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NRC Takes Browns Ferry Off Watch List; Schedules Conference for Arkansas Nuclear One
Source: NewsU.S. regulators on Monday took the Tennessee Valley Authority's Browns Ferry power station off a watch list after forty-one months and scheduled a conference to review…
Contractors Stonewall DOE Inspector General Over Whistle-Blower Firing
Source: NewsDepartment of Energy Inspector General Gregory Friedman said two federal contractors in Washington state hired to build a radioactive waste processing facility have stonewalled his requests…
Top Volcano Expert Contradicts Japanese NRA on Safety Assessment
Source: NewsThe deadliest volcanic eruption in Japan since 1902, the Sept. 27 phreatic event at Mt. Ontake, has raised concerns that the country's two Sendai reactors may…
Heysham 1 and Hartlepool to Operate Cautiously for Two Years
Source: NewsEDF Energy said two twin reactors in Britain, Heysham 1 and Hartlepool will operate at 75 percent to 80 percent of their previous capacity for as…
Court in Pakistan Halts K-II and K-III Construction
Source: NewsThe Sindh High Court in Pakistan ordered a halt to construction of two ACP -1000 nuclear power plants slated for Karachi, siding with petitioners who said…
NRC OKs Yucca Mountain Repository Plan After Closure
Source: NewsThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Thursday that the Department of Energy's design for a nuclear waste storage facility at Yucca Mountain met its safety standards for…
Vattenfall to Seek $6 Billion from Germany Over Nuclear Power Phase Out
Source: NewsSwedish energy giant Vattenfall will seek $6 billion in damages from the German government on claims that Germany's nuclear power phase out violates its rights of…
Hinkley Point Deal Viewed As Financial Template
Source: NewsBond offerings required to fund EDF's Hinkley Point power plant project in Britain are emblematic of macro-economic trends, credit analysts are saying. The British government in…
Algeria To Push for Nuclear Power By 2029
Source: NewsAlgeria has picked a target date for operation of its first nuclear power plant, drawing a line in the sand at 2029. Local radio in Algiers…
North Sea Drifting Ship Drama Ends With Tow To Port
Source: NewsA damaged cargo ship carrying nuclear waste from Dounreay in Scotland has made it back to port following a funnel fire that caused a loss of…
Wolf Creek Granted More Time for Generator Test After Fire
Source: NewsConsumers in Kansas caught a break Thursday, as federal authorities granted Wolf Creek nuclear plant an extension of eight hours to test a repaired backup generator,…
Constellation Says Ginna Reactor Will Close if Power Contract Not Renewed
Source: NewsConstellation Energy Nuclear Group has warned New York state that grid reliability in the Rochester area is threatened by the lack of a pricing agreement between…
NRC Inspector General Finds Agency Missed Opportunity to Spot San Onofre Steam Generator Flaws
Source: NewsThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission's inspector general has concluded that the agency missed an opportunity to flag design changes to the faulty steam generators that eventually shuttered…
Wolf Creek Nuclear Plant OK After Small Fire, Alert
Source: NewsThe Wolf Creek nuclear plant is repairing some of its backup power generation equipment after a small fire ignited at the Kansas facility on Monday. The…
Austria Threatens to Litigate UK Nuclear Deal
Source: NewsAs the European Union moves toward approving a power price deal for new reactors at the UK's Hinkley Point plant, Austria has threatened a court challenge…
Duke to Refund Contested Equipment Costs from Unbuilt Florida Reactors
Source: NewsAs Duke Energy and Westinghouse litigate costs related to an unbuilt nuclear plant in Florida, state regulators have ordered the utility to refund money collected from…
Mohr Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation Installed at Cook Nuclear Plant, Other Installations Planned
Source: NewsMohr Test & Measurement successfully installed new spent fuel pool monitoring equipment at the Cook nuclear plant, the Richland, Wash.-based company announced Monday. The installation at…
Cost Projections Increase for New V.C. Summer Reactors
Source: NewsFollowing the announcement of schedule delays in August, the companies building two new reactors at V.C. Summer have estimated the project could cost $1.2 billion more…
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant Weekly Review
Source: NewsDevelopments in Japan this week related to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant severely damaged in 2011 include a partnership with the organization cleaning up the UK's…
Latest Testing Successful at New Watts Bar Reactor
Source: NewsThe Tennessee Valley Authority completed a crucial phase of testing this week at the Watts Bar 2 reactor it plans to bring online next year. Workers…