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Ur-Energy Announces Cut Backs, Citing Market Conditions
Source: NewsUr-Energy said Wednesday that it would cut its workforce at three locations in Wyoming and re-assign staff as a response to depressed uranium market conditions.
Watts Bar Unit 2 Shut Down Sunday Due To Turbine Control Systems Glitch
Source: NewsWatts Bar Unit 2 shut down early Sunday afternoon two days after it was connected to the grid as start up testing ran into a glitch in the turbine control systems, according to reports.
NRC Completes Safety Evaluation For Levy County Site
Source: NewsThe U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said Monday there were no safety issues associated with the proposed Levy County, Fla., site for two AP1000 reactors.
Emirates Nuclear Energy Forms Operating Subsidiary Nawah
Source: NewsThe Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) said Monday that it had taken steps to form an operating subsidiary, Nawah Energy Company (Nawah) that would operate and maintain the four-reactor Barakah nuclear power plant once it…
Talen Energy To Go Private With Riverstone Merger
Source: NewsTalen Energy, which owns 16,000 megawatts of electricity generation capacity, including the affiliate Susquehanna Nuclear LLC, has announced that it will merge with Riverstone Holdings LLC, a private investment firm based in New York City…
French Nuclear Power Plants Caught Up In Labor Strike
Source: NewsA stalemate over labor reforms in France has the nuclear power industry caught up in rolling strikes by union workers, who fear the reforms make it easier for companies to lay off workers.
Exelon To Close Clinton And Quad Cities NPP(s)
Source: NewsBlaming the lack of progress in the Illinois state legislature, Exelon Corporation on Thursday announced it would close two of its nuclear power plants in the state, the Clinton Power Station in Clinton, Ill., and…
Canada’s Regulator Increases Production Limit For McClean Lake Uranium Mill
Source: NucNet2 Jun (NucNet): The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) has approved the expansion of the annual operating capacity at the McClean Lake uranium milling facility to 24 million pounds of uranium concentrate (U3O8 – 9,200…
Poland Announces Progress On Site Selection Process For First Nuclear Station
Source: NucNet1 Jun (NucNet): Poland’s General Directorate for Environmental Protection (GDEP) has approved the scope of the initial environmental impact report for the country’s first nuclear new build project, PGE EJ1, the company in charge of…
CNSC Expands McClean Lake Uranium Mill's Production License
Source: NewsThe Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) has greatly expanded the production license for the McClean Lake uranium mill operated by AREVA. The Canadian regulator has allowed production at the mill to jump from 13 million…
Cameco And Kazatomprom To Restructure Inkai Mine Joint Venture In Kazakhstan
Source: NucNet31 May (NucNet): Kazakhstan’s state-owned nuclear company Kazatomprom and Canada-based Cameco have agreed to restructure their Inkai mine joint venture, Cameco said in a statement. …
Prospects Uncertain for Westinghouse Nuclear Deal with India
Source: Neutron BytesThe Financial Express, a major Indian daily newspaper, reports that despite intense efforts from both sides, the Westinghouse-Toshiba nuclear reactors deal is not expected to be closed by the time Prime Minister Narendra Modi reaches…
Carnival of Nuclear Energy Bloggers 311
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…
UK Horizon Nuclear Power Names Joint Venture for Wylfa
Source: Neutron BytesJapan’s Hitachi and the U.S. construction giant Bechtel, will build 5,400 MW of new nuclear power generating capacity at two sites. The first unit at Wylfa is expected to be in revenue service by the…
Horizon Nuclear Power Appoints New Chairman: Masahide Tanigaki
Source: NewsHorizon Nuclear Power Ltd., in Britain, said that its Board of Directors Chairman Tatsuro Ishizuka is standing down to take on a new role as Chairman of the Hitachi Research Institute. He will be replaced…
Sanmen Unit 1 Completes Cold Hydrostatic Tests
Source: NewsThe world's first Westinghouse AP1000 nuclear power plants moved a step closer to commissioning this week with completion of the cold hydrostatic tests (CHT) at Sanmen Unit 1 in Zhejiang Province, China.
Westinghouse To Upgrade Information And Control Systems At Sweden's Forsmark NPP
Source: NewsWestinghouse Electric Company on Wednesday announced it had signed a contract with Forsmark Kaftgrupp AB to upgrade the non-safety related information and control systems at the Forsmark Nuclear Power Plant's Units 1 and 2 in…
NRC Transfers La Crosse License To La Crosse Solutions
Source: NewsNuclear Regulatory Commission said Thursday it had approved the transfer of the license for the La Crosse Nuclear Plant in Genoa, Wis., from its owner Dairyland Power Cooperative to La Crosse Solutions LLC, a subsidiary…
NRC To Amend Light-Water SMR Fee Structure
Source: NewsThe U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Thursday that it would go ahead with amending its regulations to establish separate fees for small modular reactors. The agency said it was establishing a separate fee structure because…
Horizon Nuclear Power Assembles Experienced Team For Wylfa Newydd
Source: NewsBritain's Horizon Nuclear Power said Friday that it had created a joint venture called Menter Newydd that would be the lead build team for the Wylfa Newydd project. “Menter Newydd, meaning New Venture in Welsh,…