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Kudankulam Restarts With Former Regulator Explaining Problems
Source: NewsThe former chairman of the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board in India, A Gopalakrishnan, said troubles with the Russian-designed Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant are the result of…
Is EDF Showing Its Hand By Leasing Office Space For Hinkley Point C Project?
Source: NewsBritish media are reporting on tentative signs of activity at the Hinkley Point C construction site that may indicate a step in the right direction concerning…
Toshiba Considering Sale Of Japanese Nuclear Operations
Source: NewsWestinghouse Electric Company's Japanese parent Toshiba Corporation has been at the center of financial news this week with sources declaring the company, which is embroiled in…
Westinghouse Selected For 10-Year Sellafield Decommissioning Contracts
Source: NewsWestinghouse Electric Company announced Wednesday that it had been selected by Sellafield Ltd. To conduct decommissioning activities under two separate Decommissioning Framework Agreements, as part of…
Energy Demand Expected To Surge 25 Percent By 2040
Source: NewsGlobal energy demand is expected to surge 25 percent between 2014 and 2040, energy giant ExxonMobile said Monday in the lastest release of its annual Outlook…
Exelon Applauds New York State's Clean Energy Standard Initiative
Source: NewsExelon Generation, which operates the R.E. Ginna and Nine Mile Point nuclear power plants in New York State, applauded the New York Public Service Commission's decision…
Federal Appeals Court Refuses To Block Clean Power Plan
Source: NewsA federal appeals court in Washington has denied a motion to block the Obama Administration's Clean Power Plan, which seeks to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from…
L-3 MAPPS to Upgrade Cernavodă Simulator’s DCC Emulation
Source: News—Press Release— L-3 MAPPS announced today that it has won an order from Societatea Nationala Nuclearelectrica S.A. (“SNN”), a Romanian-based state-owned utilities company, to upgrade the…
British Study Supports MOX Fuel For NuScale Small Modular Reactors
Source: NewsU.S.-based NuScale Power, which is developing small modular reactors for commercial and industrial use, said Thursday that the National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) in Britain had confirmed…
IAEA Deploys OLEM Monitoring Device At Natanz Processing Plant In Iran
Source: NewsThe U.N.'s International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said it would deploy a new 24/7 high-tech monitoring device to monitor uranium enrichment activities at the Natanz Fuel…
NuScale Exec Estimates Modular Reactors In Britain By 2025
Source: NewsTom Mundy, executive vice president of program development at NuScale said the Oregon-based Fluor company could have a small modular nuclear power plant up and running…
Valcor Exhibits at POWER-GEN International and AUG/MUG
Source: News—-Press Release— Valcor Engineering’s Nuclear Group has recently exhibited at both the POWER-GEN International Conference and the AUG/MUG Conference. Both proved to be a great time…
British Teams To Develop Submersible Robots For Fukushima Daiichi
Source: NewsLancaster University and the University of Manchester have confirmed they are working on developing submersible, remote-controlled vehicles that can detect radiation and identify nuclear fuel along…
Peach Bottom BWR Reaches Generation Milestone
Source: NewsExelon Corporation said Thursday that the Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station's Unit 3 in York County, Pennsylvania, had reached a generation milestone of 1,355 megawatts following…
X-energy Wins DOE Grant For Xe-100 Small Reactor Development
Source: NewsMaryland-based X-energy, which is developing the Xe-100 pebble bed High Temperature Gas-Cooled reactor (HTGR), said Friday that it had been awarded a $6 million grant for…
Southern Company Awarded Up To $40M From DOE
Source: NewsSouthern Company on Friday said it had been awarded up to $40 million from the Department of Energy (DOE) to “explore, develop and demonstrate advanced nuclear…
NexGen Reports Assay Results From Athabasca Basin
Source: NewsCanadian exploration and mining development company NexGen Energy has announced assay results from additional angled drill holes from what it calls a hightly successful 2015 program…
Ontario Power Generation Announces $9 Billion Darlington Refurbishment
Source: NewsOntario Power Generation announced it would refurbish four nuclear power units at the 3,512 MW Darlington Nuclear Generating Station, spending $9 billion ($12.8 billion Canadian) in…
Terrestrial Energy Raises $10 Million (Canadian) For IMSR Development
Source: NewsCanadian nuclear power innovator Terrestrial Energy said Friday that it had raised $10 million Canadian ($7.1 million) in Series A funding that will help advance its…
Energy Northwest Retains Global Nuclear Fuel For Columbia NPP
Source: NewsEnergy Northwest, a multi-district energy agency in Washington State has retained Global Nuclear Fuel (GNF) to continue to supply fuel for the Columbia Generating Station in…