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Westinghouse And Bechtel Form Alliance For U.S. Decommissioning
Source: NewsWestinghouse Electric Company and Bechtel said they were joining forces to create an alliance that would focus on decontamination, decommissioning and remediation services for U.S. nuclear…
Areva Lands $88.9M Contract To Serve Brazil's Angra 3
Source: NewsFrench nuclear multinational Areva said it has signed a contract with utility Electrobras Electronuclear (ETN) valued at $88.9 million for mechanical and electrical equipment designed for…
Entergy Files New Suit Over Waste Storage At Pilgrim NPP
Source: NewsEntergy Corp. has filed a new lawsuit against the federal government to recoup storage waste costs that it has incurred despite, in this case, paying fees…
Oil Leak At Donald Cook NPP Minute Compared To Water Discharge
Source: NewsA Nuclear Regulatory Commission posting says that the Donald C. Cook Nuclear Power Plant near Bridgman, MI, leaked about 2,000 gallons of oil into Lake Michigan…
Toshiba Close to $1.6B Deal In China
Source: NewsA media report from Japan said electronics giant Toshiba is putting the final details together for a $1.6 billion order for U.S. subsidiary Westinghouse Electric Company…
News Briefs: Belarus Awards Unit License; Indian NPP Goes Commercial
Source: NewsAuthorities in Belarus said the Belarusian Nuclear Power Plant had been awarded a license to construct a second reactor near the town of Ostrovets, Grodno Oblast,…
Vermont Yankee: 30 November 1972 to 29 December 2014, RIP
Source: NewsThe time of death came a few hours after the shutdown began at 1:03 pm on Monday. Soon after, the eulogies came pouring in, as dozens…
Three Workers Dead After Incident At South Korean Nuclear Construction Site
Source: NewsThree South Korean workers died after falling unconscious on the job Friday in what is suspected to be a case involving inhalation of nitrogen gas at…
Not Yucca Mountain, But DOE And Nevada Agree to Keep Talking About Oak Ridge Waste
Source: NewsTop officials from Nevada are insisting that an agreement with the federal government that includes discussions involving a relatively small amount of radioactive waste from Tennessee…
South Korean President Park Calls For Nuclear Plant Data Breach Investigation
Source: NewsSouth Korean President Park Geun-hye called for a full investigation of the data breach of the country's nuclear plant operator as an anti-nuclear hacker or hackers…
Vermont Yankee Is A Week Away From Final Shut Down And $1.24B Away From Decommissioning
Source: NewsEntergy Corp., owners of the soon-to-shut-down Vermont Yankee nuclear plant confirmed in a regulatory filing that it would cost $1.24 billion to decommission the facility that…
China's Prototype Fast Reactor Is Running At Full Capacity
Source: NewsChina's experimental sodium-cooled nuclear power plant, a 65-megawatt prototype, has been up and running at full capacity for three days as of late last week. The…
Westinghouse Electric, EDF Sign Fuel Supply Deal
Source: NewsWestinghouse Electric Company and nuclear plant operator Electricite de France (EDF) said Thursday they had signed a long-term contract for the U.S. firm to supply “several…
[Update]NRC Report Finds Two Flaws In DOE's Yucca Mountain Plan
Source: NewsVolume 4 of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's report on the 8.600-page Department of Energy application to operate a federal nuclear waste repository in Nevada unveils two…
GAO Report On Waste Storage At Hanford Nuclear Reservation Prompts Call To Action
Source: News[Updated] A government report on radioactive waste storage at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, which was released Tuesday, has prompted a call for the Department of Energy…
India Reports Positive Talks With U.S. Nuclear Advance Team
Source: NewsIndian officials said civil nuclear cooperation talks in New Delhi with an advance team of U.S. negotiator s made progress ahead of a summit meeting scheduled…
British Committee To Endorse Small Modular Reactors
Source: NewsA British parliamentary committee on Wednesday will endorse small modular nuclear reactors, which some view as the perfect answer to the energy needs of the future.…
Savannah River Nuclear Solutions Begins Spent Fuel Campaign
Source: NewsSavannah River Nuclear Solutions, (SRNS), operators of the Savannah River National Laboratory, have begun a multi-year program to process aluminum-clad spent fuel currently stored at its…
Government Watchdog Criticizes NRC For Unreliable Cost-Benefit Analysis
Source: NewsA federal watchdog agency on Monday criticized the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for failing to use the best practices for the cost-benefit analysis that it uses to…
Water Leak Prompts Shut Down of PPL Susquehanna's Unit 1
Source: NewsA water leak in the containment structure at Unit 1 at PPL's Susquehanna nuclear power plant in Berwick, Pa., was described as small, but still triggered…