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NRC Investigates Degraded Paint At Fermi NPP
Source: NewsThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission has launched a special inspection at the Fermi nuclear power plant to determine if degraded paint inside a portion of the reactor containment could impact certain safety systems in accident conditions.
Trump Calls For "Fuller Analysis" Of Uranium Imports
Source: NewsU.S. President Donald Trump has rejected a request by two U.S. mining companies to impose a mandate that would give U.S. miners exclusivity to 25 percent of the uranium market.
CNL Awarded Contract To Refuel SLOWPOKE-2 Reactor
Source: NewsCanadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL), Canada’s premier nuclear science and technology organization, announce that it has been awarded an $8.5 million contract by the Government of Canada to refuel the Royal Military College of Canada’s (RMC)…
Uzbekistan Says Reactor Needs Have Doubled
Source: NewsUzbekistan’s energy minister has announced a plan to double the amount of electricity generated by nuclear power in the country in the coming years, stating in an interview that the country will seek construction of…
GE Hitachi Nuclear Awarded Oyster Creek Contract
Source: NewsThe joint venture of Holtec International and SNC-Lavalin, Comprehensive Decommissioning International, has awarded a contract to decommission the reactor internals and reactor pressure vessel at Oyster Creek Nuclear Power Plant to GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy…
Czech Republic Releases Plan to Finance New Dukovany Units
Source: Neutron BytesThe Czech government has approved a preliminary plan for the state owned nuclear utility CEZ to build a new nuclear power station at the existing Dukovany site. According to the government, Elektrárna Dukovany II, a…
Rita Baranwal Sworn in as A/S Nuclear
Topics: Policy & RegulationSource: Neutron BytesRita Baranwal U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry on July 11, 2019, officially swore in (video) Dr. Rita Baranwal as the Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy. Dr. Baranwal, whom the U.S. Senate first confirmed on…
DOE Suspends Oak Ridge To Nevada Shipments
Source: NewsThe U.S. Department of Energy has acknowledged that multiple shipments or radioactive waste from the Y-12 facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee over a five-year period had been shipped to a federal storage in Nevada that…
Rosatom, Laos, Sign MOU On Nuclear Energy
Source: NewsRussian nuclear power giant Rosatom has signed two memorandum of understanding along with the Ministry of Energy and Mines of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) that outlines cooperation in education, personnel training and…
Rolls Royce, AMS, Sign Partnership Agreement
Source: NewsBritish and American companies Rolls-Royce and Analysis and Measurement Services Corporation (AMS) have signed a partnership agreement to provide advanced Instrumentation and Control (I&C) system testing services to the global nuclear energy market.
TVEL And Czech Republic To Cooperate On Materials Research
Source: NewsRosatom fuel development company TVEL announced it had signed a memorandum of understanding to work in the Czech Republic on materials science studies and research. The work will be done at the Řež Research Center.
Congress Moves Ahead with Legislation to Promote Development of Advanced Nuclear Reactors
Source: Neutron BytesBipartisan legislative efforts in the Senate and the House show that Congress is serious about promoting the development of advanced nuclear reactors. In the Senate, Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Joe Manchin (D-WV), both members of…
SALTO Team Completes Review Of Doel NPP
Source: NewsAn International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of experts has completed a review of long term operational safety at the Doel Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) Units 1 and 2 in Belgium operated by Engie Electrabel.
Spending Bill Includes $25 Million For Nuclear Waste
Source: NewsThe House Appropriations Committee has passed a spending bill of close to $1 trillion that includes $1.3 billion for the Department of Energy that will be used for nuclear power research and development.
Bechtel, Deep Isolation Sign MOU On Waste Option
Source: NewsNuclear waste solutions company Deep Isolation, Inc. and construction giant Bechtel National, Inc., part of the largest engineering and construction company in the U.S., have announced a cooperative agreement on sales, product development, and the…
GE Steam Power To Support Cernavoda NPP
Source: NewsGE Steam Power said this week that Societatea Nationala Nuclearelectrica (SNN) has selected the company to continue providing full maintenance services on two of its turbine islands at the Cernavoda nuclear power plant in Romania.
Turbine Manufacturing For Akkuyu NPP Begins
Source: NewsGE Steam Power and AAEM Turbine technology LLC, a joint venture between AtomEnergoMash JSC (AEM) and General Electric (GE) said Thursday that manufacturing had begun in Belfort, France, on the Arabelle steam turbines to be…
Utility Plans $478M Cook Plant Improvements
Source: NewsIndiana Michigan Power has filed for permission to initiate a $478 million infrastructure improvement plan for the Cook Nuclear Plant in southwestern Michigan and is asking for a substantial rate hike to cover the costs.
Leningrad NPP-2 Testing Milestone Reached
Source: NewsThe liquid release over the open reactor has been successfully completed at the innovative 2nd VVER-1200 power block of the Leningrad NPP-2, Rosenergoatom, a division of state-controlled Rosatom said.
Kursk II Remains Ahead Of Schedule
Source: NewsRosatom engineering division ASE Group said that concrete work at the Kursk II – Unit 2 construction project was now 72 days ahead of schedule, having been completed on 17 June.