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Flamanville-3 Startup Scheduled For End Of 2018 Following ‘Comprehensive Review’
Topics: New ReactorsSource: NucNet3 Sep (NucNet): First fuel loading and startup of the delayed Flamanville-3 EPR reactor unit in northern France is now scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2018 following “a comprehensive review” of the project and…
IAEA Says Kenya Is On Track For Nuclear Power
Source: NewsThe International Atomic Energy Agency, the United Nations' nuclear power watchdog, said that Kenya had made the appropriate “consideration” regarding its infrastructure needs to move forward with development of a nuclear power program. Kenya had…
Official Connected To Rosatom Pleads Guilty In Corrupt Practices Case
Source: NewsVadim Mikerin, 56, a former director of the Pan American Department of JSC Techsnabexport, a subsidiary of Rosatom's State Atomic Energy Corporation (Rosatom) pleaded guilty Monday to conspiracy to commit money laundering in connection with…
Japan Thought Major Nuclear Accident Was ‘Simply Unthinkable’, Says IAEA Fukushima Report
Topics: Safety & EnvironmentSource: NucNet1 Sep (NucNet): A major factor that contributed to the March 2011 accident at the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear station was the widespread assumption in Japan that its nuclear power plants were so safe that an accident…
Progress Made On Water And Working Conditions, Says Tepco
Source: NewsWhile the Tokyo Electric Power Company continues the massive task of decommissioning the Fukushim Daiichi nuclear power plant, the company says that working conditions at the plant had improved significantly. Members of the company's Nuclear…
Georgia Power Says Vogtle Costs Declined In First Half Of Year
Source: NewsSouthern Company subsidiary Georgia Power said Friday that Plant Vogtle construction expenses in the first half of 2015 had gone down compared to the last half of 2014. The company said it had spent $148…
Costs Of Nuclear ‘Comparable’ To Other Baseload Technologies, Report Says
Topics: Industry & BusinessSource: NucNet31 Aug (NucNet): The costs of nuclear energy “remain in line” with the costs of other baseload technologies, says a report by the International Energy Agency (IEA) and Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development’s Nuclear…
NRC Announces Settlement With Dominion Resources Inc.
Source: NewsThe Nuclear Regulator Commission said it had reached a settlement with Dominion Resources Inc., owners and operators of the Millstone Power Station in Waterford, Conn., that implements “a broad range of corrective actions at its…
AREVA Launches BEATRICE Testing System; Hits Milestone At Olkiluoto 3
Source: NewsFrench nuclear power giant AREVA has launched at its Creusot site in France a new testing system that reproduces on a smaller scale all the components of the reactor coolant system of an EPR-type nuclear…
Sweden To Begin Spent Fuel Repository Construction In 2019
Source: NucNet28 Aug (NucNet): The Swedish nuclear fuel and waste management company SKB is planning to complete the licensing process for the country’s spent nuclear fuel repository at Forsmark and to begin construction in 2019, the…
TVEL Ready To Deliver Fuel For Bushehr NPP's September Outage
Source: NewsR ussian nuclear power conglomerate Rosatom said its TVEL Fuel Company was ready to deliver fresh nuclear fuel to the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant in Iran. The fuel, prepared at Russia's Novosibirsk Chemical Concentrates Plant,…
IAEA LEU Bank Agreement Signed
Source: NucNet27 Aug (NucNet): The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and Kazakhstan signed an agreement today for the establishment of a Low Enriched Uranium (LEU) bank to be located at the Ulba Metallurgical Plant in Oskemen,…
IAEA Says Monitoring Iran's Nuclear Activity Will Cost $10.6M Per Year
Source: NewsThe Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, the United Nation's nuclear watchdog, told the agency's governing board Tuesday that it would need more than $10 million per year to monitor nuclear activity in…
GEH Has Orders In Japan For Submersible Steam-Powered Pumps
Source: NewsGE Hitachi Nuclear Energy said it has orders from Japan for submersible, steam-powered pumps that operate during a power station power blackout. The Turbine Water Lubricated pumps are made by SPX manufacturing unit ClydeUnion Pumps,…
Sendai No. 1 Output Increase Delayed
Source: NewsThe Kyushu Electric Power Company said that it discovered problems with the cooling system at the Sendai No. 1 reactor that was restarted last week, creating more potential controversy for the first nuclear reactor to…
Southern California Edison Says CPUC Ruling Is Flawed
Source: NewsSouthern California Edison (SCE) on Thursday responded to a early August ruling by a California Public Utilities Commission administrative law judge regarding SCE’s communication with commission officials concerning closing costs for the San Onofre Nuclear…
Plutonium Disposal Cheaper Than MOX Facility, US DOE Says
Source: NucNet21 Aug (NucNet): Disposal of weapons-grade plutonium in a repository is cheaper than through the construction and operation of a mixed-oxide fuel (MOX) fabrication facility, a report published by the US Department of Energy (DOE)…
Tepco Restructures, Subdividing Non-Nuclear Concerns
Source: NewsTokyo Electric Power Company in Japan said it was restructuring the company, creating three businesses that continue with its 2014 separation of its nuclear businesses from its non-nuclear concerns. As from 1 April 2016, Tepco…
GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy's New Bot Works In Dangerous Water
Source: NewsWhat swims, takes underwater pictures and doesn't mind a splash in highly radioactive water at a nuclear power plant? That would be GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy's new underwater, camera-outfitted bot, which is able to inspect…
New Compound Doubles O-Ring Operational Lifespan, Says Westinghouse Electric
Source: NewsWestinghouse Electric Company said it had developed a new Compound D – Extended Life O-ring for Westinghouse-designed reactor coolant pump (RCP) seals that effectively doubles the operating life of the O-rings. "The Compound D O-ring…