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Think Tank Says Nuclear Industry Is Vulnerable To Cyber-Attacks
Source: NewsA report from the think tank Chatham House, which involved 18 months of research, concludes that nuclear power plants around the globe are vulnerable to cyber-attacks and that the risk of cyber-oriented plant disasters is…
European Industry Group Calls On EC To Plan For 100 New Reactors In 35 Years
Source: NucNet5 Oct (NucNet): Europe should maintain at least the current capacity of nuclear generation up to and beyond 2050, which will involve the commissioning of more than 100 nuclear reactors over the next 35 years,…
Nuclear Energy’s Low-Carbon Attributes Increase Public Support
Source: Neutron BytesOnly 30 percent know nuclear is America’s largest source of carbon-free electricity Once informed, 84 percent agree nuclear should be important in the future Trend of majority support for nuclear energy holds solidly Awareness of…
Carnival of Nuclear Energy Bloggers #281
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 updated assessment by the IPCC of…
South Texas Project Units 3 & 4 not Dead Yet
Source: Neutron BytesOnce upon a time in the Fall of 2007 the excitement in south Texas was uncontainable over the “first mover” license application by NRG for two new 1300 MW ABWR nuclear reactors. It was the…
Nuclear News Roundup for October 3, 2015
Source: Neutron BytesThis is a series of news briefs from WNA, NucNet, and various wire services. Swiss make a u-turn on limiting reactor operating lives (WNA) Switzerland’s Council of States has agreed to avoid putting legal limits…
Westinghouse Buys Multibus I Production Line, While Toshiba Seeks Partner
Source: NewsWestinghouse Electric said Thursday its purchase of the Multibus I production line from U.S. Technologies Inc. was done to ensure continuity of service to 41 operating nuclear power reactors at 25 sites around the globe.…
Belgium’s Regulator Gives Go-Ahead For Doel-1 And -2 Life Extensions
Source: NucNet2 Oct (NucNet): Belgium’s nuclear regulator has extended the commercial operating licences of the Doel-1 and Doel-2 nuclear reactor units by 10 years until 2025, a statement said today. …
NRC Completes Final Safety Review For South Texas Project Units 3 And 4
Source: NewsThe U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Thursday that it had completed its Final Safety Report for the combined licenses for the South Texas Projects Units 3 and 4 and that there were no safety impediments…
Survey Shows Support For Nuclear Power Boosted By Low Carbon Footprint
Source: NewsA new nationwide survey found that a strong majority of Americans agreed that nuclear power should be part of the U.S. energy mix in the future when the power source was linked to low-carbon electricity…
U.S. Fleet Performed Well In First Half Of 2015
Topics: Plant OperationsSource: NewsA couple of glitches aside, the U.S. nuclear power plant fleet has been posting very high plant capacity factors for the year to date, according to the federal Energy Information Administration. From January through June…
BWXT Announces New Naval Reactors Program Contracts
Source: NewsThe U.S. Naval Reactors Program has awarded BWXT Nuclear Operations Group contracts valued at $34.5 million for work involving support and manufacture of naval nuclear reactor components for nuclear-powered submarines and aircraft carriers, BWX Technologies…
Rosatom To Invest €36M In New Long-Term Waste Storage Facility
Source: NucNet29 Sep (NucNet): Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom will invest 2.7bn rubles (RUB) (€36.6m, $40.9m) to build a new near-surface long-term storage facility for low-and-intermediate radioactive waste, Denis Yegorov, deputy director-general of No Rao, national…
AREVA's Atrium 11 BWR Fuel Launched In United States
Source: NewsAREVA’s next-generation boiling water reactor fuel design, ATRIUM™ 11, is now in operation for the first time in the United States, the company announced. The lead fuel assemblies have been producing electricity successfully at two…
Study Finds More Than 70% Fuel Melted At Fukushima Daiichi No. 2
Source: NewsA study conducted by researchers from Nagoya University in Japan confirmed that 70 percent to 100 percent of the nuclear fuel in the No. 2 reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant had melted…
Georgia Power Accepts Big Deliveries From Italy — 149-Ton Tanks
Source: NewsGeorgia Power said Thursday the Vogtle nuclear power plant expansion project near Waynesboro, Ga., received two packages from Italy this week – two core make-up tanks for Unit 4, each weighing 149 tons. The tanks…
AREVA Signs Three-Year EOC Contract With Talen Energy
Source: NewsAREVA Inc. said Thursday that it had been named as a Talen Energy's Engineer of Choice (EOC) provider to support nuclear reactor operations at the company's Susquehanna Nuclear Plant in Salem Township, Pennsylvania. The selection…
Cigar Lake Uranium Mine Hits 2015 Production Target
Source: NewsLocal dignitaries with Cameco and AREVA Resources Canada Inc. officials in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, celebrated the opening of the Cigar Lake uranium mine and McCLean Lake processing facility Wednesday in a belated ceremony that included tours…
TerraPower Signs Agreement With China For TWR Development
Source: NucNet24 Sep (NucNet): TerraPower, the company founded in 2008 to develop advanced nuclear technology and backed by Microsoft founder Bill Gates, has signed a memorandum of understanding with China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) for cooperative…
GE Chairman Immelt Crosses India Off His List For Nuclear Business
Source: NewsThe Chairman of General Electric Jeff Immelt has ruled out India as a place to do business in nuclear power, saying that the liability laws of the country are not in line with the rest…