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Florida Ratepayers Again Challenge Nuclear Cost Recovery System
Source: NewsRatepayers in Florida are challenging Duke Energy and Florida Power & Light in a class action suit that alleges they were illegally forced to pay $2…
Modest Leak At Takahama Unit 4 Does Not Derail Restart
Source: NewsA loose bolt in the piping system at the Takahama Unit 4 reactor in Fukui Prefecture, Japan, will not delay the planned restart of the power…
Five Years After Fukushima Pacific Salmon Remain Safe
Source: NewsA chemical oceanographer University of Victoria, Jay Cullen, said that the 2015 study of salmon off the coast of British Columbia, Canada, found no traces of…
DOE Issues Violation Notices For 2014 Incidents At WIPP
Source: NewsPreliminary notices of violations (PNOVs) have been issued to Los Alamos National Security (LANS) and to Nuclear Waste Partnership, LLC (NWP), for violations of worker safety…
TVA Awards Watts Bar, Sequoyah Outage Contract To Westinghouse
Source: NewsThe Tennessee Valley Authority's Watts Bar Unit 2 near Spring City, Tenn., has not yet begun its commercial operating life, but it does have a contract…
Georgia Commission Approves New Vogtle Unit 3 And 4 Construction Costs
Source: NewsWith work 60 percent complete across the Vogtle Units 3 and 4,Georgia Power said Thursday that the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) has verified and approved…
OKG Will Close Down Oskarshamn Unit 1 In June 2017
Source: NewsSwedish nuclear power plant Oskarhamn Unit 1 will be closed in June 2017, the plants operator OKG AB said, choosing a closure date that is early…
TVA Seeks Input On Future Of Bellefonte NPP Construction Site
Source: NewsThe Tennessee Valley Authority said Wednesday that would accept public comment for a month on the possible sale of its 1,600-acre construction site near Hollywood, Ala.,…
Wisconsin Closer To Lifting Nuclear Plant Construction Moratorium
Source: NewsWisconsin's state Senate has approved of a bill that would pave the way for new nuclear power plants in the state, as long as Gov. Scott…
LaSalle NPP Prepares Technicians With Virtual Reality Camera
Source: NewsFor the first time, technicians at the LaSalle County Generating Statoin in Marseilles, Illinois, are using a 360-degree virtual reality camera to assist with outage services…
Study Evidences Big Profits For Spent Fuel Facility In South Australia
Source: NewsA South Australia government royal commission study into economic opportunities provided by nuclear energy recommended the state forgo nuclear power for its residents, but claimed that…
NYISO Warns Of Energy Deficiencies Based On Two Plant Closures
Source: NewsIn a report issued late last week, the New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) warns that closure of the R.E. Ginna and the James A. FizPatrick…
Plans Submitted For Dismantling Three Japanese Reactors
Source: NewsThe Kansai Electric Power Company and Japan Atomic Power Company have submitted plans to Japanese regulators for dismantling three nuclear reactors that are deemed feasible for…
TVA Cancels Plans For Bellefonte Units 3 And 4
Source: NewsThe Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) on Friday said it would not pursue building two additional reactors at the Bellefonte Nuclear Plant in Northeast Alabama that has…
Fluor Lands $1.4 Billion Idaho Site Clean Up Contract
Source: NewsIrving, Texas-based Fluor Corporation said Thursday that it had been awarded a $1.4 billion, five year contract from the U.S. Department of Energy focused on the…
NRC Budget Proposal Reflects Continued Industry Downturn
Source: NewsThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission's budget proposal for the fiscal year 2017 continues to reflect the diminishing role of the U.S. nuclear power industry, which requires a…
NRC Green Lights South Texas Pipe Dream
Source: NewsThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Tuesday granted permission to principle partner NRG Energy to construct two new nuclear power plants 90 miles southwest of Houston, Texas,…
Washington Wrangles Over Budget For MOX Project
Source: NewsThe Obama Administration's new budget advocates only enough funding for the Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility near Aiken, South Carolina, to allow the multi-billion dollar project…
NRC Begins Special Inspection Of River Bend Station Shutdown
Source: NewsThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Tuesday that it had begun a special inspection at the River Bend Station nuclear power plant to look into circumstances surrounding…
Southern Company Shifts Leadership: "Buzz" Miller Takes Top Job
Source: NewsSouthern Company announced shifts in its executive leadership on Tuesday, naming Joseph “Buzz” Miller as the new president and chief executive officer of Southern Power, effective…