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US Industry Consortium Calls For SMR Investments
Source: Neutron Bytes(NucNet) Private companies have invested over $1bn in the development of small modular reactors (SMRs), but more investment through public-private partnerships is needed to assure that SMRs are a viable option in the mid-2020s, the…
EPA Approves Aquifer Exemption For Energy Fuels
Source: NewsEnergy Fuels Inc., said Friday that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) had issued the company an aquifer exemption for the Jane Dough wellfield in the Nichols Ranch ISR Project , a necessary regulatory step…
L3 MAPPS to Update Ling Ao Phase II Full Scope Simulator With Orchid and Enhanced Severe Accident Simulation
Source: News–Press Release– L3 MAPPS announced today that it has been awarded a contract from Ling Ao Nuclear Power Co., Ltd. (LANPC), a division of China General Nuclear (CGN), to upgrade the Ling Ao Phase II…
EU's Energy Future Progressing, Says Report
Source: News“The decarbonisation of the European economy is well under way,” said the second State of the Energy Union report from the European Commission's Energy Union and Climate initiative, launched in 2015.
Third Way Advanced Nuclear Showcase Feb 21
Source: Neutron BytesThird Way is hosting the second annual Advanced Nuclear Summit on February 21, 2017 in Washington, DC. The entire event will be live streamed and feature opportunities to hear directly from leaders in nuclear innovation…
Dongfang Heavy Machinery Ships Heater To EDF
Source: NewsChinese manufacturer Dongfang Heavy Machinery has shipped a low-pressure heater to French utility EDF, working under contract for Dongfang Electricity Corporation, according to a Chinese media report.
NuGen Not Rattled As Toshiba Chairman Resigns
Source: NewsDespite continued shake ups at Japanese conglomerate Toshiba, owner of Westinghouse Electric Company, the UK company NuGeneration said this week that it remained committed to the three-reactor project in northwest England known as the Moorside…
BWXT Announces $784M Naval Propulsion Program Contract
Source: NewsBWX Technologies, Inc. said Tuesday that the U.S. Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program has exercised contract options with BWXT’s subsidiary, BWXT Nuclear Operations Group, Inc., totaling approximately $784 million for the manufacture of naval nuclear reactor…
Campaigning for Clean Air & Nuclear Energy
Source: Neutron BytesYour voice in the energy debates: Learn how to support nuclear power. Award-winning author Meredith Joan Angwin guides you in your pro-nuclear advocacy, from a day when you are quietly typing at your computer to…
India Goes Large in Plans to Build Next Round of Reactors
Source: Neutron BytesAll future foreign nuclear reactors to be 1200 MW or more (Press Trust India) The government has decided that all future foreign atomic reactors in India will have a capacity to generate 1200 MW and…
GAIN Announces 2017 Vouchers for Nuclear Small Business
Source: Neutron BytesThe program is aimed at assisting developers of advanced nuclear energy technologies The Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear (GAIN) announces the availability of fiscal year 2017 funds for small business vouchers to assist applicants…
Cleaner Robot Sent Into Fukushima Daiichi Unit 2 PCV
Source: NewsThe Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco), sent a cleaner robot into the Primary Containment Vessel of the damaged Unit 2 reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station on Thursday, which was meant clear deposits…
Fire, Blast At Flamanville NPP No Threat To Public
Source: NewsA fire and explosion at the Flammanville Nuclear Power Plant on France's northwest coast is being described as a serious incident that has no threat of radioactive dispersal into the environment.
Third Way Advanced Nuclear Showcase
Source: Neutron BytesThird Way is hosting the second annual Advanced Nuclear Summit on February 21, 2017 in Washington, DC. — The entire event will be live streamed and feature opportunities to hear directly from leaders in nuclear…
NRC Team At Palo Verde For Minor Event
Source: NewsThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission said they have sent a special team of investigators to the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station 50 miles west of Phoenix, Az, to study why a back up diesel generator failed…
Up Close, A Look At Indian Point's Closing
Source: NewsClosing a nuclear power plant has obvious repercussions to well-paid workers, supply industry revenue, power generation and corporate cash flow. But it can be looked at through a wide-angled lens or a lens that focuses…
Toshiba’s Nuclear Projects Falling Like a Row of Dominos
Source: Neutron BytesThe Japanese conglomerate is expected to announce Feb 14 that it will pull out of projects in the UK (3 AP1000s) and India (6 AP1000s) due to its deep financial difficulties. Westinghouse may be sold…
Putin Says Russia Will Finance Paks Expansion
Source: NewsRussian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday in Budapest that Russia was now willing to finance “100 percent” of the Paks II nuclear power plant expansion project in Hungary.
MHI Expects San Onofre Ruling By End Of March
Source: NewsMitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) President and Chief Operating Officer Shunichi Miyanaga said Thursday that the company expected a settlement ruling concerning the San Onofre nuclear plant in California before the end of the fiscal year…
Eskom Says 27 Companies Responded To RFI
Source: NewsSouth African utility Eskom said Wednesday that 27 companies had sent notice that they would respond to a Request for Information regarding its initiative to build new nuclear power plants in the country.