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Westinghouse Signs Lead Cooled Reactor Cooperative Agreement
Source: NewsWestinghouse Electric Company said Thursday it had signed a Cooperation Agreement for lead-cooled fast reactor (LFR) technology development with the Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA) and Ansaldo Nucleare.
China Could Become Dominant Nuclear Producer Within 20 Years, Says IEA Head
Source: NucNet22 Feb (NucNet): China is set to more than triple its nuclear energy capacity over the next 20 years, overtaking the US to become the world’s largest nuclear power producer, according to the International Energy…
NRC Proposes $145,000 Fine For Plant Vogtle Lapses
Source: NewsThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Wednesday that there were no safety concerns connected with the incidents, but they have proposed a civil penalty of $145,000 against Southern Nuclear Operating Company for procedural violations that occurred…
Spanish Industry Group Foro Nuclear Announces Integration With Electrical Association
Topics: Industry & BusinessSource: NucNet21 Feb (NucNet): Spanish nuclear industry group Foro Nuclear and the electrical industry association Unesa have agreed to integrate their activities related to nuclear energy, Foro Nuclear said in a statement on 21 February 2018.…
BWXT Canada Awarded $30M Heat Exchanger Contract
Source: NewsBWX Technologies said Tuesday that that its subsidiary BWXT Canada Ltd. (BWXT Canada) had been awarded contracts valued at approximately CA$30 million from Bruce Power to design and supply 13 critical heat exchangers as part…
India ‘Confident’ About Future Of Westinghouse AP1000 Deal, Says Official
Source: NucNet20 Feb (NucNet): India is still “confident” that it can successfully conclude a deal with US reactor maker Westinghouse Electric Company to build six Generation III+ AP1000 nuclear power reactors in the country, local media…
Cooper NPP Generates $112 Million Per Year For Region
Source: NewsA study conducted by the Nuclear Energy Institute has found that the Cooper Nuclear Station, located in the southeast corner of Nebraska, generates $112 million per year in economic benefits to the region. The power…
Fuel Loading Begins At Japan’s Genkai-3
Topics: Plant OperationsSource: NucNet19 Feb (NucNet): Fuel loading at Japan’s Genkai-3 nuclear reactor unit began on 16 February 2018, operator Kyushu Electric Power Company said. …
Holtec Inks Collaboration Deal for SMR Fuel Development
Source: Neutron BytesGE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH), Global Nuclear Fuel (GNF), Holtec International and SMR Inventec, LLC (SMR, LLC), announced a collaboration to advance the development of the SMR-160, a single loop, 160 MWe pressurized light water reactor…
Production Slide Should Rebound In 2018, Says EDF Chief
Source: NewsFrench nuclear power operator EDF said that revenue dropped 2.2 percent in 2017, while core earnings fell 16.3 percent, blaming the declines on lower production brought about by reactor outages. This year, a rebound is…
GEH, Holtec International, To Collaborate On SMR Developement
Source: NewsGE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH), Global Nuclear Fuel, Holtec International and SMR Inventec, LLC (SMR, LLC), today announced a collaboration to advance the SMR‐160, a single loop, 160 MWe pressurized light water reactor based on…
EDF Energy Says It Achieved All Key Goals For Hinkley Point C In 2017
Topics: New ReactorsSource: NucNet16 Feb (NucNet): UK-based EDF Energy has achieved all 2017 key goals set for the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station project under construction in Somerset, England, the company said in a statement. …
Salamanca Mine Will Benefit From Uranium Supply Cuts, Says Bullish Berkeley Energia Boss
Source: NucNet15 Feb (NucNet): Cuts in uranium supply planned by two of the world’s biggest producers could create a significant increase in the uranium price, which has fallen by about 75% since the March 2011 Fukushima-Daiichi…
Armenia To Begin Upgrading Metsamor NPP
Source: NewsArmenia announced a refurbishment project for its one commercial nuclear reactor, which the deputy minister of Energy, Infrastructures and Natural Resources Hayk Harutyunyan said would increase the power of the reactor by 10 percent.
Former Energy Secretary Moniz To Join Southern Company Board
Source: NewsOne of the country's most prominent energy experts, Dr. Ernest Moniz, the former United States Secretary of Energy, a nuclear physicist by profession, will join the board of Southern Company, contingent on a stockholder vote,…
Collaboration Announced To Push Ahead With Holtec SMR-160 Design
Source: NucNet14 Feb (NucNet): GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy, Global Nuclear Fuel, Holtec International and Holtec subsidiary SMR Inventec LLC (SMR LLC) have announced a collaboration to advance Holtec’s SMR-160 small modular reactor design. …
L3 MAPPS Wins Digital Control Computer System Hardware Replacement for Bruce Unit 2
Source: News–Press Release– L3 MAPPS announced today that it has won a contract from Bruce Power to deliver three Digital Control Computers (DCCs), replacing the existing Bruce A Unit 2 system with all-new hardware.
US Government Proposes $120M Funding For Yucca Mountain In 2019 Budget
Source: NucNet13 Feb (NucNet): The White House has pledged $120m (€97m) of funding in its 2019 federal budget proposal for the planned Yucca Mountain deep geological repository in Nevada, the US Department of Energy (DOE) said…
PG&E To Withdraw Diablo Canyon NPP License Application
Source: NewsPacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) said late last week it would not seek a California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) rehearing on the Diablo Canyon Power Plant (DCPP) joint proposal decision. Subsequently, in accepting the…
Xcel Energy Contracts Westinghouse For Outage Services
Source: NewsWestinghouse Electric Company said Monday it has been awarded a 10-year integrated outage services contract by Xcel Energy for its fleet of nuclear plants in Minnesota.