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In New York, Fate Of R.E. Ginna Deal Is In Public Service Commission's Hands
Source: NewsThe New York Public Services Commission is listening, and on the line is a deal struck by Rochester Gas & Electric and Exelon Corporation, the owners of the R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant in Ontario,…
Federal Panel Says Yes To Deep-Shaft Repository At Canada's Bruce NPP
Source: NewsA three-member federal panel in Canada has approved of burial of low and intermediate-level radioactive materials from nuclear power plants at a site 0.7 miles from the shores of Lake Huron, which became a rallying…
Areva To Cut Up To 6,000 Jobs, Mostly In France
Topics: Industry & BusinessSource: NewsFrench nuclear plant builder Areva said Thursday that it would soon negotiate with union leadership with the aim of cutting 18 percent of its labor cost, a move that would mean a loss of between…
China Starts Construction Of First Generation III Hualong One Reactor
Topics: New ReactorsSource: NucNet7 May (NucNet): Construction of China’s first domestically developed Generation III ‘Hualong One’ nuclear reactor began today at the Fuqing nuclear site in Fujian province with the first pour of nuclear concrete, state-run China National…
German Atomic Forum President Calls For Progress On Final Repository
Source: NucNet6 May (NucNet): Germany’s nuclear waste management commission (ESK) has made significant progress in its work, but concerns about the time frame expected for the selection and construction of a final repository for high-level radioactive…
Areva Announces NUHOMS Contract And Bavarian Plant Milestone
Source: NewsStruggling French nuclear power giant Areva notched some positive news this week, including Tuesday's announcement that used fuel storage division Areva TN had signed a module supply contract with Exelon Nuclear. The contract calls for…
Five Reactors Designated For Decommissioning In Japan
Source: NucNet5 May (NucNet): Five nuclear reactor units in Japan have been designated by their operators for decommissioning, the Japan Atomic Industrial Forum (Jaif) has said. …
Reactor Components — 200 Tons Worth — Delivered To Vogtle Construction Site
Source: NewsWestinghouse Electric Company said Monday that it had delivered approximately 200 tons of reactor vessel components to the Vogtle Electric Generating Plant construction site in Waynesboro, Georgia, on April 28, last week. "The completion of…
Maine Gov. LePage Tests State's Response To Small Nuclear Power Plants
Source: NewsIf Maine is any indication of how small nuclear power plants will be received by the nation, it seems fair to say that they will not be sneaked in through a side door. Legislators in…
Chinese Firms Could Play Major Role In Areva Restructuring
Topics: Industry & BusinessSource: NewsPortions of French nuclear construction giant Areva could end up belonging to Chinese firms, a French newspaper reported Sunday. Le Journal du Dimanche (The Sunday Journal) reported that China General Nuclear Power Corporation and China…
Lower Fossil Fuel Prices And Slow Economic Growth Could Hamper Nuclear, Report Warns
Topics: Industry & BusinessSource: NucNet4 May (NucNet): Lower fossil fuel prices and slower economic growth in Southeast Asia will lead to a decline in global growth of nuclear and renewable energy sources, a report by energy company BP says.…
Reactor News Rundown for May 3, 2015
Source: Neutron BytesDavis-Besse gets OK on EIS from NRC The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission this week issued its final supplemental environmental impact statement for the proposed operating license renewal for Davis-Besse in Ohio. NRC said that there…
Chinese nuclear firms compete abroad for exports and for market share at home
Source: Neutron BytesTwo giant rival Chinese state-owned nuclear firms are pulling out the stops to achieve success with exports and increased market share of the restarted domestic reactor construction program. The so-called Hualong One, a 1000 MW…
NRC approves COL for DTE ESBWR for FERMI III
Source: Neutron BytesThe U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has cleared the way for the that agency’s Office of New Reactors to issue a license to DTE Energy to build and operate a GE-Hitachi 1530 Economic Simplified Boiling…
Bruce Power, Korea Hydro And Nuclear Power Sign Cooperation Agreement
Source: NewsCanadian conglomerate Bruce Power said Thursday it had entered into an agreement with Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power (KHNP) that will have the companies continuing to work together on areas of nuclear safety, operational performance…
NRC Grants DTE Energy License To Build And Operate Fermi 3
Source: NewsThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Thursday granted permission for DTE Energy in Michigan to add another nuclear reactor to the Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station in the Frenchtown Charter Township in Michigan on the shores…
Chernobyl Fires And Funding Brought Under Control
Source: NewsAuthorities in Ukraine say the forest fires burning in the vicinity of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant are under control, but news from Group of Seven nations concerning the site of the April 26, 1986…
Conference Secures Funding For Completion Of Chernobyl New Safe Confinement
Source: NucNet30 Apr (NucNet): A donor conference has secured financing for the completion “on schedule by the end of 2017” of the new safe confinement (NSC), the protective structure being built to cover the destroyed reactor…
Vattenfall Announces Early Closure Of Ringhals 1 And 2
Source: NewsSweden's state-owned energy company Vattenfall said Tuesday that it would close two of its oldest nuclear reactors, Ringhals 1 and 2, seven years ahead of schedule due to economic reasons. Vattenfall said that with the…
Perry NPP Hits Restart With New Fuel
Source: NewsThe Perry nuclear power plant, 35 miles north of Cleveland, Ohio, has been restarted with the new fuel type that operators expect will mean mean fewer rod replacements in future refueling outages. By Monday morning,…