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Entergy To Shut Down Pilgrim NPP In Massachusetts
Source: NewsEntergy Corporation, one of the largest energy companies in the United States, said Tuesday it would close down the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant in Plymouth, Mass.,…
Audit Says German Utilities Can Afford Decommissioning
Source: NewsGerman utility companies can afford the cost of decommissioning their nuclear power plants, the Ministry of the Economy said on Saturday The ministry is backing legislation,…
Sen. Inhofe Clashes With NRC Commissioners On Scale-Back
Source: NewsAt least one key U.S. senator says he is not satisfied with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's streamlining efforts. The NRC announced recently that it was re-shuffling…
Westinghouse Proposes Working With DOE On Lead-Cooled Fast Reactor
Source: NewsWestinghouse Electric Company on Thursday announced that it is seeking to collaborate with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) on the a lead-cooled fast reactor (LFR)…
AZZ Inc. Announces Service Contract Awarded By Mexico's CFE
Source: NewsAZZ Inc., a global provider of galvanizing services, welding solutions, specialty electrical equipment and highly engineered services to the power generation industry, said it had been…
NuScale Sets Its Sights On U.K. For SMR Technology — Seeks Partner
Source: NewsU.S.-based NuScale Power, majority owned by Fluor Corporation, said that it had set it sights on the British energy market for its Small Modular Reactor (SMR)…
Ikata Assembly Approves Reactor Restart For Ikata NPP
Source: NewsAssembly members of a small town 466 miles southwest of Tokyo have unanimously agreed to allow the restart of a nuclear power reactor operated by Shikoku…
AREVA Lands Xcel Service Contract for Two Plants Along The Mississippi
Source: NewsAREVA TN said Monday that it had signed a contract with Xcel Energy to provide wide-ranging dry fuel storage management services for Xcel's Prairie Island and…
GE Hitachi And DTE Energy To Work On Advancing ESBWR Design
Source: NewsGE Hitachi and DTE Energy on Monday said they would explore advancing the detailed design of the Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactor, known as the ESBWR.…
Think Tank Says Nuclear Industry Is Vulnerable To Cyber-Attacks
Source: NewsA report from the think tank Chatham House, which involved 18 months of research, concludes that nuclear power plants around the globe are vulnerable to cyber-attacks…
Westinghouse Buys Multibus I Production Line, While Toshiba Seeks Partner
Source: NewsWestinghouse Electric said Thursday its purchase of the Multibus I production line from U.S. Technologies Inc. was done to ensure continuity of service to 41 operating…
NRC Completes Final Safety Review For South Texas Project Units 3 And 4
Source: NewsThe U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Thursday that it had completed its Final Safety Report for the combined licenses for the South Texas Projects Units 3…
Survey Shows Support For Nuclear Power Boosted By Low Carbon Footprint
Source: NewsA new nationwide survey found that a strong majority of Americans agreed that nuclear power should be part of the U.S. energy mix in the future…
U.S. Fleet Performed Well In First Half Of 2015
Topics: Plant OperationsSource: NewsA couple of glitches aside, the U.S. nuclear power plant fleet has been posting very high plant capacity factors for the year to date, according to…
BWXT Announces New Naval Reactors Program Contracts
Source: NewsThe U.S. Naval Reactors Program has awarded BWXT Nuclear Operations Group contracts valued at $34.5 million for work involving support and manufacture of naval nuclear reactor…
AREVA's Atrium 11 BWR Fuel Launched In United States
Source: NewsAREVA’s next-generation boiling water reactor fuel design, ATRIUM™ 11, is now in operation for the first time in the United States, the company announced. The lead…
Study Finds More Than 70% Fuel Melted At Fukushima Daiichi No. 2
Source: NewsA study conducted by researchers from Nagoya University in Japan confirmed that 70 percent to 100 percent of the nuclear fuel in the No. 2 reactor…
Georgia Power Accepts Big Deliveries From Italy — 149-Ton Tanks
Source: NewsGeorgia Power said Thursday the Vogtle nuclear power plant expansion project near Waynesboro, Ga., received two packages from Italy this week – two core make-up tanks…
AREVA Signs Three-Year EOC Contract With Talen Energy
Source: NewsAREVA Inc. said Thursday that it had been named as a Talen Energy's Engineer of Choice (EOC) provider to support nuclear reactor operations at the company's…
Cigar Lake Uranium Mine Hits 2015 Production Target
Source: NewsLocal dignitaries with Cameco and AREVA Resources Canada Inc. officials in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, celebrated the opening of the Cigar Lake uranium mine and McCLean Lake processing…