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Westinghouse Has Contract For Salem NPP Fuel Assemblies
Source: NewsWestinghouse Electric Company said Wednesday that it has signed a nuclear fuel contract extension with PSEG, a major supplier of nuclear power in New Jersey, to continue providing fuel assemblies for both units at the…
IAEA Team Reviews Korea's Earthquake Preparedness
Source: NewsThe United Nation's International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said Thursday that a Site and External Events Design (SEED) team had reviewed the Republic of Korea's preparedness for seismic activities related to two nuclear plants that…
Fuel Loading Begins At Tianwan Unit 3
Source: NewsRussian nuclear power giant Rosatom said Tuesday that fuel loading had begun ahead of schedule at the Tianwan nuclear power plant's new Unit 3 in the Jiangsu Province of China.
Santee Cooper's $4 Billion Debt Hobbles Project Rescue
Source: NewsA Senate hearing in South Carolina's capital Tuesday yielded no breakthroughs that could signal hope for breathing new life into the V.C. Summer Nuclear Station expansion project that was abandoned on July 31 by the…
Ohio Governor Says He Does Not Support Aid For FirstEnergy
Source: NewsThe governor of Ohio, John Kasich, said Monday that he would not support a rescue plan for FirstEnergy Corp that would ensure the state's two nuclear power plants would have viable financial futures.
L3 MAPPS to Assist ABB With Simulator Update for Fermi 2 Nuclear Power Plant
Source: News–Press Release– MONTREAL, August 21, 2017 – L3 MAPPS announced today that under a contract with Swiss industrial technology company ABB it will update the simulator it provided in 2006 for DTE Energy’s Fermi 2…
Canadian Nuclear Lab Finds Broad Small Reactor Support
Source: NewsCanada's primary research facility for nuclear research, Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL), said that its request for expression of interest (RFEOI) notices concerning small nuclear reactors, had prompted responses from over 70 organizations including potential host…
UK Gov’t push for SMRs hits Brexit and looming skills crisis
Source: Neutron BytesA renewed push by the UK government to plan to meet the nation’s energy needs with small modular reactors is facing two enormous challenges. The so-called SMR competition never awarded any of the $250M{L} in…
ASN Initiates New Review Of Le Creusot Forged Parts
Source: NewsThe national nuclear power regulator in France, Autorite de Surete Nucleaire (ASN) has opened a public review of an order that would force utility giant EDF to review records involving any of the components in…
OneAIM Partnership Awarded $188 Million Contract For Sellafield Support
Source: NewsAmec Foster Wheeler said Friday that joint venture OneAIM had been awarded a $188 million, four-year contract to provide facility support, along with partner Inferserve, for the Sellafield nuclear site in Cumbria in northwest England.
NRC Approves Power Uprate For Browns Ferry NPP
Source: NewsThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Wednesday it had approved Tennessee Valley Authority’s request for a 14.3 percent increase in the generating capacity of Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Units 1, 2 and 3.
Steam Generator For Unit 3 In Place At Vogtle Project
Source: NewsGeorgia Power announced Wednesday that the first steam generator has been placed at the Vogtle nuclear expansion project near Waynesboro, Georgia.
Kyushu Delays Restarts At Genkai NPP
Source: NewsThe restart of units 3 and 4 at Kyushu Electirc Power Company's Genkai nuclear generating station is being postponed from this coming fall to later in the winter, possibly until early 2018, the company said.
Oak Ridge Ships Transuranic Waste After Five Year Suspension
Source: NewsFor the first time since 2012, processed and treated transuranic waste is leaving Oak Ridge’s Transuranic Waste Processing Center for permanent disposal at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) near Carlsbad, New Mexico, the program's…
Energy Futures Initiative Report Calls For Nuclear Power Support
Source: NewsA report from the Energy Futures Initiative, headed by former Energy Department Secretary Ernest Moniz, calls for greater support for nuclear power based on the premise that a strong commercial nuclear power sector is needed…
BWXT Canada To Fabricate Steam Drums For Unit 6 At Bruce Power
Source: NewsBWX Technologies, Inc., said Monday that that its subsidiary BWXT Canada Ltd. (BWXT) has been awarded a $48CA million amendment to its existing steam generator purchase agreement from Bruce Power. The amendment reflects the addition…
Does the U.S. Nuclear Industry Have a Future?
Source: Neutron BytesMaybe not given the the cancellation of the V C Summer Plant and the bankruptcy of Westinghouse There is a strong likelihood that future plans by U.S. electric utilities to build full size nuclear reactors…
IAEA Completes Follow Up Review Of Kashiwazaki-Kariwa NPP
Source: NewsThe U.N.'s International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said that a review of Japan's Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Station by an international team of experts recommended more work should continue on safety improvements at the plant, but…
IAEA Projects "High Potential" For Nuclear Power Growth
Source: NewsThe U.N.'s nuclear watchdog group, the International Atomic Energy Agency, said this week that the growth potential for nuclear power remains high, taking the long view, even though global expansion “is projected to slow down…
South Carolina Governor Considers Options For V.C. Summer
Source: NewsThe sale of state-owned Santee Cooper is one of the options South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster is considering in an effort to revive the suspended two-reactor expansion project at the Virgil C. Summer nuclear power…