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Westinghouse And Partners Get EU Funding For Russian Reactor Fuel Project
Source: NucNet29 Jun (NucNet): Westinghouse Electric Company and eight European consortium partners have received €2 million ($2.2m) in funding from the European Union to establish the security of supply of nuclear fuel for Russian-designed reactors in…
Final Funding For Vogtle Units 3 And 4 In Place
Source: NewsThe U.S. Department of Energy announced Wednesday that it had agreed to $1.8 billion in loan guarantees that represent the final phase of funding for the Alvin W. Vogtle Electric Generating Plant construction project inWaynesboro,…
Germany's Nuclear Power Retreat Enters Final Phase With Grafenheinfeld Closure
Source: NewsGermany’s nuclear power phase out begins its final phase with the closing of the 1.3 GW Grafenrheinfeld nuclear power plant this Saturday. The plant is the first of the final nine plants scheduled for decommissioning,…
Japanese Government Allocates $50 Billion For Disaster Recovery
Source: NewsJapan’s central government has approved a $50 billion expenditure over five years to help with restoring areas hit by the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake — a 9.0-magnitude seismic jolt — and the follow…
Russia, Saudi Arabia Sign Accord On Nuclear Power Cooperation
Source: NewsRussia and Saudi Arabia have announced an agreement that allows for cooperation in the use of nuclear energy for producing electricity in the country that is famous for its oil exports capacity. In yet another…
As Nigeria Prepares For Nuclear, Emergency Response Must Be Strengthened, Says IAEA
Source: NucNet24 Jun (NucNet): Nigeria, which earlier this week said it had chosen two sites for its first commercial nuclear reactor units, must strengthen its ability to respond to a nuclear emergency in line with progress…
Bloomberg Report Sees Seismic Shifts In Power Generation
Source: NewsNuclear power is expected to attract $1.3 trillion in investment between 2015 and 2040, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance’s most recent annual report on the energy industry, but there are “seismic shifts” in the…
Day & Zimmermann Announce Six-Year Alliance With Southern Nuclear
Source: NewsConstruction, engineering and defense contractor Day and Zimmermann, based in Philadelphia, said Monday it had been awarded a six-year alliance contract by Southern Nuclear to provide fleet maintenance and modification services at the company’s six…
Thorium Can Improve Long-Term Sustainability Of Nuclear, Says NEA Report
Source: NucNet23 Jun (NucNet): Thorium technologies require “significant further investigation”, but options for thorium’s introduction into the nuclear fuel cycle should be kept open because its use could improve the medium-term flexibility of nuclear energy and…
Japanese Firms To Participate In Nuclear Build In Turkey
Source: NewsConstruction of a four-reactor nuclear power plant in northern Turkey will include French, Turkish and Japanese construction firms, Japanese media announced late last week. The construction arrangement will include the French company Bouygues and “two…
Southern Nuclear Puts That (Monster, 560-Foot Tall) Heavy Lift Derrick To Work
Topics: New ReactorsSource: NewsOne of the largest cranes in the world went to work at Georgia Power’s Vogtle Unit 4 construction site in Waynesboro, Ga., last week, as more than 120 workers labored to build and place a…
Wano Announces Post-Fukushima Long-Term Plan
Source: NucNet22 Jun (NucNet): The World Association of Nuclear Operators (Wano) has published a long-term plan that will pave the way for the organisation to become more effective and to correct shortfalls that contributed to its…
Westinghouse Electric Signs MOU With Nuclebras Equipamentos Pesados Of Brazil
Source: NewsWestinghouse Electric Company announced Thursday it had signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Nuclebras Equipamentos Pesados S.A.“ to collaborate on the fabrication of AP1000 nuclear power plant components and equipment in Brazil." The agreement was…
$1.3 Billion in Venture Capital Promoting Evolution Of Nuclear Power
Source: NewsThird Way, a think tank that says it “answers America’s challenges with modern ideas aimed at the center,” said this week that venture capital is flowing into nuclear power start ups in the United States…
EBRD Establishing Fund To Remediate Soviet-Era Uranium Sites
Source: NucNet18 Jun (NucNet): The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is setting up a fund to deal with radioactive contaminated material resulting from Soviet-era uranium mining and processing in the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan,…
Diakont to Offer BWR Torus Inspection Services Using Underwater ROVs
Source: News–Press Release– San Diego, California – Diakont, a leading provider of high-tech solutions for the nuclear industry, has developed an innovative approach for providing high resolution inspections of Torus coatings within BWR nuclear power plants…
South Korea To Decommission Country's Oldest Nuclear Plant
Source: NewsFor the first time in South Korea, the country’s nuclear power plant operator Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Company said it would decommission one of its nuclear reactors, starting with the oldest plant in the…
Croatia Needs Legislative And Structural Changes To Regulatory Processes, Says IAEA
Source: NucNet17 Jun (NucNet): Croatia is moving in the right direction in strengthening regulatory processes and improving the management of radiation safety, but legislative and structural changes are needed in order for the government to completely…
IEA Head Gives China An A For Effort
Source: NewsThe head of the International Energy Agency, a think tank for developed countries on energy matters, said China is making a sizeable effort to turn around its coal-based energy economy in a time when the…
Rutgers University Touts Bacteria That Breathes Uranium
Source: NewsRutgers University announced Monday that a team of university scientists had isolated a strain of bacteria that “breathes” uranium, which may make it invaluable in decontaminating groundwater at sites like uranium mills where radioactive material…