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U.S. Poll: Slim Majority Favor Nuclear Power
Source: NewsSupport for nuclear power has drifted lower since a peak of 62 percent in 2010, sliding to 51 percent, poll taker Gallup said Monday. Poll takers indicated the percentage opposed to nuclear power held steady…
Mideast nuclear projects report a mix of progress and perils
Source: Neutron BytesUAE applies for operating licenses for first two of four units Turkey’s first of three major nuclear projects delayed Turkey’s second major nuclear project faces political hurdle Jordan signs agreement with Rosatom for two VVERs…
Japanese Regulators Endorse Report That Could Shut Down Tsuruga 2
Source: NewsJapan's nuclear fleet was shaken this week by the nation's regulator endorsing reports that said the Tsuruga nuclear station's No. 2 reactor in the Fukui Prefecture and the Higashidori nuclear plant in the Aomori Prefecture…
Bulgaria Is Offering Westinghouse New Terms For Kozlodui 7
Source: NewsBulgaria’s Energy Minister Temenuzhka Petkova said Thursday that the state's new central-right government had extended an offer to Toshiba Corporation's Westinghouse Electric Company to purchase 49 percent of the seventh reactor for the Kozlodui nuclear…
NRC Inspector General Looking Into Diablo Canyon Allegations
Source: NewsSeveral people contacted by the Inspector General's Office of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said they had been contacted in connection to an investigation as to whether the NRC colluded with Pacific Gas & Electric to…
Federal Government Re-thinks Nuclear Waste; Sen. Alexander Pushes For Solution
Source: NewsU.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said this week that the the government would begin a consent-based process this year for the purpose of siting two nuclear waste repositories, one for high level defense radioactive waste…
China's Shanghai Electric To Manufacture Equipment For South Africa’s Koeberg
Source: NucNet26 Mar (NucNet): China’s Shanghai Electric Nuclear Power Equipment Company (Senpec) will manufacture six steam generators for South Africa’s Koeberg nuclear power station, the China Nuclear Energy Association (CNEA) has said. …
Russia Signs Agreement To Build Nuclear Plant In Jordan
Source: NucNet25 Mar (NucNet): Russian State Nuclear Corporation Rosatom and the Jordan Atomic Energy Commission signed yesterday an intergovernmental agreement for the construction of a nuclear power station in Jordan, Rosatom has said. …
GE Hitachi Touts Remote Control Rod Uncoupling Tool
Source: NewsGE Hitachi Nuclear Energy on Tuesday unveiled a new control rod uncoupling tool developed with Exelon Generation that can be operated remotely to increase efficiency and safety for nuclear technicians. The tool “remotely disconnects –…
Report Warns Of ‘Substantial Challenges’ Facing UK On Nuclear Workforce
Source: NucNet24 Mar (NucNet): Attrition rates in the UK’s ageing nuclear workforce are “high and growing” with more than 8,000 new employees a year needed every year for the next six years if the country’s ambitious…
Permits And Finances Delay Akkuyu Nuclear Power Build
Source: NewsA senior official in Turkey's energy ministry said that a seven-year build for the country's first nuclear power reactor would mean that the official schedule calling for an operational start in 2019-2020 was already infeasible.…
Jordan And Rosatom Expected To Sign $10 Billion Nuclear Deal
Source: NewsMedia in Jordan have reported that the country's government will soon sign a deal with Russia's state-owned nuclear power giant Rosatom that stresses the commitment to build two nuclear reactors at a cost of $10…
China’s Hongyanhe-3 Begins Full-Power Operation
Source: NucNet23 Mar (NucNet): The Hongyanhe-3 nuclear reactor unit in Liaoning province, northeastern China, has begun full-power, regular operation, bringing the number of online units in the country to 25, official news agency Xinhua reported today.…
Tentative Labor Contract Reached At Honeywell's Uranium Processing Plant
Source: NewsA prolonged lock-out of United Steelworkers Local 669 workers at the Honeywell International Inc. uranium conversion plant in Metropolis, Ill, may be coming to a close, according to the union, the company and federal mediators.…
Closing the civility gap at NRC public meetings
Topics: Policy & RegulationSource: Neutron BytesThe legitimacy of the agency is being challenged by people who disrupt its meetings On February 19, 2015, an NRC public meeting held in Brattleboro, VT, descended into darkness, eclipsing reason and civility, as people…
Areva struggles to dig out of debt
Source: Neutron BytesNo more big first of a kind reactor projects, more cooperation with EDF Capital from China? Tech Transfer for India? Anne Lauvergeon reflects on her time as CEO Newly appointed French CEDO Phillippe Knoche told…
New Survey Shows Strong Support for Nuclear Energy in US
Source: Neutron BytesLarge majorities of Americans support nuclear energy and believe it will be important for the future, a new national public opinion survey shows. Public support for nuclear energy is particularly strong in the Midwest and…
Westinghouse revives SMR efforts
Source: Neutron BytesWestinghouse Electric Company said this week that the NRC gave permission for the company to test its small modular reactor design (SMR). It is a major reversal of the company’s decision in February 2014 to…
Japan Ticks Closer To First Restart
Source: NewsJapan's nuclear power regulator on Wednesday said it had approved the construction plans for a Kyushu Electric Power Company reactor that would put it in compliance with ramped up safety standards, the news followed up…
Honeywell Backs President On New Greenhouse Gas Targets
Source: NewsPresident Barack Obama continued to use his executive authority to mitigate global warming Thursday with an executive order for federal agencies that was quickly endorsed by Honeywell, General Electric, Northrop Grumman and several other major…