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GNI Calls For "Significant Change" In Policies And Technology
Source: NewsThe Global Nexus Initiative (GNI), a policy group formed by the Partnership for Global Security and the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI), has released a report stating that the “significant changes are required,” in both technology…
IAEA Updates Regulatory Self-Assessment Program SARIS
Source: NewsIAEA said Thursday that it had completed development of an upgraded SARIS tool that makes it easier for countries to check their regulatory mandates against international standards.
KSB To Supply Hinkley Point C Pumps And Valves
Source: NewsKSB Group, makers of pumps and valves, has signed on as a supplier to the Hinkley Point C nuclear plant project in Somerset, England, with orders valued at about $32.75 million.
Dominion Virginia Power Aims For Lower Carbon Footprint
Source: NewsDominion Virginia Power (Dominion) said Monday that the carbon footprint for a typical customer would drop by as much as 25 percent over the next eight years, contributing to an carbon emissions drop of 46…
TVA Sees Cost Benefits From Watts Bar Unit 2
Source: NewsThe Tennessee Valley Authority said they had seen a quick economic benefit with the addition of the Watts Bar 2 nuclear reactor to its generation mix, noting the new reactor had enabled the company to…
Plant Vogtle Expansion Granted Two Week Reprieve
Source: NewsThe Plant Vogtle expansion project in Waynesboro, Ga., remains in financial limbo this week as Georgia Power agreed to extend a 30-day interim agreement to keep construction moving forward, saying Friday that they had added…
South Africa’s Tough Road to a Nuclear Tender
Source: Neutron BytesSouth Africa’s High Court Sets Aside Nuclear Deal With Russia (NucNet)(WNN): The High Court in South Africa has set aside a nuclear agreement between South Africa and Russia. Earthlife Africa (ELA) and the Southern African…
Georgia Power Objects To Westinghouse Loan
Source: NewsGeorgia Power Co. lawyers filed an objection in court this week protesting the use of Westinghouse Electric Company's intellectual property as collateral for an $800 million bankruptcy loan mean to shore up Westinghouse's profitable companies…
South African Setback Not Ultimatum, Notes Niasa
Source: NewsThe managing director of the Nuclear Industry Association of South Africa (Niasa) said Thursday that this week's High Court ruling that derailed the country' nuclear ambitions was based on procurement procedures and was not, therefore,…
Uranium-Molybdenum Nuclear Fuel Does Well In U.S. Lab
Source: NewsThe plate-type uranium-molybdenum nuclear fuel developed by the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute has been found to be stable and reliable after testing at the research reactor at the Idaho National Laboratory, the Institute said.
GEH Awarded Exelon Generation Contract For Outage Services
Source: NewsGE Hitachi Nuclear Energy has been awarded an outage services contract from Exelon Generation, operator of the largest fleet of nuclear power plants in the country in a deal valued at $140 million, the companies…
Georgia Company Settles Government's Rebar Lawsuit
Source: NewsIn a whistle-blower case, a company that supplied rebar to the government for construction of the Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication and Reactor Irradiation Services facility in Aiken, South Carolina, has agreed to pay $4.6 million…
Toshiba To Create Four Subsidiaries
Source: NewsWestinghouse Electric Company parent Toshiba Corp. of Japan said Monday it would spit itself into four wholly owned subsidiaries by the end of the year in reaction to severe losses in its nuclear power division…
Q&A: Poland’s Progress On The Road To New Nuclear
Source: NucNet25 Apr (NucNet): Conflicting reports have emerged from Poland about plans for its first commercial nuclear reactors, but in a Q&A with NucNet, Professor Grzegorz Wrochna of the Polish National Centre for Nuclear Research says…
Amec Foster Wheeler Announces Low-Level Radiation Remediation Contracts
Source: NewsUK-based engineering giant Amec Foster Wheeler said Monday it had been awarded a five-year contract with U.S. Naval Facilities Engineering Command to clean up and restore Navy properties contaminated with low-level radiation materials and industrial…
Governor Of Prefecture Clears Genkai Units For Restart
Source: NewsThe governor of the Saga Prefecture in the northwestern side of the island of Kyushu, has consented to the restart of Units 3 and 4 at the Genkai power plant operated by Kyushu Electric Power…
French Academy Of Sciences Decries Nuclear Fade
Source: NewsThe French Academy of Sciences said Thursday that the country's policy of reducing its dependence on nuclear power was a step in the wrong direction considering the country's goal of reducing harmful carbon emissions that…
IAEA, Rosatom, Reach Agreement On Infrastructure Aid
Source: NewsThe United Nation's nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said it had reached an agreement with Rosatom, the Russian Federation’s State Atomic Corporation, aimed at strengthening IAEA assistance to Member States that are…
FORATOM Seeks Stronger Support For Nuclear In EU Proposals
Source: NewsFORATOM, the nuclear power trade association associated with the European Union this week published a position paper that stressed the importance of nuclear power in Europe's future energy mix, while calling out what it sees…
NRC Grants Pilgrim Extensions In Light Of Closing
Source: NewsThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Tuesday gave the owners of the soon-to-close Pilgrim nuclear power plant in Massachusetts a pass on several post-Fukushima Daiichi safety requirements, causing a stir among local residents and triggering quick…