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NEI's Fertel Calls For Help "Sooner, Rather Than Later"
Source: NewsNuclear Energy Institute President and Chief Executive Officer Marvin Fertel called for federal action "sooner rather than later," to help incentivize nuclear power plants that are under economic pressures, most notably from low natural gas…
US Study Calls For Upgrades To Security Infrastructure And Systems
Topics: Safety & EnvironmentSource: NucNet23 May (NucNet): Nuclear plant operators and their regulators should upgrade and protect nuclear plant security infrastructure and systems to cope with extreme external events and severe accidents, a study by the US National Academy…
Surrender at Ft. Calhoun
Source: Neutron BytesThe nation’s smallest nuclear power plant, at 479 MW, threw in the towel this week The management of Omaha Public Power District (OPPD) has recommended that the single-unit Fort Calhoun nuclear power station in Nebraska…
Egypt Secures $25 Billion Loan For Four-Unit Plant In Dabaa
Source: NewsEgypt and Russia have taken a financial step forward in development of a four-reactor nuclear power plant in Dabaa, Egypt, announcing that Russia had granted Egypt a $25 billion loan that is to cover 85…
AREVA Announces Three Safety-Enhancing Patents
Source: NewsFrench nuclear industry mainstay AREVA said this week that it had been awarded three patents for employee inventions that were developed “to enhance the safe operations of existing nuclear reactors and to recycle rare materials…
Entergy, NRC Settle Concerns Over 2011 Leak At Palisades NPP
Source: NewsThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said it had reached a settlement with nuclear plant operator Entergy involving mitigation actions in response to a 2011 leak that allowed an estimated 80 gallons of radioactive water to…
Belgium Closures Will ‘Seriously Challenge’ Energy Security, Warns IEA
Source: NucNet19 May (NucNet): Belgium’s policy to close its nuclear power stations between 2022 and 2025 would “seriously challenge” the country’s efforts to ensure electricity security and provide affordable low-carbon electricity, a report by the International…
FPL Completes Cooling Canal Hyper-Salinity Mitigation Plan
Source: NewsFlorida Power & Light Company (FPL) has presented the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) with a plan intended to “immediately begin the removal of hypersaline water” from the Turkey Point Powder Plant cooling canal…
Westinghouse Lands Sparger Supply Contract For Olkiluoto NPP
Source: NewsWestinghouse Electric Company said Tuesday it had signed a contract with Teollisuden Voima Oy in Finland to deliver new feedwater spargers to the Olkiluoto Nuclear Power Plant Units 1 and 2.
Susquehanna's Unit 2 Back On Line After Four-Day Shutdown
Source: NewsSusquehanna Nuclear said Tuesday that Unit 2 at the Susquehanna nuclear power plant had been reconnected to the grid after a four-day manual shut down that took the reactor off line on Friday.
AREVA To Decontaminate Grafenrheinfeld NPP In Germany
Source: NewsAREVA NP said it had been chosen by German utility E.ON Kernkraft to decontaminate the Grafenrheinfeld nuclear power plant, a pressurized water reactor located south of Schweinfurt on the river Main.
DOE Summit Aims to Preserve US Nuclear Reactors
Source: Neutron BytesThree panels to discuss policy solutions for federal, state leaders Industry represented by NEI’s Fertel, PSEG’s Levis, Entergy’s Mohl, Exelon’s Dominguez DOE report will propose ways to retain zero-carbon nuclear On May 19 the U.S.…
Management Recommends Fort Calhoun Station Be Shut Down
Source: NewsSenior management at the Omaha Public Power District have recommended the company shut down the Fort Calhoun Station (FCS) nuclear power plant by the end of 2016 and begin decommissioning, the company's President and Chief…
DOE, NRC set workshop dates for SMRs, Advanced Reactors
Source: Neutron BytesDOE workshop on commercializing small modular reactors June 22-23 NRC/DOE workshop on advanced nuclear reactors June 7-8 DOE SMR Workshop The U.S Department of Energy (DOE) is inviting developers, as well as investors, component suppliers,…
EDF's Head Of New Nuclear Discusses Six-Reactor Deal In India
Source: NewsElectricite de France's head of new nuclear projects Xavier Ursat told shareholders at the company's annual general meeting that the company was “working hard” to present India with technical and financial proposals that would culminate…
EIA Forecasts "Significant Growth" In Energy Demand Among Non-OECD Countries
Source: NewsThe U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), a branch of the Department of Energy, has predicted “significant growth in worldwide energy demand over the 28-year period from 2012 to 2040,” which is the time line covered…
Russia’s Uranium One Faces Reality Of Falling Uranium Prices
Source: NucNet12 May (NucNet): Falling demand for uranium is being caused partly by the slow restart of reactors in Japan following the March 2011 Fukushima-Daiichi accident, but pressure is also coming from secondary uranium sources such…
NEI Urges White House To Keep "Nuclear Energy Policy Czar"
Source: NewsThe Nuclear Energy Institute said it was urging the White House to keep the position of National Security Council Director for Nuclear Energy Policy, which is reportedly about to be eliminated.
Westinghouse-led Team Touts Lessons Learned At RCP Installation
Source: NewsUsing a learn as you go, best practices model, Westinghouse Electric Company said Friday that, along with an international team of nuclear construction powerhouses, it had been able to reduce installation time for reactor coolant…
Yucca Status ‘Uncertain’ As NRC Publishes Supplement To Impact Statement
Source: NucNet6 May (NucNet): A US Nuclear Regulatory Commission supplement to the final environmental impact statement for a proposed permanent repository for spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste at Yucca Mountain in Nevada concludes that…