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Turkey Approves Land Purchase For Akkuyu Transmission Line
Source: NucNet12 Apr (NucNet): The Turkish Cabinet has approved the forced purchase of land by state transmission grid operator TEIAS to construct a 380-kV line to carry power from the planned Akkuyu nuclear station, reports said.…
Progress Report on HTGR reactors in China and U.S.
Source: Neutron BytesDevelopment of the a high temperature gas cooled reactor (HTGR), a concept with more than three decades of history behind it, in 2016 has had several new breakout milestones in China and the U.S. In…
L-3 MAPPS to Upgrade Slovenia’s Krško Full Scope Simulator
Source: News–Press Release– L-3 MAPPS announced today that it signed a contract with Slovenia’s Nuklearna elektrarna Krško (NEK) to upgrade the full scope simulator for the Krško Nuclear Power Plant. The simulator upgrade is part of…
Entergy Response Avoids Punitive Action By NRC Over Falsified Records
Source: NewsEntergy Operations Inc.'s strong response to reports of various falsified records incidents at the Waterford 3 Nuclear Power swayed the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to back away from issuing the company a Notice of Violation…
TVO To Replace Defective Fuel Rods At Finland’s Olkiluoto-1 BWR
Source: NucNet8 Apr (NucNet): Finnish utility Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) will replace a number of defective fuel rods which have been found in the 880-megawatt Olkiluoto-1 boiling water reactor (BWR) unit, the company said in a…
First Certified Online Nuclear Degree Program Available this Summer
Source: News–Press Release– NUCP Approved Curriculum Developed by Industry Helps Open Career Opportunities The very first online nuclear degree program to be Nuclear Uniform Curriculum Program (NUCP) approved will now be offered over the summer, Energy…
Engineer Confirms Sanmen AP1000 Start Up In 2016
Source: NewsChief Engineer of State Power Investment Corporation (***) Wang Jun confirmed Wednesday that the world's first Westinghouse Electric Co. AP1000 reactor would be operational by the end of the year.
Westinghouse, FirstEnergy, Extend Beaver Valley Service Agreement
Source: NewsWestinghouse Electric Company said it had extended an agreement with FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Co. that includes a five-year provision for outage services for the Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Station's pressurized water reactors.
Amec Foster Wheeler, CNEC, Sign MOU In Beijing
Source: NewsBritish-based engineering consultancy Amec Foster Wheeler and nuclear power plant builder China Nuclear Engineering & Construction Corporation (CNECC) announced they had signed an agreement to collaborate on wide-ranging nuclear power facets of the nuclear power…
Wisconsin Governor Ends Nuclear Construction Ban
Source: NewsWisconsin Gov. Scott Walker on Friday signed a bill that ended the state's moratorium on building new nuclear power plants, which had been on the state's statutes since 1983. The laws that ended new nuclear…
CEA, AREVA, EDF Form Top-Level Consulting Team
Source: NewsFrench nuclear power giants EDF, AREVA and CEA (the Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique) said they would form a high-powered consulting team that would meet four times a year to discuss the “major challenges facing the…
Tepco: ‘We Should Recognise The Fact That We Could Not Prevent An Accident That Should Have Been Preventable’
Topics: Safety & EnvironmentSource: NucNet4 Apr (NucNet): There were three main inefficiencies – poor safety consciousness, insufficient technical capabilities and poor communication – that contributed to the March 2011 accident at Fukushima-Daiichi, Takafumi Ihara, nuclear power programme manager at…
European Commission Publishes Report On The Future Of Nuclear In The EU
Source: NucNet4 Apr (NucNet): The total projected cost of investments in the complete nuclear fuel cycle in the European Union for the period from 2015 to 2050 will vary between €650bn ($738bn) and €760bn ($863bn), according…
Nuclear Fuel News for 4/2/16
Source: Neutron BytesU.S. official changes stance on Japan’s nuclear reprocessing policy U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Thomas Countryman said in a press conference this week that Japan’s nuclear fuel cycle project, which reuses spent nuclear fuel from…
First GE Hitachi Feedwater Debris Strainer Installed In Sweden
Source: NewsGE Hitatchi (GEH) said that the company's new, high-tech water filter system called the Feedwater Debris Strainer (FWDS) has been successfully installed at the Forsmark Nuclear Power Plant in Forsmark, Sweden.
AREVA, NuScale SMR Fuel Now Has A Name: NuFuel HTP2
Source: NewsAREVA Inc. and NuScale Power announced Thursday that they had used NuScale's tri-annual Advisory Board meeting in Corvallis, Oregon, to give a name to the modified fuel adapted for small modular reactors. The modified AREVA…
UK, US and EU Sign A Deal To Convert HEU Into Medical Isotopes
Source: NucNet1 Apr (NucNet): The UK, US, and EU have agreed on a deal to turn UK’s excess stockpile of highly enriched uranium (HEU) into medical isotopes to be used in cancer treatment, a statement by…
Westinghouse CEO says firm is close to reactor deal with India
Source: Neutron BytesDanny Roderick told Reuters March 31 that he expects to sign a deal this June to supply the firm’s AP1000 nuclear reactors to NPCIL According to an interview Roderick had with Reuters reporters this week…
Get a nuclear technology degree online
Source: Neutron BytesFirst certified online nuclear degree program available this summer NUCP Approved curriculum developed by industry helps open career opportunities The very first online nuclear degree program to be Nuclear Uniform Curriculum Program (NUCP) approved will…
TEPCO Activates Frozen Soil Barrier At Fukushima Daiichi
Source: NewsThe long-awaited frozen, underground wall that is expected to greatly reduce water flow in and through radioactive areas of a four-building block at the damaged Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Generating Station was activated Wednesday, the Tokyo…