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NEI Seeks To Block Texas From Nuclear Waste Fund Withdrawal
Source: NewsIn an effort to keep the Nuclear Waste Fund intact, the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) this week filed a legal brief in the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals to block Texas from being awarded…
NASA starts work on nuclear propulsion systems to get to Mars
Source: Neutron BytesImage Source: BWXT – Nuclear Propulsion Rocket Engine A nuclear thermal rocket has double the propulsion efficiency of the Space Shuttle main engine, one of the hardest-working standard chemical engines of the past 40…
Southern CO. Expects New Costs At Vogtle Expansion
Source: NewsIn a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission Wednesday, Southern Co. said that it would cost an additional $1 billion to $1.7 billion to complete construction of two new AP1000 Westinghouse-designed reactors at the…
Spain’s Garoña To Shut Down Permanently After Ministry Blocks Restart
Source: NucNet2 Aug (NucNet): Spain’s ministry of energy will not renew the operating licence for the single-unit Santa Maria de Garoña nuclear power station near Burgos, northern Spain, according to a statement on the ministry’s website.…
June Accident In Japan Rated Level 2 Incident
Source: NewsThe early June radiation exposure accident at the Oarai Research and Development Center in the Ibaraki Prefecture in Japan involving five workers has been designated a level 2 accident by the country's Nuclear Regulation Authority.…
Stopping V.C. Summer Expansion Has Ripple Effects
Source: NewsWhen you throw a stone in a pond, there's a ripple effect. But if your project is large enough, when you stop throwing rocks in the pond, there is also a ripple effect. Such is…
Westinghouse Plans 7 Percent Workforce Trim, Reacts To South Carolina Project Cessation
Source: NewsWestinghouse Electric Company Chief Executive Officer Jose Emeterio Gutiérrez.said the company was “extremely disappointed” at the decision by Santee Cooper and the South Carolina Electric and Gas Company to back away from its commitments to…
Utilities Pull the Plug on AP1000s at V C Summer
Source: Neutron BytesMassive cost over runs and the Westinghouse bankruptcy doomed the project. Record low natural gas prices and flat demand for electricity contributed to the decision Santee Cooper refused to go along with a plan to…
SCE&G To Halt Construction of New VC Summer Units
Source: NewsSouth Carolina Electric & Gas Company (SCE&G), principal subsidiary of SCANA Corporation (SCANA) (NYSE:SCG), announced today that it will cease construction of the two new nuclear units (Units) at the V.C. Summer Nuclear Station in…
NRC Issues TVA New Orders On Safety-Conscious Work Culture
Source: NewsThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued a confirmatory order to the Tennessee Valley Authority, which has agreed to an extensive list of corrective actions to address safety conscious work environment issues.
AMEC Foster Wheeler To Run UK Digital Reactor Design Project
Source: NewsBritish engineering, research and construction consultancy Amec Foster Wheeler said Friday it had been awarded a $3.8 million contract from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, to run a UK Digital Reactor Design…
Exelon Generation's Byron 2 To Use Westinghouse EnCoreTM Fuel
Source: NewsWestinghouse Electric Company on Friday announced that it will load fuel assemblies containing lead test rods of its accident tolerant fuel solution, EnCoreTM Fuel, in Exelon Generation’s Byron Unit 2 in spring of 2019.
Work Unabated At Plant Vogtle With Management Resuffle Complete
Source: NewsProgress on the Plant Vogtle expansion project in Waynesboro, Ga., continues unabated despite the shift in project management that was granted approval by the Department of Energy on July 27, Georgia Power said on Friday.
Study finds advanced reactors will have competitive costs
Source: Neutron BytesIt uses extensive data from eight leading innovators with products under development It merged “apples & oranges data sets” to draw comparisons Washington, DC – A new study of contemporary nuclear industry cost projections, previously…
CGN Official Confirms Poland's Export Potential
Source: NewsWith a Memorandum of Understanding signed, officials at the China General Nuclear Power Corp. confirmed that the company is targeting Poland as a potential market for nuclear power exports.
Hydrostatic Tests For Barakah Unit 2 Completed
Source: NewsThe Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) said Tuesday that technicians had completed Cold Hydrostatic Testing for Unit 2 at the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant located in the Al Dhafra Region of Abu Dhabi.
Research Ties Water Stress In Europe To Future Power Supplies
Source: NewsA new study in the publication Nature Energy says that an increasing number of water basins in Europe could suffer from resource stresses due to global warming, which in turn will strain generation capacities of…
Probe At Fukushima Finds Unit 3 Nuclear Fuel Debris
Source: NewsThe Tokyo Electric Power Company in Japan (Tepco) has confirmed the discovery of molten debris suspected to include melted and resolifidied fuel at the bottom of the Unit 3 containment vessel at the Fukushima Daiichi…
Holtec, SNC-Lavalin, Partner on Development of 160 MW SMR
Source: Neutron BytesThis is the latest partnering agreement between Holtec and a major nuclear reactor vendor. In August 2015, Mitsubishi signed a long-term partnership agreement with Holtec to develop the instrumentation and control systems for the SMR-160.…
Areva & EDF to Try Again with NPCIL at Jaitapur
Source: Neutron BytesThe French government is going another round in the ring with India over roles and responsibilities to build six 1650 MW EPRs at the Jaitapur site on the west coast. EDF wants to have the…