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Tentative Labor Contract Reached At Honeywell's Uranium Processing Plant
Source: NewsA prolonged lock-out of United Steelworkers Local 669 workers at the Honeywell International Inc. uranium conversion plant in Metropolis, Ill, may be coming to a close,…
Japan Ticks Closer To First Restart
Source: NewsJapan's nuclear power regulator on Wednesday said it had approved the construction plans for a Kyushu Electric Power Company reactor that would put it in compliance…
Honeywell Backs President On New Greenhouse Gas Targets
Source: NewsPresident Barack Obama continued to use his executive authority to mitigate global warming Thursday with an executive order for federal agencies that was quickly endorsed by…
Areva To Build Replacement Reactor Head For U.S. Utility
Source: NewsAreva Inc. North America said Wednesday that it had been awarded a multi-million dollar contract to fabricate and deliver a replacement reactor vessel head to a…
NRC Says OK For Westinghouse To Test Small Modular Reactor
Source: NewsWestinghouse Electric Company has announced that federal regulators have granted permission for the company to test its small modular reactor design, or SMR. Westinghouse called this…
C02 Emissions Stalled In 2014, Says International Energy Agency
Source: NewsGlobal emissions of harmful carbon dioxide from the energy sector held to the previous year's level without an economic incentive for the first time in 40…
3-D Imaging From Robotic-Friendly Gamma Camera Achieved
Source: NewsTrade magazine Novus Light Technologies Today said Monday that a new gamma camera created by British company Createc makes use of a much lighter collimator than…
South Korea Blames North Korea For Nuclear Data Cyber-Attacks
Source: NewsSouth Korea said Tuesday that North Korea was behind the cyber-attacks and hacking attempts that included online postings of Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power Company Ltd.…
Two China General Nuclear Reactors Move Towards Commercial Life
Source: NewsChina General Nuclear has reached two significant milestones with two new nuclear reactors, announcing it had connected the Unit 2 of the Yangjiang Nuclear power station…
TEPCO Says 90 Percent Of Water Will Be Treated Before June
Source: NewsThe Tokyo Electric Power Company announced Monday a revised schedule for decontaminating water at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station, claiming it would have 90 percent…
Russian-Hungarian Paks Expansion Deal Hits A Snag
Source: NewsSharply conflicting reports from Europe indicate that the European Commission has backed the region's nuclear fuel regulator Euratom Supply Agency's objection to a non-competitive nuclear fuel…
SCE&G Files Petition For V.C. Summer Cost And Schedule Revisions
Source: NewsSCANA Corporation said Thursday that its subsidiary Southern Carolina Electric & Gas Company had filed a petition with the Public Service Commission of South Carolina to…
Vogtle Overrun Dispute To Be Heard In Georgia
Source: NewsA federal panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has ruled that for practical reasons the construction cost dispute between…
Five Of Japan's Reactors To Be Decommissioned
Source: NewsThe number of possible nuclear reactor restarts in Japan is to drop by five, as four utility companies are opting out of bringing five reactors into…
TEPCO Reports Water Leakage Four Years After Tohoku
Source: NewsThe Tokyo Electric Power Company reported Tuesday that 750 tons of contaminated rainwater may have leached into the ground around a water tank holding area at…
Britain Considers "Golden Share" For Hinkley Point C
Source: NewsThe British government is considering holding a trump card in the $25 billion Hinkley Point C construction project, that would be built by Electricite de France.…
NRC, Despite Challenge, Grants Callaway Unit 1 An Extension
Source: NewsThe Nuclear Regulator Commission said Monday that Ameren's Callaway Plant Unit 1 in Fulton, Missouri, had been granted a 20-year license extension, which bumps its potential…
Vermont Challenges Entergy Corp. On Trust Fund Exemption
Source: NewsThe state of Vermont is attempting to dictate how Entergy Corp., the owner of the shuttered Vermont Yankee nuclear power station, spends its decommissioning trust fund.…
NRC Puts 94 Percent of U.S. Plants In Top Two Assessment Tiers
Source: NewsSeventy-five percent of the nation's 100 commercial nuclear power reactors fully met all regulatory safety and security performance objectives in 2014, while 94 percent were in…
NRC Receives Mixed Score For Cybersecurity
Source: NewsFor both 2013 and 2014, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission scored a zero on use of strong authentication to secure their computer networks and the sensitive data…