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Amec Foster Wheeler awarded three-year nuclear services contract for UK Ministry of Defence
Source: News–Press Release- – London, United Kingdom (06 August 2015) – Amec Foster Wheeler announces today the award of a contract by the UK Ministry of Defence’s (MOD) Defence Nuclear Safety Regulator (DNSR) to supply independent…
Fennovoima Oy NPP Gets Domestic Backing In Finland
Source: NewsFinnish Economy Minister Olli Rehn said Wednesday that investment in the Fennovoima Oy nuclear power plant project by three Finnish companies put the finances for the project at above 60 percent domestic backing, a threshold…
Southern California Edison Disappointed In New Ruling On Ex Parte Communications
Source: NewsSouthern California Edison, owners of the shut down San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, said Wednesday the company was disappointed with a ruling by a California Public Utilities Commission administrative law judge regarding communications with state…
Progress Has Slowed On R&D For Some Generation IV Systems, Says Report
Topics: Research & TechnologySource: NucNet6 Aug (NucNet): Funding for some Generation IV reactor systems – particularly gas-cooled fast reactor (GFR) systems – has decreased and progress has slowed, the Generation IV International Forum (GIF) annual report says. …
Rosatom Engineering Group Signs Agreement With Electricity of Vietnam
Source: NewsPaving the way for Vietnam's first nuclear power plant, Russian nuclear power giant Rosatom said its engineering subsidiary NIAEP-ASE United had signed an agreement with state-owned Electricity of Vietnam. The engineering plan covers the first…
NRC To Conduct Special Inspection After "Hex" Leak At Honeywell's Metropolis Works
Source: News[UPDATED] The Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Monday it had ordered a special inspection of Honeywell's Metropolis Works in southern Illinois after a nearly two hour leak of uranium hexafluoride on Saturday evening that the company…
Cautious Welcome From Nuclear Industry For Obama’s Clean Power Plan
Source: NucNet4 Aug (NucNet): New nuclear reactors and power uprates to existing units will count towards meeting national benchmarks as part of standards announced by President Barack Obama to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 32 percent…
EDF Energy Names Preferred Bidders Representing $2 Billion
Source: NewsEDF Energy Customers, a subsidiary of French utility giant Electricite de France, has named preferred bidders for the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station in Britain, although HSBC Bank criticized the lofty price tag for…
Tepco Removes 20-Ton Fuel Handling Machine From Severely Damaged Building
Source: NewsThe Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) announced a significant achievement in the decommissioning efforts at the devastated Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Japan on Sunday, two days after a citizen's panel announced it would…
NRC puts San Onofre complaint to rest
Source: Neutron BytesThe federal regulatory agency tells Friends of the Earth to stop beating a dead horse. SONGS is closed forever. The U.S Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) dismissed a complaint against Southern California Edison (SCE) brought by…
Nuclear News Roundup for 8/1/15
Source: Neutron BytesThis is a compilation of news briefs from wire services, NucNet, and World Nuclear News Ameren pulls the plug on license application for second unit at Callaway Ameren will not proceed with plans to build…
Energid Technologies Software Deployed In China's Nuclear Fusion Lab
Source: NewsWhat do you use to inspect a tokamak, while it is still online? And what is a tokamak in the first place? A tokamak is a plasma confinement device that holds great promise for generating…
Tepco Says It Has Control Of Groundwater In Critical Trenches At Stricken Plant
Source: NewsThe Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), operators of the stricken Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in the Fukushima Prefecture in Japan, said Thursday it had completed a critical clean-up step by removing the last of the…
Uranium Market Flat, But Nuclear Outlook Remains Positive, Says Cameco
Source: NucNet31 Jul (NucNet): Prices and demand in the uranium market remain flat because of oversupply, but the long-term outlook for nuclear energy is positive, underpinned by strong fundamentals, Canada-based uranium producer Cameco said. …
Seabrook Station In New Hampshire Passes Environmental Review For License Extension
Source: NewsThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Thursday that the Seabrook Station nuclear power plant 13 miles south of Portsmouth, N.H., had been given a passing grade on its environment impact review needed to allow for a…
Edison International Seeks $7.57B From Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Over San Onofre Closure
Source: NewsEdison International has filed a claim against Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for $7.57 billion for losses incurred after defective steam generators were installed in the San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant in California, Mitsubishi said Tuesday. Mitsubishi,…
Atomic Forum President: ‘As A German Citizen, I Am Curious As To How Grid Stability Will Be Maintained’
Source: NucNet29 Jul (NucNet): With Germany pushing ahead with plans to phase out nuclear energy by 2022, Ralf Güldner, president of the German Atomic Forum (DAtF), spoke to NucNet about the future of nuclear, continuing efforts…
NRC Tags Two Technicians With Willfully Shortchanging Weld Tests
Source: NewsThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Monday that tests done on high level waste casks welds in late 2013 were done improperly at the Monticello Nuclear Power Plant 35 miles northwest of Minneapolis, Minn. The federal…
Enec Installs New Simulator, Shipped From Korea
Source: NewsThe Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (Enec) said it had installed a second fully operational APR-1400 training simulator at its learning center in Barakah, Abu Dhabi, which is up and running and ready for use by…
Sellafield Has Seen Record Levels Of Investment, Says NDA
Source: NucNet27 Jul (NucNet): Greater focus on the high hazard areas of the Sellafield nuclear site in the UK has been reflected by record levels of investment, with the site’s annual budget reaching approximately £2 billion…