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Work Suspended At Westingouse Fuel Processing Plant
Source: NewsWestinghouse has reportedly shut down or partly shut down its nuclear fuel processing and assembly plant in South Carolina on a voluntary basis following an Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) inspection team's visit to review why…
Coastal City In China Suspends Work On Nuclear Waste Processing Plant
Source: NewsA municipal government in China representing the coastal city of Lianyungang has suspended preliminary site work for a nuclear waste processing plant after local residents protested the site selection, the municipality's Web site announced.
Last Two V.C. Summer Unit 2 "Super Modules" In Place
Source: NewsWestinghouse Electric Company said Tuesday that two new power plant modules, CAO3 and CAO2, are now in place for Unit 2 at the V.C. Summer Nuclear Station project that is underway in Jenkinsville, S.C.
DOE Extends Fluor's Savannah River Service Contract
Source: NewsFluor Corporation said Tuesday that the U.S. Department of Energy had extended its contract with the company for management and operations of the Savannah River Site, a nuclear research and material processing facility, near Aiken,…
Exelon, As Planned, To Take Over FitzPatrick NPP From Entergy
Source: NewsExelon Generation announced on Tuesday that it had agreed to assume ownership and management of Entergy Corporation's James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant in Scriba, N.Y., in a deal made possible by the state's recently…
Reseach Center Contracts Signed For Rosatom-Build In Bolivia
Source: NewsBolivia's Nuclear Energy Agency (ABEN) and Russian nuclear power corporation Rosatom have signed contracts that officially launches the construction of a $300 million nuclear research and technology center that will advance Bolivia's nuclear power ambitions.
Nuclear News Roundup for August 6, 2016
Source: Neutron BytesDuke Gets SER for AP1000 Reactors at William States Lee (NucNet): There are no safety aspects that would preclude issuing the licenses for construction and operation of two Westinghouse AP1000 reactors at Duke Energy’s William…
Alstom Powers System Contracted For Hanhikivi 1 Generator Set
Source: NewsGE Steam Powers System acquisition Alstom Powers System has signed a contract with RAOS Project Ltd., for delivery of a turbine generator set for Fennovoima's Hanhikivi 1 project in Finland, the company said.
Russia’s Novovoronezh 2-1 Generation III+ Reactor Produces First Electricity
Topics: New ReactorsSource: NucNet5 Aug (NucNet): Russia’s first Generation-III+ nuclear unit at Novovoronezh 2-1 in Voronezh oblast, western Russia, was today connected to the grid and produced electricity for the first time, state nuclear corporation Rosatom said in…
NRC Approves Site Safety Report For William States Lee III NPP
Source: NewsThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said Wednesday that its staff had completed its Final Safety Evaluation Report for Combined Licenses for two proposed nuclear reactors at the William States Lee III site near Gaffney in…
Rosatom Inspecting Reactor Vessel That Slipped In Belarus
Source: NewsRussian nuclear power company Rosatom confirmed this week that a reactor vessel was involved in a mishap in July during construction of Belarus' first nuclear power plant. Workers apparently failed to secure the reactor shell,…
China blows a fuse over Hinkley Point delay
Source: Neutron BytesAfter saying it “respected” PM May’s decision to conduct a review of the Hinkley Point nuclear reactor project, the Xinhua Official News Agency made some very undiplomatic remarks about the prospects for future friendly relations…
Amec Foster Wheeler's Moorside Analysis Contract Extended
Source: NewsBritish engineering and environment consulting group Amec Foster Wheeler said Tuesday that it had been awarded a continuation of its NuGeneration Limited (NuGen) contract to work on the proposed nuclear power station at Moorside, Cumbria,…
Exelon Calls New York's Clean Energy Standard Policy "Historic"
Source: NewsExelon Corporation, the Upstate Energy Jobs Coalition and others hailed New York State's new energy policy that tips its hat to both renewable energy sources and nuclear energy, setting a goal of obtaining 50 percent…
NRC Sends Augmented Inspection Team To Fuel Plant In South Carolina
Source: NewsThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Monday it was sending an Augmented Inspection Team (AIT) to the Westinghouse Nuclear Fuel Plant in Columbia, S.C., to look into why an air scrubber had built up an unexpected…
Georgia Power Can Spend $99 Million To Develop New Nuclear Plant
Source: NewsGeorgia Power has been granted permission from the state's pubic service commission to spend as much as $99 million on preliminary site work and licensing for a nuclear power plant in the southwest corner of…
New UK Prime Minister Delays Decision on Hinkley Point
Source: Neutron BytesCiting concerns the role of Chinese state-owned nuclear energy firms as investors, Britain’s new Prime Minister Theresa May has put off a decision until September to build the 3300 MW facility. She must also grapple…
Britain Balks On Hinkley Point C After EDF Votes To Build
Source: NewsA green light on the Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant project for Somerset, England, was thrown back into controversy on Thursday when the British government backed away from what had previously been assumed was…
Hinkley Hit By New Delay As UK Government Announces Project Review
Source: NucNet28 Jul (NucNet): The plan to build an £18bn nuclear station at Hinkley Point in the UK was hit with an unexpected delay on Thursday night as the government decided to hold a new review…
EDF Board Approves Final Investment Decision For Hinkley Point
Source: NucNet28 Jul (NucNet): French state-owned utility EDF has approved construction of the two-unit Hinkley Point C nuclear station – the first nuclear plant to be built in the UK in a generation. …