel supplies by…
Second Containment Ring In Place For Vogtle Unit 3
Source: NewsA second containment vessel ring has been set in place for Unit 3 at the Plant Vogtle expansion project near Waynesboro, Ga., Georgia Power announced on…
NRC Investigates Risky Shipping Incident At Columbia NPP
Source: NewsThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said Monday that it had initiated a special inspection of the Columbia Generating Station near Richland, Washington, to investigate why a…
Japan Puts Fukushima Daiichi Cleanup At $188 Billion
Source: NewsA government panel in Japan late last week said that the cleanup costs at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant that experienced a triple-unit meltdown in…
Trump Advisers Reviewing Nuclear Power Options
Source: NewsA document reviewed by business news agency Bloomberg reportedly includes several key questions concerning nuclear power asked by President-elect Donald Trump advisers of the U.S. Energy…
Entergy To Shutter Palisades NPP In 2018
Source: NewsNaming a potential for consumer savings and the avoidance of business risks, Entergy announced Thursday that it would shutter the Palisades Nuclear Plant in Covert, Michigan…
Jordan Announces Completion Of Research Reactor
Source: NewsConstruction has been completed for a 5 MW research reactor in Jordan, the government said Wednesday. It is the first reactor in the country that also…
Fuel Assembly Plant Underway In Kazakhstan
Source: NewsA three-nation enterprise involving investment from Kazakhstan, France and China is underway, as AREVA of France announced the construction start of a uranium processing plant in…
IAEA Team Assesses Italy's Regulatory Framework
Source: NewsAn international team of regulation and safety experts praised Italy's commitment to nuclear regulatory oversight, but urged the country to develop policies related to safety, decommissioning…
NRC Approves Riverstone Holding Acquisition Of Susquehanna NPP
Source: NewsThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Wednesday approved the indirect transfer of control of the operating licenses for both units of the Susquehanna nuclear power plant near…
MHI Completes Contract Milestone At Ringhals NPP
Source: NewsMitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) said Tuesday it had completed replacement work on a pressurized water reactor (PWR) pressurizer nozzle spool piece for Unit 3 at…
NRC Sends 20 Inspectors To Pilgrim NPP
Source: NewsThe Nuclear Regulator Commission (NRC) said Monday it was sending a team of 20 inspectors with expertise in a variety of disciplines to begin a three-week…
U.S. Nuclear Corp To Build Air Monitors For KHNP
Source: NewsUS Nuclear Corp. said Monday it had been awarded $638,675 net total in a contract to build semi-portable particulate, iodine, and noble gas continuous air monitors…
Unit 3 At Palo Verde Sets Plant Outage Record
Source: NewsWhen Arizona Public Services Company crews at Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, the nation's most productive power plant, reconnected Unit 3 to the grid on Saturday…