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PSEG Given Five-Year State Permit For Salem Reactors Water Draw
Source: NewsEnvironmental groups in New Jersey lost their bid to force PSEG Nuclear to build two expensive cooling towers for the company's Salem Unit 1 and Unit…
Sweden Reverses Itself On Nuclear Power Tax
Source: NewsJust days after the German cabinet endorsed policies that would slow down their aggressive support of renewable power sources, the Swedish parliament endorsed an about face…
Ur-Energy Announces Cut Backs, Citing Market Conditions
Source: NewsUr-Energy said Wednesday that it would cut its workforce at three locations in Wyoming and re-assign staff as a response to depressed uranium market conditions.
Watts Bar Unit 2 Shut Down Sunday Due To Turbine Control Systems Glitch
Source: NewsWatts Bar Unit 2 shut down early Sunday afternoon two days after it was connected to the grid as start up testing ran into a glitch…
NRC Completes Safety Evaluation For Levy County Site
Source: NewsThe U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said Monday there were no safety issues associated with the proposed Levy County, Fla., site for two AP1000 reactors.
Emirates Nuclear Energy Forms Operating Subsidiary Nawah
Source: NewsThe Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) said Monday that it had taken steps to form an operating subsidiary, Nawah Energy Company (Nawah) that would operate and…
Talen Energy To Go Private With Riverstone Merger
Source: NewsTalen Energy, which owns 16,000 megawatts of electricity generation capacity, including the affiliate Susquehanna Nuclear LLC, has announced that it will merge with Riverstone Holdings LLC,…
French Nuclear Power Plants Caught Up In Labor Strike
Source: NewsA stalemate over labor reforms in France has the nuclear power industry caught up in rolling strikes by union workers, who fear the reforms make it…
Exelon To Close Clinton And Quad Cities NPP(s)
Source: NewsBlaming the lack of progress in the Illinois state legislature, Exelon Corporation on Thursday announced it would close two of its nuclear power plants in the…
CNSC Expands McClean Lake Uranium Mill's Production License
Source: NewsThe Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) has greatly expanded the production license for the McClean Lake uranium mill operated by AREVA. The Canadian regulator has allowed…
Horizon Nuclear Power Appoints New Chairman: Masahide Tanigaki
Source: NewsHorizon Nuclear Power Ltd., in Britain, said that its Board of Directors Chairman Tatsuro Ishizuka is standing down to take on a new role as Chairman…
Sanmen Unit 1 Completes Cold Hydrostatic Tests
Source: NewsThe world's first Westinghouse AP1000 nuclear power plants moved a step closer to commissioning this week with completion of the cold hydrostatic tests (CHT) at Sanmen…
Westinghouse To Upgrade Information And Control Systems At Sweden's Forsmark NPP
Source: NewsWestinghouse Electric Company on Wednesday announced it had signed a contract with Forsmark Kaftgrupp AB to upgrade the non-safety related information and control systems at the…
NRC Transfers La Crosse License To La Crosse Solutions
Source: NewsNuclear Regulatory Commission said Thursday it had approved the transfer of the license for the La Crosse Nuclear Plant in Genoa, Wis., from its owner Dairyland…
NRC To Amend Light-Water SMR Fee Structure
Source: NewsThe U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Thursday that it would go ahead with amending its regulations to establish separate fees for small modular reactors. The agency…
Horizon Nuclear Power Assembles Experienced Team For Wylfa Newydd
Source: NewsBritain's Horizon Nuclear Power said Friday that it had created a joint venture called Menter Newydd that would be the lead build team for the Wylfa…
NEI's Fertel Calls For Help "Sooner, Rather Than Later"
Source: NewsNuclear Energy Institute President and Chief Executive Officer Marvin Fertel called for federal action "sooner rather than later," to help incentivize nuclear power plants that are…
Egypt Secures $25 Billion Loan For Four-Unit Plant In Dabaa
Source: NewsEgypt and Russia have taken a financial step forward in development of a four-reactor nuclear power plant in Dabaa, Egypt, announcing that Russia had granted Egypt…
AREVA Announces Three Safety-Enhancing Patents
Source: NewsFrench nuclear industry mainstay AREVA said this week that it had been awarded three patents for employee inventions that were developed “to enhance the safe operations…
Entergy, NRC Settle Concerns Over 2011 Leak At Palisades NPP
Source: NewsThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said it had reached a settlement with nuclear plant operator Entergy involving mitigation actions in response to a 2011 leak that…