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Florida Power & Light Sees Stabilization, Progress, In Canal Problems
Source: NewsFlorida Power & Light Company (FPL) said this week that it had taken aggressive actions to improve the water quality in a 168-mile cooling canal system…
Bruce Power Tells Story Of Refurbishment
Source: NewsAn extensive refurbishment program at the Bruce Power Generating Station is paying off, as Unit 1 at the plant's Bruce A station set a new post-refurbishment…
SCG&E Places First Containment Vessel Ring On V.C. Summer Unit 3
Source: NewsSouth Carolina Electric & Gas (SE&G) said that it had reached a significant construction milestones at the V.C. Summer Unit 3 build, having placed the first…
Barakah Unit 2 Concrete Dome Construction Completed
Source: NewsThe concrete dome for the Unit 2 Reactor Containment Building (RCB) at the Barakah nuclear power plant construction site has been completed, a major milestone in…
Exelon Says Clinton NPP Future Requires "Urgent" Policy Fix
Source: NewsExelon Corporation said Friday that its Clinton nuclear plant 23 miles southeast of Bloomington, Ill., had cleared the 2016-2017 Mid-continent Independent System Operator (MISO) capacity auction,…
UK Capable Of Westinghouse SMR Advanced Manufacturing
Source: NewsWestinghouse Electric Company announced that the U.K. has the advanced manufacturing capabilities necessary to effectively manufacture the Westinghouse Small Modular Reactor’s (SMR) Reactor Pressure Vessel (RPV),…
Georgia Regulators Approve Southern Company, AGL Resources Merger
Source: NewsPRNewswire / Southern Company and AGL Resources have received unanimous regulatory approval of the companies' proposed merger from the Georgia Public Service Commission, with all intervening…
Southern Nuclear Unveils FLEX Dome At Edwin I. Hatch NPP
Source: NewsSouthern Nuclear and Georgia Power have unveiled the newest backup safety feature at the Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant near Baxley, Ga., the Hatch FLEX Dome…
Entergy Says It Will Refuel Pilgrim NPP Once More
Source: NewsEntergy Corporation said Thursday that it intends to refuel the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Plymouth, Mass., next year for the last time and call a…
South Korean, U.S. Commission To Convene This Week
Source: NewsImplementation of a high level bilateral commission including the United States and South Korea will begin with discussion in Seoul this week, officials in South Korea…
Economic Study Chronicles San Onofre Closing
Source: NewsIf the positive impact of nuclear power were not obvious enough, perhaps the negative consequences of closing a nuclear power plant will wake up the public…
Process Systems Testing Commences At Olkiluoto 3 In Finland
Source: NewsA new round of testing has begun at the Olkiluoto 3 nuclear build in Finland, the French engineering and construction firm AREVA has announced.
L-3 MAPPS to Upgrade Slovenia’s Krško Full Scope Simulator
Source: News–Press Release– L-3 MAPPS announced today that it signed a contract with Slovenia’s Nuklearna elektrarna Krško (NEK) to upgrade the full scope simulator for the Krško…
Entergy Response Avoids Punitive Action By NRC Over Falsified Records
Source: NewsEntergy Operations Inc.'s strong response to reports of various falsified records incidents at the Waterford 3 Nuclear Power swayed the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to back…
First Certified Online Nuclear Degree Program Available this Summer
Source: News–Press Release– NUCP Approved Curriculum Developed by Industry Helps Open Career Opportunities The very first online nuclear degree program to be Nuclear Uniform Curriculum Program (NUCP)…
Engineer Confirms Sanmen AP1000 Start Up In 2016
Source: NewsChief Engineer of State Power Investment Corporation (***) Wang Jun confirmed Wednesday that the world's first Westinghouse Electric Co. AP1000 reactor would be operational by the…
Westinghouse, FirstEnergy, Extend Beaver Valley Service Agreement
Source: NewsWestinghouse Electric Company said it had extended an agreement with FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Co. that includes a five-year provision for outage services for the Beaver Valley…
Amec Foster Wheeler, CNEC, Sign MOU In Beijing
Source: NewsBritish-based engineering consultancy Amec Foster Wheeler and nuclear power plant builder China Nuclear Engineering & Construction Corporation (CNECC) announced they had signed an agreement to collaborate…
Wisconsin Governor Ends Nuclear Construction Ban
Source: NewsWisconsin Gov. Scott Walker on Friday signed a bill that ended the state's moratorium on building new nuclear power plants, which had been on the state's…
CEA, AREVA, EDF Form Top-Level Consulting Team
Source: NewsFrench nuclear power giants EDF, AREVA and CEA (the Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique) said they would form a high-powered consulting team that would meet four times…