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Lithuania Committed To Nuclear Waste Safety says IAEA
Source: NewsAn International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of experts said Lithuania’s national program for managing radioactive waste and for decommissioning demonstrated a commitment to safety, although…
Hyundai Engineering To Push AP1000 Development
Source: NewsWestinghouse Electric Company said Thursday it had combined forced with Hyundai Engineering & Construction (E&C) to jointly participate in global development of AP1000 power plant opportunities.
Sellafield To Close Magnox Plant
Source: NewsSellafield Ltd. in Britain said that it would close down the aging Magnox plant with its final reprocessing to take place in July 2022. This would…
Robots Find No Corrosion In 20-Year Canisters
Source: NewsNuclear fuel service company Orano said recent inspection of stored used nuclear fuel in the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station’s (SONGS) Advanced NUHOMS dry storage system…
DIU Seeks Nuclear Option For Space Missions
Source: NewsThe U.S. Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) has awarded two Prototype Other Transaction contracts to Ultra Safe Nuclear and to Avalanche Energy to demonstrate the next generation…
Bruce A Will Close Four Units For May Outage
Source: NewsBruce Power’s Bruce A generating station will see all four operating units (Units 1-4) removed from service for its planned Vacuum Building Outage (VBO), beginning May…
Tractebel Engineering Joins NUWARD Project
Source: NewsTractebel has just signed a contract with Centre national d'équipement de production d'électricité (CNEPE), Électricité de France (EDF)’s engineering centre located in Tours, France, to contribute…
Framatome Lands Cavitation Preening Contract
Source: NewsFrench nuclear services group Framatome said Thursday that it had been awarded a contract to perform a specialized reactor vessel mitigation technique on four United States…
Westinghouse Sweden To Fuel Forsmark and Rhinhals
Source: NewsWestinghouse Electric Sweden announced Thursday that it had reached an agreement with Vattenfall Nuclear Fuel AB to ensure long-term fuel supply to the majority of the…
Fennovoima Cancels Hanhikivi 1 Contracts
Source: NewsFinland’s nuclear power company Fennovoima said this week it had terminated contracts with Rosatom for engineering, procurement and licensing activities for the Hanhikivi 1 nuclear power…
TVO Announces New OL3 Delay
Source: NewsFinish utility Teollisuuden Voima Oyj has said the start of “regular electricity production” at Unit 3 of the Olkiluoto Nuclear Power Plant had been postponed for…
Drainage System Milestone Reached At Akkuyu Site
Source: NewsAs part of the work on establishing a unified water discharge system at the construction site of Akkuyu NPP Unit 1, construction workers connected the discharge…
Hongyanhe Unit 6 Reaches First Criticality
Source: NewsChina General Nuclear said the first criticality – a sustained nuclear reaction – had been achieved on April 21 at the Hongyanhe nuclear power plant’s Unit…
Unexpected Pump Startup At Olkiluoto Unit 3
Source: NewsFinish utility Teollisuuden Voima Ovj (TVO) said Tuesday that the Olkiluoto NPP’s nascent Unit 3 was shut down as part of a test program, but that…
Westinghouse To Purchase BHI Energy
Source: NewsPrivate equity firm AE Industrial Partners, a U.S.-based private equity firm specializing in aerospace, defense & government services, space, power & utility services, and specialty industrial…
Some Normalcy Restored At Chernobyl NPP
Source: NewsThe United Nation’s International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said Wednesday that Ukraine had told them communication between the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant and the Ukrainian national…
Atommash Welds Upper Portion Xudabao Reactor Vessel
Source: NewsAtommash, part of the machine-building division of Rosatom-Atomenergomash, the Volgodonsk branch of AEM-Technologies, said it had finished welding the circumferential welds on upper reactor semi-vessel designed…
Framatome Selected For Forsmark NPP Generator Refit
Source: NewsFrench nuclear services company Framatome said Tuesday it had been chosen to support the emergency diesel generator refit program at the Forsmark Nuclear Power Plant in…
Nine Westinghouse MOUs Focus On Dukovany NPP
Source: NewsWestinghouse Electric Company said Thursday it had signed memorandums of understanding (MOUs) with nine additional companies in Europe designed to promote cooperation on AP1000 power plant…
Three Slovenia Firms Teams With Westinghouse On AP1000 Potential
Source: NewsWestinghouse Electric Company on Tuesday signed memorandums of understanding with three companies in Slovenia that spells out cooperative efforts to pursue the potential AP1000 nuclear plant…