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Jay Wileman Is In Line To Take GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy's Top Post
Source: NewsGE Hitachi executive Jay Wileman is in line to succeed Caroline Reda as the president and chief executive officer of the company should GE be able to close on a deal to purchase French turbine…
Energy in New England focus of Bloomberg forum with Nuclear Matters
Source: Neutron BytesBloomberg BNA and Nuclear Matters host Boston conversation June 24 focused on the value of nuclear energy in New England’s energy mix Free Event Features Industry Leaders, Government Representatives and Members of Academia Discussing Challenges…
Carnival of Nuclear Energy Bloggers 264
Source: Neutron BytesThis post represents the latest link in an unbroken chain of more than four years of the weekly summaries of the best of the pro-nuclear blogs. With the recent updated assessment by the IPCC of…
IAEA Approves Of LEU Reserve Agreement With Kazakhstan
Source: NewsThe U.N.’s International Atomic Energy Agency said its Board of Governors has approved an agreement with Kazakhstan for the establishment of a nuclear fuel Low Enriched Uranium Bank, which will maintain a reserve of LEU…
SpiralGen To Tackle CyberSecurity For Nuclear Plants
Source: NewsStressing the importance of a secure system for nuclear power plant computer systems, a Pittsburgh-based software company SpiralGen Inc. said Thursday it would use Department of Energy Small Business Innovation Research funding to adapt technologies…
Deals With China Hinge On Extended Cooperation Agreement, Say Lobbyists
Source: NewsNuclear power lobbyists in Washington are squaring up to face down a critical end-of-the-year deadline, which is when an export agreement with China concerning nuclear technologies would end if Congress does not renew the plan.…
Setback For Sendai After Discovery Of ‘Incomplete Documents’
Source: NucNet10 Jun (NucNet): Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) has begun redoing parts of pre-service inspections it had already completed at the Sendai-1 nuclear power plant after the discovery of “numerous incomplete documents and erroneous written…
NRC To Initiate Downsizing To 3,600 Employees
Source: NewsThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Monday that it had approved the first step of "Project Aim," a plan to downsize the agency to “meet the demands of an evolving work load, while maintaining its ability…
GNF Awarded $100 Million Contract Extension From Entergy
Source: NewsGlobal Nuclear Fuel said Monday that it had been awarded an extension on its fuel supply contract for four of Entergy’s boiling water nuclear power plants in a deal worth more than $100 million. The…
Engineering Firm Atkins To Review Fukushima Daiichi On Fire Safety
Source: NewsInternational engineering firm Atkins said it had been awarded a Tokyo Electric Power Company contract to assess fire hazards at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station in Japan. The company will prepare a Fire…
Decision Delayed On Deep Well Repository At Bruce Power Station
Source: NewsThe government in Canada has effectively delayed granting approval for a deep well radioactive waste repository at the Bruce nuclear power plant until after a federal election that takes place in October. The decision on…
IAEA Governors Asked To Approve Kazakhstan LEU Bank Agreement
Source: NucNet8 Jun (NucNet): The International Atomic Energy Agency’s board of governors is being asked to approve a draft agreement that could see Kazakhstan host a multinational low-enriched uranium fuel bank that would help to assure…
Cost and rates rising for US reactors under construction
Source: Neutron BytesIn Georgia and South Carolina, which are regulated energy markets, the construction of four 1150 MW Westinghouse nuclear reactors are being financed by a pay-as-you-go plan that passes along the costs of building them to…
Four major nuclear deals with a lot of waiting ahead
Source: Neutron BytesWhat do India, the Czech Republic, South Africa, and Brazil all have in common? All four countries have significant ambitions to build new nuclear reactors. However, despite much sound and fury, along with plain old…
Xcel Energy Settles Legal Dispute With Babcock & Wilcox
Source: News[UPDATED] Minnesota-based Xcel Energy Inc. has settled its legal dispute with Babcock & Wilcox Nuclear Energy of Charlotte, N.C., agreeing to pay $36 million out of $45 million that B&W says it was owed. The…
L-3 MAPPS to Augment South Texas Project Simulators With Severe Accident Simulation
Source: News— Press Release — L-3 MAPPS announced today that it has reached an agreement with STP Nuclear Operating Company to upgrade the South Texas Project full scope and classroom simulators to L-3 MAPPS’ latest Orchid®…
Kurion Forms Decommissioning Alliance With Areva
Source: NewsFrench nuclear power company Areva and U.S.-based nuclear and hazardous waste management company Kurion said Thursday they would create an alliance for nuclear waste decommissioning and remediation services that would specifically serve the U.S. Department…
France To Support Merger Of EDF And Areva's Reactor Business
Topics: Industry & BusinessSource: NewsThe French government said Wednesday that it would support a rescue of struggling nuclear power giant Areva that would include a merger between its nuclear reactor business with Eletricite de France, the utility that is…
Czech Cabinet Approves Plans For Long-Term Nuclear Future
Source: NucNet4 Jun (NucNet): The Czech Cabinet has approved a national action plan for the long-term future of nuclear energy, including plans to build new nuclear units at the existing Temelín and Dukovany nuclear sites. …
Tunisia, Russia, Sign MOU On Nuclear Power
Source: NewsTunisia and Russia have signed a memorandum of understanding that outlines their intent to cooperate on the use of nuclear power for electricity generation and for other peaceful purposes involving medicine, agriculture, spent fuel management.…