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Areva Discovers High-Carbon Anomaly In Flamanville 3 Components
Source: NewsFrench nuclear power giant Areva has found a high-carbon anomaly in the steel used for portions of the reactor vessel head and reactor vessel bottom at…
Talks On Jaitapur NPP in India — Potentially The World's Largest — On Modi-Hollande Agenda
Source: NewsRestarting progress on the Jaitapur nuclear power plant in India will be high on the list of discussion points between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and…
Report In Wales Says Two-Reactor Project Would Be An Economic Boon
Source: NewsAn economic report sponsored by the government of Wales in Britain presented some big numbers for the region to consider, and the economic minister Edwina Hart…
Britain To Bypass Local Government In Nuclear Waste Repository Decisions
Source: NewsBritish parliament ministers in a late-session action approved a law that would effectively take the decision of where to store nuclear waste out of the hands…
China And Russia Close To Signing New Nuclear Power Accord
Source: NewsChina and Russia are about to renew their vows on nuclear power, an anonymous source said over the weekend. The two countries are discussing a new…
Talks Of Areva Sale Heat Up In France
Source: NewsAfter four years of consecutive losses, including a $5.4 billion loss in 2014, talks of re-organizing or selling parts or all of French nuclear giant Areva…
EDF, Waiting For Funding, Lays Off 400 At Hinkley Point C
Source: NewsFrench nuclear giant Electricite de France said Wednesday that it would cut 400 jobs at the Hinkley Point C construction site until it gets a clear…
NRC Says Entergy Financially Viable To Run Pilgrim And FitzPatrick NPPs
Source: NewsThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued a preliminary decision that say Entergy Nuclear Operations is in a strong enough financial position to continue operations at the…
Poll Shows Strong Support For Nuclear Waste Consolidation
Source: NewsA national poll found that 54 percent of respondents believe an independent agency run by a corporate-style board of directors would do a better job of…
NuScale Completes Full-Scale Upper Module Mock-Up For SMR
Source: News[UPDATED] Portland, Oregon, based NuScale Power LLC said Tuesday that it had completed fabrication and assembly of a full-scale, upper module mockup of a small modular…
NRC To Drop San Onofre Investigation
Source: NewsThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission is planning on dropping the investigation of Southern California Edison involving potential irregularities that may have contributed to problems that lead to…
GE Hitachi Opens Under-Vessel Simulation Center
Source: NewsOfficials at GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy in Castle Hayne, N.C., got out the scissors Monday to open up the new GE under-vessel simulation training center with…
U.S. Poll: Slim Majority Favor Nuclear Power
Source: NewsSupport for nuclear power has drifted lower since a peak of 62 percent in 2010, sliding to 51 percent, poll taker Gallup said Monday. Poll takers…
Japanese Regulators Endorse Report That Could Shut Down Tsuruga 2
Source: NewsJapan's nuclear fleet was shaken this week by the nation's regulator endorsing reports that said the Tsuruga nuclear station's No. 2 reactor in the Fukui Prefecture…
Bulgaria Is Offering Westinghouse New Terms For Kozlodui 7
Source: NewsBulgaria’s Energy Minister Temenuzhka Petkova said Thursday that the state's new central-right government had extended an offer to Toshiba Corporation's Westinghouse Electric Company to purchase 49…
NRC Inspector General Looking Into Diablo Canyon Allegations
Source: NewsSeveral people contacted by the Inspector General's Office of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said they had been contacted in connection to an investigation as to whether…
Federal Government Re-thinks Nuclear Waste; Sen. Alexander Pushes For Solution
Source: NewsU.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said this week that the the government would begin a consent-based process this year for the purpose of siting two nuclear…
GE Hitachi Touts Remote Control Rod Uncoupling Tool
Source: NewsGE Hitachi Nuclear Energy on Tuesday unveiled a new control rod uncoupling tool developed with Exelon Generation that can be operated remotely to increase efficiency and…
Permits And Finances Delay Akkuyu Nuclear Power Build
Source: NewsA senior official in Turkey's energy ministry said that a seven-year build for the country's first nuclear power reactor would mean that the official schedule calling…
Jordan And Rosatom Expected To Sign $10 Billion Nuclear Deal
Source: NewsMedia in Jordan have reported that the country's government will soon sign a deal with Russia's state-owned nuclear power giant Rosatom that stresses the commitment to…