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Spain’s Post-Fukushima Measures ‘More Than 80% Complete’
Source: NucNet7 Mar (NucNet): Measures being carried out to improve safety and security at Spanish nuclear stations following the March 2011 Fukushima-Daiichi accident in Japan are more than 80 percent complete, industry group Foro Nuclear said.…
Westinghouse Reactor Coolant Pumps Installed At Sanmen Unit 1 In China
Source: NewsWestinghouse Electric Company said Thursday that all four reactor coolant pumps (RCPs) at Sanmen Unit 1 construction site in China have been installed ahead of the current milestone schedule.
Entergy Nuclear Contracts AREVA for ANO NPP Inspections
Source: NewsAREVA NP announced Friday it had signed a contract with Entergy Nuclear to conduct scheduled inspections of the reactor pressure vessel internals at Unit 1 of the Arkansas Nuclear One (ANO) power plant in Russellville,…
Report Criticises US Response To Fukushima, Calls For ‘Rigorous’ Inspections
Source: NucNet4 Mar (NucNet): The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission should carry out a rigorous NRC-run inspection programme to validate post-Fukushima strategies at every nuclear power station in the US, the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) said…
Westinghouse To Study SMR Pressure Vessel Manufacturing In Britain
Source: NewsWestinghouse Electric Company said Thursday that it would study manufacturing and supply options in Britain for development of Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) with help from the Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Center (Nuclear AMRC), an industrial…
Nuclear News Roundup for 3/2/16
Source: Neutron BytesChina Sets Ambitious Targets For Overseas Nuclear Construction (NucNet) China aims to build 30 nuclear reactor units in export deals says Sun Qin, president of China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC), who was reported as saying…
NRC Says Entergy Is Addressing Concerns At Pilgrim NPP
Source: NewsThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission said that the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Plymouth, Mass., was operating safely in a report that said the plant's owner Entergy was correcting longstanding issues that had landed the plant…
Takahama Unit 4 Restart Hits A Snag
Source: NewsAt just 5 percent of full transmission, the Takahama Unit 4 reactor in the Fukui Prefecture in Japan automatically shut down Monday, just three days after its restart due to an undetermined glitch in the…
Kurion Completes Commissioning Of Modular Detritiation System
Source: NewsKurion, Inc. said Monday that it had completed construction and acceptance testing of its prototype Modular Detritiation System and has initiated the system’s mission, which is to push the technology for additional performance through various…
Evaluation Of External Hazards Needs To Be Improved, Says NEA Fukushima Report
Topics: Safety & EnvironmentSource: NucNet29 Feb (NucNet): Countries with nuclear programmes need to develop and improve their approach to the evaluation of external hazards because there has traditionally been a more thorough and detailed consideration of internal hazards in…
Nuclear News Roundup for 2/28/16
Source: Neutron BytesThis is a summary of nuclear news from World Nuclear News, NucNet, wire services, and other cited sources. Terrestrial Energy submits preliminary IMSR design to Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (WNN) Terrestrial Energy has submitted its…
AREVA Posts Fifth Consecutive Loss, But Touts Turnaround
Source: NewsFrench nuclear giant AREVA continued to struggle in 2015, losing $2.2 billion in the year, compared to $5.2 billion in 2014. But the company touted progress on its turnaround plans Friday in its annual report,…
Takahama-3 Becomes Third Japan Reactor To Resume Commercial Operation, Says Jaif
Topics: Plant OperationsSource: NucNet26 Feb (NucNet): The Takahama-3 nuclear reactor unit in Fukui prefecture, southwestern Japan, has resumed commercial operation, making it the third reactor in Japan to return to service since new safety and security regulations were…
Terrestrial Energy Engages Canadian Regulator On IMSR Plant Design
Source: NewsCanadian nuclear plant developer Terrestrial Energy said Friday that it had submitted its Integral Molten Salt Reactor (IMSR) design to the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission for Phase I of its pre-licensing Vendor Design Review. The…
General Atomics Announces Miltec Acquisition And HCVS Contracts
Source: NewsSan Diego-based General Atomics (GA) said Thursday that it would acquire defense and aerospace contractor Miltec Corporation from Ducommun Incorporated under terms that were not announced. In addition, the company said it had been awarded…
Florida Ratepayers Again Challenge Nuclear Cost Recovery System
Source: NewsRatepayers in Florida are challenging Duke Energy and Florida Power & Light in a class action suit that alleges they were illegally forced to pay $2 billion in nuclear power plant construction costs for abandoned…
Modest Leak At Takahama Unit 4 Does Not Derail Restart
Source: NewsA loose bolt in the piping system at the Takahama Unit 4 reactor in Fukui Prefecture, Japan, will not delay the planned restart of the power plant, which is scheduled for Friday, Feb. 26, the…
ORNL seeks to move advanced reactors forward
Source: Neutron BytesMoving advanced nuclear reactors from the drawing board to the field was the focus of the Advanced Reactors Technical Summit III, hosted by the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and attended by 180…
A Proposal to Change Advanced Reactor Licensing
Source: Neutron BytesSweeping Modernization Called for by former NRC Official Washington DC — Former U.S. NRC Commissioner Jeffrey S. Merrifield called for a comprehensive new framework (PDF file) for Advanced Reactor licensing reform in an issue brief…
Five Years After Fukushima Pacific Salmon Remain Safe
Source: NewsA chemical oceanographer University of Victoria, Jay Cullen, said that the 2015 study of salmon off the coast of British Columbia, Canada, found no traces of cesium-134 the radionuclide that could have been attributed to…