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Terrestrial Energy Advances IMSR Through DOE Process
Source: NewsTerrestrial Energy USA said Tuesday that the company has been invited by the Department of Energy to apply for a loan guarantee through its Loan Program…
Bellefonte Site, A Fixer-Upper, Goes On Sale Monday
Source: NewsUp for sale on Monday: A fixer-upper nuclear power plant in Alabama that has already cost its owners about $5 billion and more than 40 years…
Iran, Russia, Publicize Start Of Bushehr II
Source: NewsIran, along with Russian builders, publicized the start of the two-unit Bushehr II nuclear power plant on Friday with a ground-breaking ceremony in which the first…
Layoff Picture At Fort Calhoun NPP Comes Clearer
Source: NewsPart of the layoff picture at the Fort Calhoun nuclear plant near Omaha, Neb., is coming clearer with a filing with the Nebraska Department of Labor.
NRC To Discuss Backup Diesel Concerns At Wolf Creek NPP
Source: NewsThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said staff will meet with officials from the Wolf Creek Operating Company to discuss a violation given a designation of a…
GSE Systems Orders Push Backlog Over $6 Million
Source: NewsMaryland-based GSE Systems said Wednesday that it had received orders for mission-critical updates to multi-unit nuclear site simulator platforms for customers in the United Kingdom and…
Ukraine, S. Korea, Sign MOU To Complete Two Unfinished Reactors
Source: NewsKorea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) and Ukraine's Energoatom have signed a memorandum of understanding that outlines cooperation agreements that could bring to completion the third…
NRC Issues Confirmatory Order To FirstEnergy Concerning Medical Records Violations
Source: NewsThe U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) announced that it had issued a Confirmatory Order to FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (FENOC), pertaining to a lapse in medical…
AREVA Initiates Transfer Of Nuclear Fuel Activities To NewCo.
Source: NewsFrench nuclear power company AREVA, reeling from heavy losses over the past several years, including a $2.2 billion net loss for 2015, announced the initiation of…
ROSATOM Meets With Ghana's Nuclear Power Team
Source: NewsRussian nuclear corporation ROSATOM reported Tuesday that representatives of relevant agencies of the Republic of Ghana held the first meeting of the Joint Coordinating Committee (JCC)…
EDF, Horizon Executives Respond To UK Ambivalence
Source: NewsHorizon Chief Executive Officer Duncan Hawthorne said that the subsidiary of the Japanese firm Hitachi is concerned that $1.57 billion already invested in the proposed Wylfa…
L-3 MAPPS Wins Service Contract for Hongyanhe Phase I Simulator Update
Source: News—Press Release— L-3 MAPPS announced today that it has signed a service contract with Liaoning Hongyanhe Nuclear Power (LHNP) to update the reactor core model on…
NRC Clears LaSalle County Station NPP On Environmental Review
Source: NewsU.S. regulators on Friday said there were no environmental issues that stood between two reactors at the LaSalle Nuclear Power Plant in Illinois and a 20-year…
Hinkley Update: Energy Think Tank Calls It Unecessary
Source: NewsA think tank in Britain that studies energy issues said Thursday that the Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant project is not a necessity for the…
Japanese Governor Requests Sendai Units Shut Down
Source: NewsThe governor of Kagoshima, Japan, has requested that Kyushu Electric Power Company shut down the two operating Sendai reactors in his district in order to have…
French Government, EDF, Strike Deal To Close Fessenheim NPP
Source: NewsThe French Ministry of Energy announced Wednesday that the government had agreed to compensate state-owned utility Electricite de France (EDF) for the closure of the Fessenheim…
Kuwait Backing Away From Nuclear Power Option
Source: NewsCiting high costs, the Kuwait Ministry of Electricity and Water is reportedly backing away from the option of pursuing a nuclear power plant, according to Al…
Westinghouse Makes Leadership Changes At Fuel Fabrication Plant
Source: NewsTen days after the Nuclear Regulatory Commission sent a letter outlining corrective actions to be taken at the Westinghouse nuclear fuel facility in Columbia, S.C., the…
Panel Considers Fukushima Daiichi Ice Wall Ineffective
Source: NewsMedia reports are indicating that a panel of experts has deemed the ice wall underneath buildings 1-4 at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear generating station to be…
X-Energy Signs MOU With Southern Nuclear
Source: NewsX-Energy LLC, developers of the Xe-100 “pebble bed” high temperature, gas-cooled reactor (HTGR), said Monday that it had signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Southern Nuclear…