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Iran's Uranium Shipment To Russia Called "Significant Step" Towards International Compliance
Source: NewsU.S. Secretary of State John Kerry called the shipment of more than 25,000 pounds of low-enriched uranium materials from Iran on Monday a “one of the most significant steps” in the international agreement that allows…
Darlington NPP In Ontario Has License Renewed
Source: NewsCanada's nuclear power regulator said that it has granted Ontario Power Generation Inc. (OPG) a renewed operating license for the Darlington Nuclear Generating Station in Clarington, Ontario, which is responsible for 20 percent of Ontario's…
Bangladesh Signs Two-Reactor Deal With Rosatom
Source: NewsA Bangladesh government spokesman with the Ministry of Science and Technology said that a $12.65 billion deal signed on Christmas Day with Russian nuclear build entity Rosatom cleared the way for a 2016 construction start…
AREVA Selects Bid For Nuclear Instrumentation Business Canberra
Source: NewsFrench nuclear power group AREVA said Monday that its board of directors had reviewed bids for the sale of nuclear instrumentation business Canberra and selected the offer from Mirion-Charterhouse. AREVA is shedding several businesses to…
Centus Energy Revises Deal With Tenex
Source: NewsMaryland-based uranium fuel supplier Centrus Energy Corporation, said it had reached an agreement with its Russian counterpart Techsnabexport (Tenex) to extend a 2011 agreement through 2026 under modified terms that “reflects the changing fuel market.”…
AREVA To Decontaminate Primary Loop At Krummel NPP
Source: NewsAREVA NP has been selected by the utility Vattenfall Europe Nuclear Energy to decontaminate the primary loop of the Krümmel nuclear power plant, located in Geesthacht near Hamburg, Germany. The work is expected to begin…
Westinghouse Containment Vessel For Haiyang NPP Passes Tests
Source: NewsWestinghouse Electric Company said Tuesday that testing had validated the integrity of the containment vessel of the Haiyang Nuclear Power Plant under construction in China, marking a significant milestone in the delivery of one of…
Entergy To Accelerate Spent Fuel Transfers At Vermont Yankee
Source: NewsEntergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee (ENVY) said it would accelerate its schedule for transferring spent nuclear fuel from a “wet” cooling system to a “dry” storage system. The transfers will begin in 2019, two years earlier…
AREVA's Turnaround Remains Work In Progress
Topics: Industry & BusinessSource: NewsFrench nuclear group AREVA said Thursday last week it had concluded a series of agreements with CEA (French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission) for the management of nuclear facilities being dismantled at Marcoule and…
2016 Look Ahead for Nuclear Energy
Source: Neutron BytesThe outlook for nuclear energy globally is better than expected, but in the US it is a time of retrenchment. This is the annual look ahead for the global nuclear energy industry. While it is…
Japanese Utility Kyushu Plans $775 Million In Safety Upgrades
Source: NewsKyushu Electric announced a series of safety measures that it will undertake to heighten preparedness for both natural and man-made emergencies that could threaten the two Sendai nuclear power plant reactors that were restarted on…
NRC Preparing Guidance For Extending Plant Licenses To 80 Years
Source: NewsThe U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has granted license extensions for 81 nuclear reactors that allow them to operate for up to 60 years – 20 years past their original expiration dates. This week, the NRC…
Westinghouse To Develop New Inspection Technique For Oskarsamn Unit 3
Source: NewsWestinghouse Electric Company wiith subsidiary WesDyne Sweden AB has been selected by OKG AB to develop and qualify techniques and equipment to inspect the core shroud support at OKG AB’s Oskarshamn unit 3 Nuclear Power…
AREVA Presents Quality Equipment Plan To ASN
Source: NewsNuclear power giant AREVA said this week that it had presented preliminary strategies to the French nuclear regulatory agency ASN – the French Nuclear Safety Authority — for studying and improving quality controls at two…
MEPs Warn Of ‘Major Gap’ In Electricity Mix As Nuclear Plants Close
Source: NucNet17 Dec (NucNet): Out of 132 commercial nuclear reactor units in EU member countries 130 are due to be decommissioned by 2050, leaving “a major gap” in low-carbon baseload power in the EU electricity mix,…
Carnival of Nuclear Energy Bloggers 291
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 recent completion of the Climate Change Conference…
IAEA Board Adopts Report Clearing Iran For Lifted Sanctions
Topics: Policy & RegulationSource: NewsTwelve years of investigations into Iran's development of nuclear weapons came to close Tuesday with a consensus agreement among 35-nations to adopt a report that says activities for developing atomic capabilities for military use were…
South African Cabinet OKs Nuclear Power Procurement Program
Source: NewsThe South African Cabinet has approved a nuclear power procurement option for the country's Department of Energy that opens the door for assessing proposals for 9.6GW of electricity from nuclear power, Business Day is reporting.…
India, Japan, Sign Nuclear Power Cooperation Letters
Source: NewsJapan and India have signed letters of agreement that outline cooperation in civil nuclear power and in other industrial developments. The highlights of the cooperation accords allow for Japan to export its nuclear power technology…
Climate Change Agreement Hailed As A Collective Start
Source: NewsWith a conference in Paris hailed as the largest ever gathering of world leaders, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ended in triumph Saturday with an agreement between 196 countries that aims to…