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DOE Issues Violation Notices For 2014 Incidents At WIPP
Source: NewsPreliminary notices of violations (PNOVs) have been issued to Los Alamos National Security (LANS) and to Nuclear Waste Partnership, LLC (NWP), for violations of worker safety and health codes “and nuclear safety requirements” that pertain…
TVA Awards Watts Bar, Sequoyah Outage Contract To Westinghouse
Source: NewsThe Tennessee Valley Authority's Watts Bar Unit 2 near Spring City, Tenn., has not yet begun its commercial operating life, but it does have a contract for refueling and inspections, Westinghouse Electric Company announced late…
Carnival of Nuclear Energy Bloggers 300
Source: Neutron BytesThis post represents the latest link in an unbroken chain of more than five years of the weekly summaries of the best of the pro-nuclear blogs. With the completion of the Climate Change Conference in…
Wisconsin Senate votes to lift nuclear energy ban
Source: Neutron BytesThe bill now goes to Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker who is expected to sign it. Legislation that will end Wisconsin’s decades long ban on building new nuclear power plants is headed for signature by Governor…
Georgia Commission Approves New Vogtle Unit 3 And 4 Construction Costs
Source: NewsWith work 60 percent complete across the Vogtle Units 3 and 4,Georgia Power said Thursday that the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) has verified and approved $148 million in costs submitted by the company through…
OKG Will Close Down Oskarshamn Unit 1 In June 2017
Source: NewsSwedish nuclear power plant Oskarhamn Unit 1 will be closed in June 2017, the plants operator OKG AB said, choosing a closure date that is early within the parameters of last year's announcement. In October…
TVA Seeks Input On Future Of Bellefonte NPP Construction Site
Source: NewsThe Tennessee Valley Authority said Wednesday that would accept public comment for a month on the possible sale of its 1,600-acre construction site near Hollywood, Ala., which includes two partially-built Babcock and Wilcox pressurized light…
Sweden’s Oskarshamn-1 Will Shut Permanently In 2017, Says OKG
Topics: Plant OperationsSource: NucNet18 Feb (NucNet): Sweden's 473-MW Oskarshamn-1 nuclear unit will be shut permanently in the middle of 2017, owner OKG said yesterday. …
Wisconsin Closer To Lifting Nuclear Plant Construction Moratorium
Source: NewsWisconsin's state Senate has approved of a bill that would pave the way for new nuclear power plants in the state, as long as Gov. Scott Walker signs it.
LaSalle NPP Prepares Technicians With Virtual Reality Camera
Source: NewsFor the first time, technicians at the LaSalle County Generating Statoin in Marseilles, Illinois, are using a 360-degree virtual reality camera to assist with outage services preparation, which is superseding use of diagrams, photos and…
Study Evidences Big Profits For Spent Fuel Facility In South Australia
Source: NewsA South Australia government royal commission study into economic opportunities provided by nuclear energy recommended the state forgo nuclear power for its residents, but claimed that building a nuclear waste repository to serve the international…
EDF Announces Plans To Extend Life Of Eight UK Reactors
Topics: Plant OperationsSource: NucNet16 Feb (NucNet): EDF Energy plans to extend the life of eight nuclear power reactors at four nuclear stations in the UK and has said it is close to announcing a decision on its investment…
Are advanced reactors the future of the nuclear power?
Source: Neutron Bytes~ Featured Content ~ Are advanced reactors the future of the nuclear power? Interview with Phil Hildebrandt; Special Assistant to Laboratory Director, Idaho National Laboratory Interview with Amir Afzali, Licensing Director – Next Generation Reactors,…
NYISO Warns Of Energy Deficiencies Based On Two Plant Closures
Source: NewsIn a report issued late last week, the New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) warns that closure of the R.E. Ginna and the James A. FizPatrick nuclear power plants, representing 614 MW and 882 MW,…
Plans Submitted For Dismantling Three Japanese Reactors
Source: NewsThe Kansai Electric Power Company and Japan Atomic Power Company have submitted plans to Japanese regulators for dismantling three nuclear reactors that are deemed feasible for upgrades to meet post-Fukushima Daiichi standards, but are also…
Bulgaria Regulator Grants Operating Licence For Kozloduy Spent Fuel Storage
Source: NucNet15 Feb (NucNet): Bulgaria’s Nuclear Regulatory Agency (NRA) has issued a 10-year operating licence for a dry-storage facility for spent fuel at the Kozloduy nuclear power station in northern Bulgaria, the NRA said. …
Nuclear News Roundup for 2/14/16
Source: Neutron BytesChina’s Generation IV reactors could be ready next year (MIT Technology Review) The 105-megawatt Generation IV HTGR type nuclear reactor built by China Nuclear Engineering & Construction Corp. could be completed by November 2017, according…
TVA Cancels Plans For Bellefonte Units 3 And 4
Source: NewsThe Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) on Friday said it would not pursue building two additional reactors at the Bellefonte Nuclear Plant in Northeast Alabama that has already got two mothballed reactor projects on site.
Fluor Lands $1.4 Billion Idaho Site Clean Up Contract
Source: NewsIrving, Texas-based Fluor Corporation said Thursday that it had been awarded a $1.4 billion, five year contract from the U.S. Department of Energy focused on the cleanup mission at the so-called Idaho Site under the…
NRC Budget Proposal Reflects Continued Industry Downturn
Source: NewsThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission's budget proposal for the fiscal year 2017 continues to reflect the diminishing role of the U.S. nuclear power industry, which requires a smaller agency to regulate it.