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TVA To Apply For Early Site Permit For Potential SMR Deployment
Source: NewsThe Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has said in a regulatory filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that it intends to apply this month for an Early Site Permit that would allow for development…
UPDATED: NuScale announces roadmap for SMR operation at Idaho site by 2024
Source: Neutron BytesSomewhere within the 981 square miles of the Idaho National Laboratory there is a site that will be selected as the location for a first-of-a-kind commercial 50 MW small modular reactor. NuScale, which is developing…
Survey Finds Those Who Feel Better Informed Favor Nuclear Energy
Source: NewsA public opinion poll conducted by research firm Bisconti Research found that those who felt they were better informed about nuclear power were also more likely to be in favor of its use in the…
AREVA Components Problem Escalates
Source: NewsFrench nuclear power regulator ASN said Tuesday that an AREVA company audit found about 50 anomalies in reactor components that have been installed in French reactors. A statement from the regulator, however, said that AREVA…
AREVA Touts Passive Shutdown Seal, Tested At South Texas Project
Source: NewsAREVA said that it had successfully tested a passive shutdown seal for reactor coolant pumps after one operation cycle in a nuclear reactor.
Dominion Power Keeping North Anna Unit 3 Option Alive
Source: NewsDominion Virginia Power has informed state regulators that it intends to continue spending on plans to build a third reactor at the North Anna Power Station, 40 miles northwest of Richmond, Va. That spending makes…
China’s ACP100 SMR Demonstration Unit Passes IAEA Safety Review
Source: NucNet2 May (NucNet): China’s ACP100 Generation-III demonstration small modular reactor (SMR) has passed a final safety review by the International Atomic Energy Agency, designer and manufacturer China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) said. …
Texas firm files with NRC for interim storage site license for spent nuclear fuel
Source: Neutron BytesWaste Control Specialists (WCS) , which already operates a radioactive waste disposal site in west Texas, has filed a license application with the NRC to build and operate an interim storage site for the nation’s…
BWXT Lands Navy Contracts Worth $3.1 Billion
Source: NewsThe U.S. Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program has awarded contracts to two BWX Technologies subsidiaries, with options totaling more than $3.1 billion, for manufacture of naval nuclear reactor components and fuel, the company announced Wednesday.
How WANO Is Tackling The Realities Of A New Nuclear Era
Source: NucNet27 Apr (NucNet): Rapid new build initiatives and post-Fukushima safety concerns mean the World Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO) is dealing with the prospect of a considerable increase in the demand for its services, chief…
Japan’s Regulator Releases IAEA Mission Report
Source: NucNet27 Apr (NucNet): Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) needs to attract competent and experienced staff, and develop skills relevant to nuclear and radiation safety through education, training, research and increased international cooperation, according to the…
Toshiba Writes Down Westinghouse Electric Value By $2.3 Billion
Source: NewsWestinghouse Electric Company's Japanese parent corporation Toshiba said Tuesday that it would write down the value of its U.S.-based nuclear power giant by $2.3 billion, which left it with a preliminary operating loss of $6.2…
Suspended U.S. EPR Reactor Project Clears Environmental Review
Source: NewsThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said Tuesday that environmental impacts of a new commercial reactor at the Bell Bend site in Pennsylvania would not prevent the agency from issuing a Combined License (COL) for the…
French Labour Unions Welcome Possible Hinkley Point C Delay
Source: NucNet26 Apr (NucNet): Three labour unions representing EDF employees said in a joint statement yesterday that they welcomed a possible delay of the final investment decision on EDF’s proposed Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant…
EDF Again Backs Away From Hinkley Point C Decision
Source: NewsFrench utility Electricite de France, EDF, has again pushed back the date for making a decision on the 3,200 MW Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant project. The decision at this point will not be…
Carnival of Nuclear Energy Bloggers #306
Source: Neutron Bytes~ Special Earth Day Edition ~ With the completion of the Climate Change Conference in Paris in December 2015, the leveraging the nuclear energy to mitigate future growth of CO2 emissions comes even more prominently…
EnergySolutions, Japan Atomic Power Co., Sign Decommissioning Agreement
Source: NewsU.S. nuclear plant servicing company EnergySolutions Inc., said it had signed a collaborative agreement with the Japan Atomic Power Company (JAPC) to decommission light water nuclear power plants in Japan.
South Africa’s Eskom Submits Two Nuclear Site Licence Applications
Source: NucNet22 Apr (NucNet): South Africa’s state-owned utility Eskom has filed two nuclear site licence applications with the country’s National Nuclear Regulator (NNR), the NNR said. …
Neutron Bytes Message for Earth Day
Source: Neutron BytesThere is an old baseball bit of wisdom that says a batter who steps away from home plate with his leading foot in fear of being struck by a pitched ball, instead of a straight-ahead…
NRC asks for input on how it will review advanced reactors
Source: Neutron BytesIn a blog post on the agency’s web site, Deborah Jackson, Deputy Director, Division of Engineering Infrastructure and Advanced Reactors, explains what the agency has done so far, what it plans to do, and why…