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AREVA Inc., NuScale Power Unveil NuFuel HTP2TM Name for Small Modular Reactor Fuel Design
Source: News–Press Release– AREVA Inc. and NuScale Power announced today that the modified AREVA HTP-2 fuel design for NuScale’s small modular reactor (SMR) technology will be named NuFuel HTP2TM. The announcement was made this week during…
Industry Executives Pledge Cooperation On Nuclear Security
Source: NewsNuclear power industry leaders on Wednesday sent the 2016 Nuclear Security Summit a joint statement stressing their commitment to nuclear security, safety and cooperation with governments.
Japan’s Regulator Approves Activation Of ‘Frozen Wall’ At Fukushima-Daiichi
Source: NucNet31 Mar (NucNet): Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) has authorised the start of freezing works for a land-side impermeable wall at the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear station, operator Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) said in a statement.…
Westinghouse's BEACON Contracted For Zaporizhia's Unit 5
Source: NewsWestinghouse Electric Company on Tuesday announced a new contract with National Nuclear Energy Generating Company (NNEGC) Energoatom to license the Westinghouse BEACON Core Monitoring System for use a the Zaporzhia nuclear plant's Unit 5.
Monitoring Committee Notes Progress At Fukushima Daiichi
Source: NewsAn independent task force of nuclear power experts, the Nuclear Reform Monitoring Committee, which was set up by TEPCO in 2012, toured the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station Tuesday and reported impressive improvements at the…
Fuel Loading Begins At Russia’s Novovoronezh 2-1 VVER1200
Topics: New ReactorsSource: NucNet30 Mar (NucNet): Fuel loading has started at Russia’s first Generation-III nuclear unit at Novovoronezh 2-1 in Voronezh Oblast, western Russia, state nuclear corporation Rosatom said. …
Work Resumes At Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
Source: NewsWork has resumed in two areas of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) repository mine that had been on hold due to air quality safety concerns, the plant's operator said. The work stoppage – called…
FirstEnergy To Replace Two 50-Ton Motors During Davis-Besse Outage
Source: NewsFirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company said that the current refueling and maintenance shutdown of the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station n Oak Harbor, Ohio, would include replacement of two out of four of the plant's 50-ton reactor…
Assembly Of Large Components Complete At Flamanville-3 EPR
Topics: New ReactorsSource: NucNet25 Mar (NucNet): The installation and assembly of large components – four steam generators, the reactor pressure vessel, the pressuriser and primary pumps – has been completed at the Flamanville-3 EPR under construction in France,…
NRC Seeks Comment On Lowering Fees
Source: NewsThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Wednesday that it was seeking public comment on proposed changes to its licensing, inspection, special project and annual fees that would reflect the agency's diminished budget in era that has…
Americium Removal Process Developed By UNC – Chapel Hill Team
Source: NewsResearchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have developed a process for removing the toxic element of americium from nuclear waste pools – a problem that has puzzled the scientific community for…
Nuclear News Roundup for 3/23/16
Source: Neutron BytesCalifornia local gov’t bullish on desalinization water from Diable Canyon nuclear plant (San Luis Obispo Tribune) Citing the need for more drought resiliency, the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors is enthusiastically backing a…
Belgium Beefs Up Security At Tihange And Doel NPPs
Source: NewsAs of Tuesday this week, 140 extra Belgian troops were guarding the Doel and Tihange nuclear power plants, while the county was put on the maximum Level 4 heightened security status following two deadly terrorist…
Hinkley Point C Will ‘Clearly and Categorically’ Go Ahead, EDF Energy CEO Tells UK MPs
Source: NucNet23 Mar (NucNet): The Hinkley Point C nuclear project in the UK will “clearly and categorically” go ahead with a final investment decision at the beginning of May, EDF Energy chief executive officer Vincent de…
LaSalle County Station NPP Shut Down After Restart
Source: NewsNuclear plant operator Exelon said it operators at the LaSalle County Generating Station 11 miles southeast of Ottawa, Ill., had removed Unit 1 from Service on Saturday to replace seals on two pumps that were…
NEI Points To Cumbersome Decommissioning Rules
Source: NewsThe Nuclear Energy Institute said it had asked the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for limited rule changes that would cut cost and increase efficiency in the process of transitioning a power plant from active, operational status…
Support For Nuclear Power Slides in United States
Source: NewsFor the first time since Gallup began polling on nuclear power in 1994, a majority of Americans said they opposed use of the power source.
Britain's DECC Launches SMR Funding Competition
Source: NewsBritain's Department of Energy and Climate Change said Thursday that it had opened up a funding competition for $360 million for developers of small nuclear reactors (SMRs).
Orders Bump GSE Backlog Up 60 Percent
Source: NewsA 60 percent increase in order backlogs to $75 million for nuclear power plant simulations and training systems company GSE Systems has bumped share values 4 percent, contributing to a month-long shares value bump of…
U.S. Authorities Reportedly Investigating Toshiba
Source: NewsThe U.S. Justice Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission are investigating fraud as a domestic follow-up to the accounting scandal that has enveloped Westinghouse Electric Company's Japanese parent company Toshiba.