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DOE Contracts To Supply New Facility With Depleted Uranium
Source: NewsThe Department of Energy (DOE) said Friday it had agreed to sell depleted uranium to GE-Hitachi Global Laser Enrichment, LLC (GLE) over a 40-year period which would be enriched at a proposed GLE state-of-the-art facility.
New Film Coming in 2017 on Nuclear Energy Start Ups
Source: Neutron BytesWhat if the solution to climate change were hiding in plain sight? There’s been huge growth in renewable energy and energy efficiency in recent years, but most of America’s clean energy still comes from nuclear.…
Vietnam To Cancel Plans For Two Nuclear Power Plants
Source: NewsCiting the high cost of construction and slower than expected demand growth for electricity, officials in Vietnam are saying that the government has plans to back out of contracts with Russian and Japanese companies to…
AREVA Receives Doel Units Instrumentation Contract
Source: NewsNuclear power supply and service company AREVA NP said it has been awarded a contract to modernize parts of the instrumentation and control (I&C) system of the Doel 1 and 2 nuclear reactors operated by…
Highlights of ORNL Molten Salt Meeting
Source: Neutron BytesRenewed interest in molten salt technology was evident at a recent gathering of advanced nuclear reactor experts at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). Nearly 200 attendees from national labs,…
India, Japan, Poised To Sign Nuclear Technology Pact
Source: NewsLeaders from Japan and India are poised to sign agreements this week that would allow Japan to export nuclear technology to India, making it the first non-signatory to the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty to be granted…
Entergy To Sell Shuttered Vermont Yankee To NorthStar Group
Source: NewsEntergy Corp. announced Tuesday that it would sell the shuttered Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant to subsidiaries of NorthStar Group Services Inc., in a move that will accelerate decommissioning and site restoration by as much…
A Few Organizing Concepts for Project Management and Innovation in Developing New Nuclear Reactor Technologies
Source: Neutron BytesWhen it comes to nuclear reactor technologies, a developer doesn’t just pick one off the shelf and begin work, even if there are decades of basic R&D behind it. A commercial enterprise has to look…
Federal Judge Sets Trial For Hanford Lawsuit
Source: NewsA federal judge has ruled that a case against the federal government concerning worker safety at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation will go to trial, rejecting the Department of Energy's attempt to have the case dismissed.
Carnival of Nuclear Energy Bloggers 333
Source: Neutron BytesThis post represents the latest link in a chain of almost 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…
Report – Advanced Reactors Need Clear Path to Success
Source: Neutron BytesPolicy recommendations for advanced reactor deployment are published by a DC think tank in collaboration with a key nuclear industry trade group Advanced reactors essential to meet climate goals New regulation, investment will drive development…
Power Machines Ships 1200 MW Turbogenerator Stator To Belarus
Source: NewsPower Machines has performed shipment of the turbogenerator stator with a capacity of 1200 MW manufactured for the first nuclear plant constructed in the Republic of Belarus, the industrial manufacturing company said.
Turkey Point Project Clears NRC Environmental Impact Review
Source: NewsThe U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said Thursday that it had approved of the environmental impact conditions presented by Florida Power and Light's two-unit proposed Turkey Point expansion project in Florida. Staff had concluded there…
AREVA NP, Lightbridge To Form Fuel Development Joint Venture
Source: NewsU.S. nuclear fuel developer Lightbridge Corporation and French component and reactor services company AREVA NP, which has wide-spread presence in the nuclear industry, have agreed to create a new joint venture that will focus on…
US Nuclear Corp Rolls Out Radiation Detection Drones
Source: NewsCommercial drone creator FlyCam UAV, which specializes in drones for work in television and feature films, has teamed up with US Nuclear Corp to create drones that detect particles that contain alpha, beta, gamma and…
Power Magazine Names Chinese, Russian And U.S. Top Plants
Source: NewsPower Magazine in Tuesday named its top power plants for nuclear generation, naming the Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station in Pennsylvania, the Ningde Nuclear Power Plant in Fujian Province, China and the recently commissioned Beloyarsk…
Isotope Shortages Have Been Reduced, But Vulnerabilities Remain, Warns Report
Source: NucNet1 Nov (NucNet): Coordinated action has reduced worldwide shortages of medical isotopes, but supply vulnerabilities remain because of the small number of participating organisations at some steps in the supply chain, a report by the…
NRC Inspectors To Review Grand Gulf NPP Shut Down
Source: NewsThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission has begun a special inspection at the Grand Gulf Nuclear Station to review circumstances surrounding several recent operational events.
Moniz shares his “keep awake” list of issues on the future of nuclear energy in US
Source: Neutron BytesThe Secretary of Energy talks about what’s on his mind in considering the future of nuclear energy in the US. The leader of every large organization, whether it is a government agency or a multi-national…
Romania Reports Progress on Cernavoda 3 & 4
Source: Neutron BytesNegotiations On Construction Of Romania’s Cernavoda-3 And -4 In ‘Final Stage’ (NucNet): Negotiations between Romanian nuclear operator Nuclearelectrica and China General Nuclear Power Corporation (CGN) on the details of an investors’ agreement for the construction…