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CGN, CNNC To Streamline Export Efforts With Joint Venture
Source: NewsChina's two largest nuclear power companies, China General Nuclear Power Corp. (CGN) and China National Nuclear Corp. (CNNC) announced the official launch of a joint venture designed to combine forces in order to construct third…
China Nuclear Companies Form Joint Venture To Export Hualong One Reactor
Source: NucNet17 Mar (NucNet): China’s two biggest state-owned nuclear power operators have announced a joint venture to export the country’s Generation III Hualong One nuclear power reactors internationally. …
Eskom Applies To NNR For Site Approval For Nuclear Plants
Source: NewsSouth African utility Eskom has submitted site applications for nuclear power plant projects for two sites, one in Thyspunt in the Eastern Cape and one in Duynefotein in the Western Cape.
L-3 MAPPS to Contribute to Darlington Refurbishment Project
Source: News–Press Release– L-3 MAPPS announced announced last week that it has signed a contract with Ontario Power Generation (OPG) to provide replacement trip computers for the second shutdown system (SDS2) and display/test computers for both…
UK Announces Plans To Push Ahead With SMR Development
Source: NucNet16 Mar (NucNet): The UK government has announced a competition to identify the “best value” small modular nuclear reactor (SMR) in the UK – paving the way for the country to build one of the…
Germany's Constitutional Court Hears Expropriation Arguments
Source: NewsGermany's highest court will hear two days of testimony this week on whether or not the government owes three utility giants, Vattenfall, EOn and RWE, compensation for the 2011 decision to phase out the country's…
AREVA TN Announces Contracts For Spent-Fuel Canisters
Source: NewsAREVA TN said Tuesday it had signed two long-term contracts worth more than $200 million with U.S. utilities for the supply of used fuel storage solutions.
EDF Chief Levy Confident, While Facing Financial Hurdles
Source: NewsEDF Chief Executive Officer Jean-Bernard Levy confirmed he is negotiating with the French government in order to secure more funds for the Hinkley Point C project, which faces a new hurdle with a financial report…
Westinghouse, Turboatom Sign MOU To Advance Nuclear Capacity In Ukraine
Source: NewsWestinghouse Electric Company said it had signed a critical memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Ukrainian turbine builder PJSC Turboatom to explore the potential of increasing the capacity of Ukraine's nuclear power plants and consider options…
Removal Of Melted Fuel Debris Could Last Until 2051, Tepco Says
Topics: Fuel & WasteSource: NucNet14 Mar (NucNet) Work on the removal of melted fuel (corium) debris from the damaged reactors at the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear site could last up to 2051 according to “initial calculations”, owner and operator Tokyo Electric…
Nuclear News Roundup for 3/13/16
Source: Neutron BytesCNNC chairman: China faces tough competition for nuclear exports (China Daily) Although China faces “very strong competition” for international nuclear energy exports, the company hopes to construct about 30 nuclear reactors in countries along the…
European Commission Anti-Trust Regulators Green-light EDF, CGNP Partnership
Source: NewsThe European Commission has stepped in for a second time, clearing the way for the Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant project that is still awaiting a green light from the primary project team at…
Terrestrial Energy, General Fusion, Among Canada's Grant Recipients
Source: NewsThe Canadian government this week, backing up campaign pledge, announced $206 million in support of clean technology initiatives, including a $18.5 million in grants for next-generation nuclear power companies Terrestrial Energy and General Fusion.
Fukushima Daiichi Five Years Later
Source: NewsFive years after the 9.0-magnitude Great East Japan Earthquake, with its epicenter 45 miles offshore, hit the island of Japan it is time to brace yourself for an onslaught of bad news.
China Will Lead Continued Growth In Nuclear Generation, Says BP Report
Topics: New ReactorsSource: NucNet10 Mar (NucNet): Global nuclear energy generation will increase at a rate of 1.9 percent a year between 2016 and 2035, mostly driven by growth in Asia where China’s annual growth rate could be above…
Kensai Electric Power To Take Takahama Unit 3 Offline
Source: NewsThe Kensai Electric Power Company in Japan said it would begin shutdown operations for the online Takahama nuclear power plant Unit 3 in order to comply with a court order issued Wednesday. The shutdown process…
NEA Warns Nuclear Industry Of Significant Decommissioning Challenges
Source: NucNet9 Mar (NucNet): The nuclear energy industry’s performance in decommissioning will be critical for the future of nuclear power generation, but there is a lack of “globally coherent and reliable information” on decommissioning costs, rendering…
EDF Chief Finance Officer Quits Over Hinkley Point Decision
Source: NewsThe $25.6 billion Hinkley Point nuclear plant project for Britain, which has a tentative construction start date of 2019, has been hit with another headline-provoking controversy as the chief finance director for French utility EDF…
Romania Waits For Outcome Of Cernavodă Negotiations With China’s CGN
Source: NucNet8 Mar (NucNet): Negotiations on the details of an investors’ agreement for the construction of Romania’s planned Cernavodă-3 and -4 nuclear reactor units are continuing, with the majority of the share capital in the joint…
Bechtel, BWXT, Join Together For SMR Development
Source: NewsSeasoned engineering and construction firm Bechtel said it would join forces with BWX Technologies to accelerate development of a factory-built nuclear reactor with the goal of producing the world's first commercially viable Generation III plus…