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Announcing the 2017 Nuclear Innovation Bootcamp
Source: Neutron BytesThe terrific team that brought you the first boot camp in 2016 is going to do it again in 2017 Details follow below in a message from the organizers. Note to Readers: I was a…
Carnival of Nuclear Energy Bloggers 337
Source: Neutron BytesThis post represents the latest link in a chain of over six years of the weekly summaries of the best of the pro-nuclear blogs. About these bloggers The bloggers who write the posts cited here…
Nuclear News Roundup for 12/05/16
Source: Neutron BytesIllinois Legislation Votes to Save Nuclear Plants (Power Magazine) The Illinois Legislature approved the Future Energy Jobs Bill (SB 2814) on December 1. The bill will provide the $235 million to be collected from customers…
NRC Approves Riverstone Holding Acquisition Of Susquehanna NPP
Source: NewsThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Wednesday approved the indirect transfer of control of the operating licenses for both units of the Susquehanna nuclear power plant near Berwick, Pennsylvania to accommodate a merger deal between Riverstone…
Global Uranium Supply ‘More Than Adequate’ For Foreseeable Future, Says Red Book
Topics: Fuel & WasteSource: NucNet1 Dec (NucNet): Regardless of the role that nuclear energy plays in meeting future electricity demand, the global uranium resource base is more than adequate to meet projected requirements for the foreseeable future, a new…
MHI Completes Contract Milestone At Ringhals NPP
Source: NewsMitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) said Tuesday it had completed replacement work on a pressurized water reactor (PWR) pressurizer nozzle spool piece for Unit 3 at the Ringhals Nuclear Power Plant in Sweden. The work…
NRC Sends 20 Inspectors To Pilgrim NPP
Source: NewsThe Nuclear Regulator Commission (NRC) said Monday it was sending a team of 20 inspectors with expertise in a variety of disciplines to begin a three-week “top-to-bottom review” of the Pilgrim nuclear power plant in…
Switzerland Rejects Plans To Speed Up Country’s Nuclear Phaseout
Source: NucNet27 Nov (NucNet): People in Switzerland voting in a referendum today have rejected a proposal to introduce a strict timetable for phasing out nuclear power with provisional results showing 54.2% voted against the initiative. …
Swiss Reject Plan for Early Close of Nation’s Nuclear Plants
Source: Neutron BytesThe proposal put forward by green groups was defeated by a vote of 56% against it. (WNN) The proposal to force older nuclear power plants to close in Switzerland has been rejected in a referendum…
Areva gets capital funding boost, new investors
Source: Neutron BytesEDF will purchase a $2.7 billion stake Nuclear firms from China, Japan, and Kazakhstan seek equity shares France’s EDF Throws Areva a Financial Lifeline (Reuters & French news media sources) France moved to shore up…
FUKUSHIMA EARTHQUAKE: Tepco Says ‘No Abnormalities’ At Nuclear Stations
Source: NucNet22 Nov (NucNet): Japanese Nuclear operator Tepco says there are no abnormalities at either the Fukushima-Daiichi or Fukushima-Daini nuclear stations following a 7.4 magnitude earthquake off the coast of the prefecture early on 22 November…
U.S. Nuclear Corp To Build Air Monitors For KHNP
Source: NewsUS Nuclear Corp. said Monday it had been awarded $638,675 net total in a contract to build semi-portable particulate, iodine, and noble gas continuous air monitors for nuclear power plants in S. Korea.
Unit 3 At Palo Verde Sets Plant Outage Record
Source: NewsWhen Arizona Public Services Company crews at Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, the nation's most productive power plant, reconnected Unit 3 to the grid on Saturday last at 5:37 p.m. Nov. 5, they set a…
Third Japanese Reactor Granted License Extension
Source: NewsJapan's nuclear regulator, the Nuclear Regulation Authority, has granted a license extension to the Mihama Unit 3 reactor run by Kansai Electric, which allows it to operate for a 60-year span, which would end in…
EDF Signs Deal For Control Of AREVA NP
Source: NewsA long-expected re-shuffling of the French nuclear power industry became formal on Wednesday, as state-owned utility Electricite de France (EDF) and nuclear service, component and construction giant AREVA signed a binding agreement valued at $2.67…
World Energy Outlook Sees Possibility Of Significant Increase In Nuclear Share By 2040
Topics: New ReactorsSource: NucNet16 Nov (NucNet): World electricity generation from nuclear energy could range from 3,960 TWh to 6,101 TWh by 2040, increasing from around 2,535 TWh in 2014 in a number of different scenarios examined by the…
Trump May Revive Debate On Yucca Mountain Repository
Source: NewsWith the ink barely dry on last week's stunning election victory for Donald Trump, reports from Washington indicate that members of the president elect's transition team are stirring up renewed consideration for long-term nuclear waste…
Japan gains a customer with India, but loses one in Vietnam
Source: Neutron BytesJapan overcomes its nonproliferation jitters about India to sign a deal to provide reactors there. Vietnam pulls the plug on a plan to build eight new reactors due to high costs and lower demand for…
Nuclear fuel R&D is driving advanced reactor innovation
Source: Neutron BytesThe development of new nuclear fuels is crucial to the success of new fast reactor designs. Examples include TRISO fuel for HTGRs and Molten Salt fuel for 21st century iterations of the work done at…
IAEA Conducts First ATMEA1 Seismic Review
Source: NewsThe International Atomic Energy Agency, the United Nation's nuclear power regulator, said it had conducted the agency's first seismic safety review assessing a new nuclear power design in October, starting the initiative with a mid-sized…