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EC Says It Has Doubts Over Hungary’s Proposals For Paks 2 Nuclear Project
Source: NucNet13 Jan (NucNet): The European Commission has expressed doubts about whether Hungary’s plans to provide financing for the construction of two new nuclear reactors at the planned Paks 2 nuclear station involve legal state aid,…
Terrestrial Energy Gets CAD$10M in Series A Funding
Source: Neutron BytesTerrestrial Energy, an advanced nuclear technology company bringing its Integral Molten Salt Reactor (IMSR) technology to industrial markets in the 2020s, has raised CAD$10 million in Series A funding. The names of the investors were…
NexGen Reports Assay Results From Athabasca Basin
Source: NewsCanadian exploration and mining development company NexGen Energy has announced assay results from additional angled drill holes from what it calls a hightly successful 2015 program on the 100 percent owned Rook I property in…
Ontario Power Generation Announces $9 Billion Darlington Refurbishment
Source: NewsOntario Power Generation announced it would refurbish four nuclear power units at the 3,512 MW Darlington Nuclear Generating Station, spending $9 billion ($12.8 billion Canadian) in a project that is expected to guarantee 3,000 jobs…
Regulator Calls For Urgent Update Of Estimated Cost Of France Repository
Source: NucNet12 Jan (NucNet): French nuclear regulator Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire (ASN) has called for an update of the estimated cost for France’s planned deep geological repository for high-level and intermediate-level radioactive waste. …
Terrestrial Energy Raises $10 Million (Canadian) For IMSR Development
Source: NewsCanadian nuclear power innovator Terrestrial Energy said Friday that it had raised $10 million Canadian ($7.1 million) in Series A funding that will help advance its mission of creating Integral Molten Salt Reactors for use…
Energy Northwest Retains Global Nuclear Fuel For Columbia NPP
Source: NewsEnergy Northwest, a multi-district energy agency in Washington State has retained Global Nuclear Fuel (GNF) to continue to supply fuel for the Columbia Generating Station in Richland, Wa. GNF is a joint venture between General…
NRC Says Security Forces At New York And California Nuclear Plants Can Be Armed
Source: NewsThe U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Wednesday that it had granted pre-emption authority to nuclear facilities in New York and California to allow their security forces to carry certain firearms and related devises. The ruling…
Westinghouse Springfields Reaches SMR-Fuel Readiness Milestone
Source: NewsWestinghouse Electric Company said Thursday that its nuclear fuel processing facility in Britain had reached a milestone in Small Modular Reactor (SMR) technology. From the small town of Chorley, England, northwest of Manchester, the company…
France’s IRSN Calls For Further Research Into ‘Intrinsic Difficulties’ Of Passive Safety Systems
Source: NucNet7 Jan (NucNet): Analysis of passive safety systems in nuclear reactors has identified a number of intrinsic difficulties that need further research, France’s Institute for Radiological Protection and Nuclear Safety (IRSN) has said. …
Japan To Ship Plutonium Cache To United States
Source: NewsA stockpile of plutonium currently in Japanese possession, will be shipped to the United States by the end of March, according to media reports that are touting the shipment as a gesture of non-proliferation goodwill.…
Component Maker Curtiss-Wright Lands $450 Million Deal For Reactor Coolant Pumps
Source: NewsNuclear power plant component specialist Curtiss-Wright Corporation said Wednesday that it had been awarded contracts with a potential value of half a billion dollars, including incentives, by Harbin Electric Power Equipment Company Ltd. And Shenyang…
Argentina’s Embalse Shuts Down For Major Refurbishment Programme
Topics: Plant OperationsSource: NucNet6 Jan (NucNet): The Embalse nuclear power station in Argentina has been shut down for a maintenance and refurbishment programme that will see it continue to operate for another 30 years, making 60 in total,…
Turbine Generator Refurbishment Among Plans For Loviisa NPP
Source: NewsEnergy company Fortum Oyj said Tuesday that it planned extensive upgrades at the Loviisa nuclear power plant in 2016, including turbine generator refurbishment. The plans extend upgrades already begun for safety and production efficiency, the…
NRC To Begin Special Inspection At Oconee NPP Tuesday
Source: NewsThe U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission said it would commence a special inspection of the Oconee nuclear power station on Tuesday to review concerns over startup transformer cables for the plant's Unit 1 and Unit 3…
Westinghouse Completes Purchase Of CBI Stone & Webster
Source: NewsWestinghouse Electric Company and CB&I Stone and Webster, announced the completion of the Westinghouse's acquisition of the construction company that specializes in nuclear power plant projects as a division of Chicago Bridge & Iron N.V.…
ASLB to Hold Hearing on Turkey Point Canal Temperature Issue
Source: NewsThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Wednesday said that the independent adjudicatory body, the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (ASLB), would hold an evidentiary hearing in January in Homestead, Fla., on behalf of Citizens Allied for…
Wisconsin, Again, Looks At Repealing Nuclear Build Restrictions
Source: NewsThe Wisconsin state assembly will vote in January on legislation that could open the door for new nuclear power plants, a spokeswoman for Speaker Robin Vos said. The effort to roll back restrictions on nuclear…
Rising Star Of 2015 Commodities Markets: Uranium
Source: NewsCopper, oil and gold had a tough year in commodities markets, but immediate delivery prices for nuclear fuel – in market lingo, the UX-U3O8 spot price – rose 18 percent to an average of $39…
Saying Good-bye To Wylfa NPP In North Wales
Topics: Plant OperationsSource: NewsWednesday will be the last day for commercial power production for the last operating Magnox nuclear reactor, the Unit 1 reactor at Wylfla on the island of Anglesey in North Wales. Just as the last…