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Vogtle 3 & 4 Nuclear Reactors are a "Go" for Completion
Source: Neutron BytesThe twin reactors are the only new construction of Gen III+ designs currently underway in the U.S. In a tough vote the Georgia Commission voted unanimously to give a conditional” approval for completion of the…
Toshiba Unveils Latest Fukushima Daiichi Probe
Source: NewsWith necessity the mother of invention, Toshiba Corp. on Friday released details of a 43-foot long probe designed to do wide scanning inside the No. 2 reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Generating Station, where…
Kansai To Decommission Oi Units 1 And 2
Source: NewsJapanese utility Kansai Electric Power Company said Friday that it would cost too much to upgrade two units at the Oi nuclear power plant in central Japan and that the company had elected to decommission…
BWXT Lands $1.4B Los Alamos Cleanup Contract
Source: NewsBWX Technologies Inc., said Thursday it had landed a major Los Alamos Legacy Cleanup Contract along with lead partner Stoller Newport News Nuclear (SN3), a subsidiary of Huntington Ingalls Industries Technical Solusions division
NRC Sends Inspection Team To Clinton NPP
Source: NewsThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Wednesday the agency had launched a Special Inspection at the Clinton nuclear power plant to review the circumstances surrounding the failure of a transformer and a subsequent manual shutdown of…
Rosatom Starts Hydraulic Testing At Rostov 4
Source: NewsRussia's state-owned nuclear corporation Rosatom said Tuesday that hydraulic tests had begun at its latest VVER-1000/V-320 reactor, Rostov Unit 4, which reached first criticality in early December
Olkiluoto 3 Hot Functionality Tests Underway
Source: NewsHot functionality tests at Olkiluoto Unit 3 in Finland, which will take months to complete, are underway at the first assembled European Pressurized Reactor (EPR), the plant's operator Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TV0) said. Successful completion…
FAA Bans Drones Over Federal Nuclear Sites
Source: NewsThe Federal Aviation Administration said this week that it would add seven federal nuclear sites to its no-fly list for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), commonly known as drones.
New AREVA Lands Three Waste Service Contracts
Source: NewsNew AREVA said Monday it had signed three contracts valued at nearly 9 million euros ($10.63 million) in the past three months for treatment and management of radioactive waste at sites belonging to the French…
French President, Backing Nuclear, Says Pick Your Battle
Source: News“You have to pick your battle,” said French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday, in effect ruling out the push to phase out nuclear power in the country that is among the most reliant modern country…
NRC Issues Confirmatory Order To Global Nuclear Fuel-Americas
Source: NewsThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission, noting three apparent violations involving a scrap metal shipment, said Monday it had issued a confirmatory order to the Global Nuclear Fuel-Americas (GNF-A) manufacturing facility in Wilmington, N.C., following an agreement…
CGN Replacing Component At Nearly Complete Taishan Unit 1
Source: NewsWith construction all but completed at Unit 1 of China's Taishan nuclear power plant 130 kilometers from Hong Kong, the unit having already completed cold functional and thermal functional testing, state-owned China General Nuclear Power…
Japanese Court Shuts Down Ikata NPP Unit 3
Source: NewsOne of Japan's reactor restarts out of its five currently operating nuclear reactors has been shut down by the Hiroshima High Court, which has overruled a lower court's ruling on the safety of the plant.
Toshiba Pays $3.68 Billion To Vogtle Expansion Owners
Source: NewsGeorgia Power and the other Vogtle co-owners, Oglethorpe Power, MEAG Power and Dalton Utilities said Thursday they had received a total of $3.68 billion in parent guarantee payments from Toshiba, the full amount owed by…
Mayak Official Says No Leak Occurred In September
Source: NewsThe Ruthenium-106 spike detected by several European atmospheric monitoring networks in late September could have originated at a nuclear processing plant in Russia, although officials at the plant said that they had not experienced a…
White House May Relax 123 Rules for Westinghouse Saudi Nuclear Deal
Source: Neutron BytesThe U.S. government is pursuing an effort to promote the sale of Westinghouse 1150 MW AP1000 nuclear reactors to Saudi Arabia. Section 123 of the Atomic Energy Act requires a bilateral agreement with any country…
Rusatom Delivers Turbo-Generator To Armenian NPP
Source: NewsRusatom Service of Russia announced the competed delivery of a new turbo generators for the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant in Metsamor as part of a refurbishment program. A second new generator is expected to be…
SCANA Offers To Gift Expansion Project Site To South Carolina
Source: NewsSantee Cooper, the state owned utility in South Carolina that is minority owner of the now suspended V.C. Summer nuclear power plant expansion project, already knows what it is getting for Christmas – the Fairfield…
French Regulator Asks EDF To Strengthen Controls At Cruas Following ‘Significant Events’
Source: NucNet12 Dec (NucNet): France’s nuclear regulator ASN has asked state-controlled nuclear operator EDF to strengthen technical controls at the four-unit Cruas nuclear station following a series of “significant events” in controlling the nuclear chain reaction…
DOE Approves Toshiba, Vogtle Co-owners Pay Schedule
Source: NewsGeorgia Power said Friday that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) had issued the final approval needed for Georgia Power's new agreement with Toshiba, the parent company of former primary Vogtle contractor Westinghouse, to receive…