News archive
Nuclear-industry articles and summaries, with original dates and attribution.
All topics · All sources · All years · Newest first
GEH Announces North American Implementation Of Enhanced Decontamination Solution
Source: NewsGE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) announced the implementation of its latest chemical decontamination solution for the first time in North America. The solution was successfully utilized to decontaminate and mitigate stress corrosion cracking in portions…
Initial Approval For Expanded KORAD Repository In S. Korea Obtained
Source: NewsA year after the first 16 drums of waste was placed in Asia's first underground repository for low- and intermediate-level waste radioactive waste repository in the Gyeongju Province in South Korea, the country's Ministry of…
GA-EMS Installs Monitoring System At Watts Bar 2
Source: NewsGeneral Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) said Tuesday that its radiation monitoring systems had been deployed successfully at the first U.S. nuclear power plant scheduled to go operational since 1996.
After €620M Arbitration Ruling, What Next For Bulgaria’s Belene Nuclear Project?
Source: NucNet26 Jul (NucNet): In June, the Geneva-based International Court of Arbitration (ICA) of the International Chamber of Commerce ordered Bulgaria’s state-owned National Electric Company (NEK) to pay €620m ($703m) in compensation to Russia’s nuclear equipment…
North Wales Site Should Be Location For First UK SMR, Says Report By MPs
Source: NucNet26 Jul (NucNet): The Trawsfynydd nuclear site in north Wales should be designated as a site for a first-of-its kind small modular reactor (SMR) station in the UK, but progress has to be made soon…
Book Notes: Is Anti-nuclear Advocacy a Threat to the Planet?
Topics: Safety & EnvironmentSource: Neutron BytesReaders of this blog know that while it is pro-nuclear, efforts are made not to throw the baby out with the bathwater when it comes to refuting the views of anti-nuclear groups. However, with so…
IAEA Launches New Version of Advanced Reactors Database
Topics: Research & TechnologySource: Neutron BytesNew ARIS database now includes specific categories for molten salt and small and medium sized reactors. The IAEA recently launched a new design of its Advanced Reactors Information System (ARIS) database, which provides detailed technical…
Nuclear News Roundup for July 23, 2016
Source: Neutron BytesUtah Court Ruling Kills Environmental Appeal, OKs Green River Nuclear Plant (Salt Lake City Tribune) A court ruling has removed the final state hurdle for a Utah company planning to build a nuclear power plant…
Unit 3 Reactor Vessel In Place At Barakah
Source: NewsThe reactor vessel (RV) for the third unit at the Barakah nuclear power plant project has been installed successfully, the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) said Thursday.
GE Hitatchi, Rosatom Fuel Alliance Moves Forward
Source: NewsGE Hitachi said Wednesday that a “fuel alliance” between Global Nuclear Fuel (GNF) and TVEL continued to move forward this week as TVEL parent Rosatom hosted a management meeting in Moscow under the TVS-K fuel…
AREVA Contends Fessenheim Unit 2 Steam Generator Is Sound
Source: NewsNuclear industry powerhouse AREVA said Tuesday that it would continue to analyze a steam generator for the Fessenheim Nuclear Power Plant's Unit 2 reactor after French regulators suspended a test certificate for the component in…
TVEL Announces Breakthrough In Arktika Icebreaker Fuel
Source: NewsRosatom's nuclear fuel company TVEL said Tuesday that it had developed a new fuel that would double the durability of RITM-200 nuclear reactor cores, which are the type used in the world's largest and most…
DOE Extends EFRC Funding To Four New Centers
Source: NewsFour research centers will join the nation's stable of 32 Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) with a collective $40 million in grants from the Department of Energy with the aim of understanding the chemistry of…
James Fisher Nuclear Awarded Fukushima Daiichi Sampling Contract
Source: NewsBritish decommissioning and remote handling company James Fisher Nuclear announced Monday that it had been awarded a “high-value” contract from Japanese engineering company Mitsubishi Heavy Industries that involves developing technology to be used at the…
China General Nuclear Connects Fangchenggang Unit 2 To Grid
Source: NewsUnit 2 of the Fangchenggang nuclear power plant in western China has been connected to the grid, China General Nuclear said over the weekend.
Carnival of Nuclear Energy Bloggers #318
Source: Neutron BytesThis post represents the latest link in an unbroken chain of almost six years of the weekly summaries of the best of the pro-nuclear blogs. With the recent completion of the Climate Change Conference in…
Power Industry Report Shows CO2 Emissions In Decline
Source: NewsThe good news from the twelfth annual “Benchmarking Air Emissions of the 100 Largest Electric Power Producers in the United States” report from July 2016 is a decline from 2005 to 2014 in CO2 pollution,…
Entergy Discusses Sale Of FitzPatrick NPP To Exelon
Source: NewsEntergy Corporation, owner of five operating nuclear reactors in New York, Michigan and Massachusetts, said this week that it was in discussions with Exelon Corporation for the potential sale of the James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear…
UK Government Audit Report Warns Of High Cost Of New Nuclear
Source: NucNet14 Jul (NucNet): Nuclear construction in the UK is expensive and slow in comparison to other countries, in part because the UK has not built any nuclear plants since the 1990s and lacks a proven…
Blue Castle Announces Contractor Selection Process
Source: NewsBlue Castle Holdings announced that it is is beginning the contractor selection process for its construction joint venture for the Blue Castle Project, a two-unit nuclear power plant in Green River, Utah, that is slated…