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AVANTech, Inc. Acquires Mid Columbia Engineering, Inc.
Source: News–Press Release– AVANTech, Inc., headquartered in Columbia, SC, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Mid Columbia Engineering, Inc. (MCE), a design-build firm headquartered in Richland, WA.
Framatome Completes Robotic Inspection At Asco 2
Source: NewsFramatome said it had successfully completed a visual inspection of the tube bundle top structure of a steam generator in the Spanish nuclear power plant at Ascó Unit 2 using a "well-proven" underwater inspection submarine…
UK Nuclear Generation Sees Slight Fall, But Load Factor Remains Highest
Topics: Plant OperationsSource: NucNet27 Jul (NucNet): Nuclear generation in the UK decreased by 1.9% from 71.7 TWh to 70.3 TWh in 2017 due to a slight increase in outages, but nuclear contributed to 41% of overall low-carbon power,…
Fuel Loading Begins At Russia’s First Commercial Floating Nuclear Station
Source: NucNet26 Jul (NucNet): Fuel loading has begun of Russia’s first commercial floating nuclear power station, the Akademik Lomonosov, in the port city of Murmansk in the far northwest of Russia, state nuclear corporation Rosatom said.…
Candu Energy To Decommission SLOWPOKE-2 Reactor
Source: NewsCandu Energy Inc., a member of the SNC-Lavalin Group, has been selected to provide decommissioning services for the Saskatchewan Research Council’s (SRC) Safe Low-Power Kritical Experiment (SLOWPOKE-2) research reactor.
Components Shipment Bound For Kudandulam 3
Source: NewsIndian news outlets have reported a major shipment from Russia that includes eight moisture separator reheaters and high-pressure heaters that is destined for the Kudandulam 3 nuclear build.
EDF Confirms Cost Increase And Delays Flamanville-3 Fuel Loading By One Year
Source: NucNet25 Jul (NucNet): The cost of the Flamanville-3 EPR nuclear unit under construction in northern France has risen from €10.5bn to €10.9bn with fuel loading now postponed by one year to the fourth quarter of…
Planning Has Begun For Joint Nordic-Russian Emergency Preparedness Exercise, Says Swedish Regulator
Topics: Safety & EnvironmentSource: NucNet24 Jul (NucNet): Planning has begun for a joint Nordic-Russian emergency preparedness exercise for a nuclear incident to be held in Sweden in 2019, Sweden’s regulator has said. …
Circulation Pipeline Welding Completed At Leningrad II Unit 2
Source: NewsWorkers at the Leningrad NPP II Unit 2 construction project have completed welding of the perlite section and heat treatment of butts of the main circulation pipeline (MCP), Rosatom said on July 17.
Rivne Unit 3 To Reconnect With 20-Year Extension
Source: NewsThe State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate has granted a 20-year license extension to Unit 3 at the Rivne Nuclear Power Plant in northwest Ukraine VVER-1000 reactor, reports indicate.
Nuclear CEO Says Trump Is Wrong On Climate Change
Source: NucNet23 Jul (NucNet): The chief executive officer of US-based Lightbridge, which is developing next generation nuclear fuel technology, says he disagrees with president Donald Trump on climate change and US nuclear technology is needed worldwide…
Rolls-Royce ‘Planning To Shut Down SMR Project Without Government Support’
Source: NucNet23 Jul (NucNet): Rolls-Royce is preparing to shut down its project to develop small modular nuclear reactors if the government does not make a long-term commitment to the technology, including financial support, in the coming…
L3 MAPPS to Support Terrestrial Energy With Advanced Reactor Technology Development
Source: News—Press Release — L3 MAPPS and Terrestrial Energy announced Thursday that they have signed an agreement to develop real-time simulation for Terrestrial Energy’s Integral Molten Salt Reactor (IMSR), a Generation IV advanced nuclear power plant.
DOE Kicks $20M Out the Door for Advanced Nuclear R&D
Source: Neutron BytesThe Department of Energy (DOE) has selected nine projects to receive $20 million in funding for cost-shared research and development for advanced nuclear technologies. It is the latest in a series of awards which began…
Sandia National Lab Builds Scaled Dry Cask Storage Container
Source: NewsSandia National Laboratories said this week that its researchers had built a scaled test assembly that mimics a dry cask storage container for spent nuclear fuel to study how fuel temperatures change during storage and…
Holtec, SNC-Lavalin Form Decommissioning Company
Source: NewsSNC-Lavalin and Holtec International group on Friday announced a new US-based joint venture company named Comprehensive Decommissioning International, LLC (CDI) that will focus on decommissioning shuttered nuclear power plants.
Ukraine Reactor Using All Non-Russian Fuel For First Time
Source: NucNet20 Jul (NucNet): Westinghouse Electric Company has announced that a full core of VVER-1000 fuel has been loaded into a nuclear reactor unit in Ukraine. …
Canada Can Lead Way For North America In Nuclear Refurbishment, Says New Regulator
Source: NucNet20 Jul (NucNet): The success of nuclear power plant refurbishment programmes in Canada will allow all of North America’s nuclear industry to draw on Canadian talent and technology as they refurbish their ageing nuclear fleet,…
Ukraine’s Regulator Approves 20-Year Licence Extension For Rovno-3
Source: NucNet19 Jul (NucNet): Ukraine’s nuclear regulator has approved a 20-year extension of the operating licence for the Rovno-3 nuclear power plant. …
Commercial Operation Target For Olkiluoto-3 Is September 2019, TVO Confirms
Topics: New ReactorsSource: NucNet19 Jul (NucNet): Hot functional testing has been completed at the Olkiluoto-3 EPR nuclear unit under construction in Finland with regular electricity generation scheduled for September 2019, four months later than expected, Teollisuuden Voima Oyj…