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Holtec Storage Pad For Laguna Verde NPP Nears Completion
Source: NewsHoltec International said Friday that its turnkey spent fuel storage facility built for Mexico's national utility, Comision Federal de Electricidad (CFE), at the Laguna Verde Nuclear Power Plant (LVNPP) is nearing completion and should be…
GEH Pegged For $2M Research Project Involving 3D Manufacturing
Source: NewsThe U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has pegged GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) to research and advance the use of 3D manufacturing systems to build prototype parts for nuclear power plants, the company said.
Exelon Notifies NRC On Quad Cities And Clinton NPP Closures
Source: NewsExelon Generations said this week that they had made its intentions to close the Clinton and Quad Cities nuclear stations in 2017 and 2018, respectively, official, informing the Nuclear Regulatory Commission of its plans to…
Bulgaria Is Planning 30-Year Kozloduy Lifetime Extensions, Says CEO
Topics: Plant OperationsSource: NucNet23 Jun (NucNet): Bulgaria is planning to extend the lifetime of its Kozloduy-5 and -6 nuclear units by at least 30 years, Dimitar Angelov, chief executive of the Kozloduy power station, told a conference organised…
NRC Issues Confirmatory Action Letter To Entergy Operations Concerning Arkansas One
Source: NewsThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued a Confirmatory Action Letter documenting actions that Entergy Operations, Inc., officials have agreed to take to address performance issues at Arkansas Nuclear One. The plant is located in Russellville,…
PG&E To Close Diablo Canyon In 2025
Source: NewsPG&E announced Tuesday that it would cease with any and all activities intended to extend the operating licenses of the company's two pressurized water reactors at the Diablo Canyon Power Plant (DCPP) beyond their original…
Nuclear Energy ‘Of Strategic Importance’ For Bulgaria, Minister Says
Topics: Policy & RegulationSource: NucNet21 Jun (NucNet): Nuclear energy is “of strategic importance” for Bulgaria’s economy and energy system and the government clearly recognises this fact, Temenuzhka Petkova, the country’s energy minister, told Bulgarian Atomic Forum’s annual conference. …
In China, Changjiang Unit 2 Synced To The Grid
Source: NewsThe China National Nuclear Corporation said Monday that the most recent reactor in China to reach its first sustained fission reaction, the No. 2 unit at the Changjiang nuclear power plant had been synced to…
EDF Managers Tell UK MPs That Hinkley Point C Should Be Postponed
Source: NucNet20 Jun (NucNet): Senior managers at EDF have told British MPs that a final investment decision (FID) on the planned Hinkley Point C nuclear project should be delayed until problems including the reactor design and…
Is it time for a change to the Idaho Settlement Agreement?
Source: Neutron BytesWhen the nuclear waste cleanup deal was agreed to more than a decade ago, no one was thinking about small modular reactors. Readers of this blog may be interested in the ongoing struggle of the…
NRC Completes Flood Protection Review Of Oconee NPP
Source: NewsThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said Friday it had completed its review of the flood protection improvements at the Oconee Nuclear Plant 30 miles west of Greenville, S.C., and found that modifications completed by Duke…
OPPD Votes To Shut Down Fort Calhoun NPP By Year's End
Source: NewsThe Omaha Public Power District (OPPD) board of directors announced Thursday that they had decided in a unanimous vote to close the Fort Calhoun Station nuclear power plant, a 482-MW pressurized water reactor 19 miles…
With Tax Phase Out, Vattenfall Will Invest In Forsmark NPP
Source: NewsThe Vattenfall's board of directors on Wednesday announced they would invest in independent core cooling for the Forsmark power plant's three nuclear reactors. The company said the decision was a direct response to the government's…
DOE Announces $82 Million In Nuclear Research Funding
Source: NewsNoting that nuclear energy was “by far” the largest source of carbon-free energy in the United States, Department of Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz on Tuesday announced $82 million in federal funding for nuclear energy research.
AREVA's NEW CO To Focus On Nuclear Fuel Cycle
Source: NewsFrench nuclear group AREVA on Wednesday announced its five-year restructuring plan that pivots on a creation of new subsidiary, NEW CO, that will focus on cash-flow-generating nuclear fuel cycle businesses.
Final Unit 3 Coolant Pump Delivered To Vogtle Expansion Site
Source: NewsThe final reactor coolant pump for Unit 3 at the Vogtle nuclear power plant expansion project has arrived at the construction site, Georgia Power announced.
PSEG Given Five-Year State Permit For Salem Reactors Water Draw
Source: NewsEnvironmental groups in New Jersey lost their bid to force PSEG Nuclear to build two expensive cooling towers for the company's Salem Unit 1 and Unit 2 reactors in Hancocks Bridge, N.J., as the state's…
Sweden Reverses Itself On Nuclear Power Tax
Source: NewsJust days after the German cabinet endorsed policies that would slow down their aggressive support of renewable power sources, the Swedish parliament endorsed an about face on Sweden's crippling tax on nuclear power plants, approving…
Sweden Could Build 10 New Reactors After Major Change To Policy On Nuclear
Source: NucNet13 Jun (NucNet): Sweden could build up to 10 new nuclear reactors at existing nuclear sites in the coming years with permission also given to extend the operating lifetimes of units in the existing nuclear…
Nuclear News Roundup for June 12, 2016
Source: Neutron BytesSouth Korea strengthens research ties with Russia on fast reactors (WNN) A new wide-ranging agreement has been signed by Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) and Russia’s Research Institute of Atomic Reactors (RIAR) to advance…