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S. Carolina Sues Federal Government Over MOX Cancellation
Source: NewsSouth Carolina, a state with two multi-billion dollar nuclear power-related projects canceled in the middle of construction, is suing the federal government over the Department of Energy's abrupt decision last week to stop work an…
Westinghouse, ENUSA To Cooperate On Fuel Development
Source: NewsWestinghouse Electric Company today announced that it will collaborate in the development of its EnCore Fuel, the revolutionary accident-tolerant fuel (ATF) design, with ENUSA Industrias Avanzadas (ENUSA) through a Frame Cooperation Agreement (FCA).
Hitachi Agrees To Continue Negotiations With UK Over New Nuclear At Wylfa
Source: NucNet29 May (NucNet): Hitachi has agreed to continue negotiations with the UK on a planned £20bn nuclear power station in Wales after the government in London expanded financial support to ease the Japanese group’s concerns…
Nigeria ‘Has Roadmap For First Nuclear Plant In Mid-2020s’
Source: NucNet29 May (NucNet): Nigeria has a roadmap that lays out plans for it to have its first commercial nuclear power plants by the mid-2020s and “three more in five to 10 years”, according to the…
Fuel Loading And Operation Of UAE’s Barakah-1 Delayed Until 2019 Or 2020
Topics: New ReactorsSource: NucNet28 May (NucNet): The loading of nuclear fuel assemblies for commercial operation at the first nuclear plant in the United Arab Emirates has been delayed to the end of 2019 and early 2020, a statement…
China’s Yangjiang-5 Generates First Power To The Grid
Topics: New ReactorsSource: NucNet25 May (NucNet): The fifth unit of the Yangjiang nuclear power station in China’s southern province of Guangdong has generated power to the grid for the first time, plant owner China General Nuclear Power Corporation…
Germany Approves Draft Law On Compensation For Nuclear Operators
Source: NucNet24 May (NucNet): The German government approved a draft law on 23 May 2018 that paves the way for energy giants RWE and Vattenfall to receive hundreds of millions of euros in compensation for the…
Containment Dome Installed At China’s Fangchenggang-3 Hualong One Reactor
Topics: New ReactorsSource: NucNet24 May (NucNet): The dome has been installed on the containment building of Unit 3 at the Fangchenggang nuclear power plant under construction in Guangxi province, southern China, China General Nuclear said. …
World Needs To Get Serious About Nuclear Energy Says US DOE Official
Source: NucNet23 May (NucNet): If the world is serious about reducing emissions and improving economies, governments must consider all options when it comes to carbon-free power, including clean, reliable nuclear energy, Dan Brouillette, deputy secretary of…
Floating Nuclear Plant Handed Over To Owners
Source: NewsChugging along at an average speed of 3.5 knots, the world's only floating nuclear power plant, Akademik Lomonosov, made it to the northern Russian port of Murmansk on May 17 after a three-week tow from…
Application Initiates Process To Start Up Shimane 3
Source: NewsChugoku Electric Power Company has applied to local city and prefecture governments for permission to apply for pre-start up inspections at Shimane 3, which is nearing completion.
Entergy Contract With GNF Extended
Source: NewsGlobal Nuclear Fuel (GNF) said Tuesday it had been awarded a long-term contract by Entergy Nuclear to continue to fuel its boiling water reactors.
South Carolina Stuck Again With MOX Cancellation
Source: NewsThe mixed-oxide fuel fabrication project at the Savannah River site in South Carolina has been officially canceled vis a vis a letter to Congress from Energy Secretary Rick Perry, reports indicate.The reaction from South Carolina…
UK Nuclear Industry Welcomes PM’s Plan To Seek Euratom Associate Status
Source: NucNet22 May (NucNet): The UK’s nuclear energy industry has welcomed confirmation by prime minister Theresa May that the government intends to seek associate status to Euratom R&D programmes. …
Dominion Energy Provides Development Funds For BWRX-300
Source: NewsGE Hitachi Nuclear Energy said Monday that Dominion Energy has agreed to help fund efforts to bring the BWRX-300 small nuclear reactor to market.
Palo Verde NPP Threatened By Renewable Power Initiative
Source: NewsRenewable energy could hit the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station in Arizona with a fatal body blow, plant officials have said.
Russia’s Floating Nuclear Plant Arrives In Murmansk For Fuelling
Source: NucNet21 May (NucNet): Russia’s first commercial floating nuclear power station, the Akademik Lomonosov, has arrived in the port city of Murmansk in the far northwest of Russia where it will be loaded with nuclear fuel,…
GE-Hitachi to Offer 300 MW SMR
Source: Neutron BytesDesign work is underway to downsize the 1500 MW ESBWR to a 300 MW model to be called the BWRX300. As yet no date has been set for submitting it for design safety review at…
EC Refers Austria, Croatia And Italy To Court Over Nuclear Waste Notification
Source: NucNet18 May (NucNet): The European Commission has referred Austria, Croatia and Italy to the Court of Justice of the EU for failure to notify it of their final national programmes for the management of the…
Czech Republic Has Postponed Decision On New Nuclear, Say Reports
Source: NucNet18 May (NucNet): The Czech government has postponed a decision on building new nuclear units, saying it needed more time to evaluate the impact on its budget and find out EU views on state aid…