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Byron Station NPP Passes NRC Environmental Review
Source: NewsT he Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Thursday that there were no environment issues that precluded a 20-year renewal of an operating license for the Byron Station Nuclear Power Plant in Illinois. Ten days ago, the…
Luminant Generation Awards 5-Year Service Deal To Fluor Corporation
Source: NewsLuminant Generation Company has awarded Irving, Texas-based Fluor Corporation a five year contract for engineering, maintenance, and modification serves for its two-unit Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant, which is in Somervell County, Texas, 40 miles…
UniStar Retracts Application For Third Reactor At Calvert Cliffs NPP
Source: NewsThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission said that UniStar has retracted its application for a third reactor at the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant in Lusby, Md. The NRC said Tuesday that it had approved of the…
CNA Applauds Canadian Energy Strategy
Source: NewsThe Canadian Nuclear Association has given a nod of approval to the Canadian Energy Strategy, which was released by the country's provincial leaders Friday. “The Canadian Nuclear Association congratulates Canada's premiers for their release of…
Flaw Indications Found In RPV At Switzerland’s Beznau
Source: NucNet22 Jul (NucNet): Operator Axpo has detected “flaw indications” in the reactor pressure vessel (RPV) of the Beznau-1 nuclear power reactor while carrying out ultrasonic measurements as a result of recommendations in connection with flaw…
China Ready To Surpass South Korea And Russia In Nuclear Capacity, Says EIA
Topics: New ReactorsSource: NucNet21 Jul (NucNet): China, which has 23 gigawatts of nuclear capacity under construction and “several facilities” in the planning stages, is expected to surpass South Korea and Russia in nuclear generating capacity by the end…
TerraPower announces new CEO
Source: Neutron BytesTerraPower of Bellvue, WA, announced July 15 that it has appointed Lee McIntire, former Chairman and CEO of CH2M HILL, as CEO. According to a statement by TerraPower on its website, McIntire has deep experience…
EDF Energy Pressed For More Post-Fukushima Enhancements
Source: NewsWith EDF Energy publishing its Japanese Earthquake Response Programme ONR Recommendation Closeout Report in mid-June, concerning nuclear plant safety enhancements in Britain, it turns out the Office of Nuclear Regulation wants more from the company.…
Texas-Based AZZ Inc. Awarded China Nuclear Power Engineering Company Contract
Source: NewsProving that U.S. firms can get into the action in China, Fort Worth, Texas-based galvanizing giant AZZ Inc. said Friday it had been awarded a contract from China Nuclear Power Engineering Company to provide two…
UK’s Upper House To Hold Special Evidence Session On Nuclear Fusion
Source: NucNet17 Jul (NucNet): The upper house of the UK’s parliament will hold a one-off evidence session looking into the prospects for nuclear fusion and the UK’s research and development landscape on 21 July 2015. …
L-3 MAPPS to Upgrade Argentina’s Embalse Full Scope Simulator
Source: News–Press Release– L-3 MAPPS announced today that it has received a contract from Nucleoeléctrica Argentina S.A. (NA-SA) to upgrade the Embalse full scope simulator. Work will commence immediately and the upgraded simulator is expected to…
DTE Energy Awards Fermi 2 Service Contract To GE Power & Water
Source: NewsMichigan-based DTE Energy has awarded outage services work to GE Power & Water through GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) and GE Power Generation Services (PGS) for the utility’s Fermi 2 Nuclear Power Plant, the company…
As India Announces Plans For Four New Reactors, Kudankulam-1 Gets Go-Ahead For Regular Operation
Source: NucNet16 Jul (NucNet): India’s Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) has granted a licence for “regular operation” of the Kudankulam-1 nuclear power reactor and siting consent for four new indigenous reactors on a greenfield site in…
Areva Announces Contract Awards In Britain And United States
Source: NewsFrench engineering and nuclear power contractor Areva said Wednesday it had signed two significant contracts, including one to perform outage and maintenance services for five U.S. nuclear power plants and one involving decommissioning at 12…
Interview: Charting A Nuclear Future For The Czech Republic
Source: NucNet16 Jul (NucNet): After the tender process for new reactors at Temelín was cancelled last year, Czech utility and nuclear operator ČEZ is starting “a broad discussion” with the government on when and where to…
Civility & Safety at NRC Public Meetings – An Update for Nuclear Utilities
Source: Neutron BytesThere is a costs in dollars and lost brand value when meetings go south This week the NRC’s public blog posted an article about what it is doing to improve public meetings. What’s missing from…
IAEA's Initial Feedback On Kashiwazaki-Kariwa NPP Is Positive
Source: NewsAn inspection team from the International Atomic Energy Agency has told the Tokyo Electric Power Company to update its emergency manual at its idled Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant to reflect changes that have come about…
NRC Completes SER Process for Braidwood And Byron NPPs
Source: NewsThere are no technical issues that stand in the way of 20-year license renewals for two Exelon Generation Company nuclear power plants in Illinois, the Byron and Braidwood plants that house two reactors each, the…
Honeywell Federal Manufacturing And Technologies Awarded $9 Billion Contract
Topics: Industry & BusinessSource: NewsHoneywell Federal Manufacturing and Technologies LLC, a division of Honeywell International, has been awarded a 10-year, $9 billion contract, to manage and operate the National Nuclear Security Administration’s campus in Kansas City, Mo., which handles…
Iran And IAEA Sign Roadmap For ‘Clarification’ Of Nuclear Issues
Source: NucNet14 Jul (NucNet): Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency have signed a roadmap for the clarification of past and present outstanding issues regarding Iran’s nuclear programme, IAEA director-general Yukiya Amano said. …