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Areva To Build Replacement Reactor Head For U.S. Utility
Source: NewsAreva Inc. North America said Wednesday that it had been awarded a multi-million dollar contract to fabricate and deliver a replacement reactor vessel head to a U.S. utility – but it did not name which…
NRC Says OK For Westinghouse To Test Small Modular Reactor
Source: NewsWestinghouse Electric Company has announced that federal regulators have granted permission for the company to test its small modular reactor design, or SMR. Westinghouse called this a “significant step towards design certification,” which will reduce…
Breakthrough In Controlling Heat Bursts Could Help Stabilise Fusion Reactors
Topics: Research & TechnologySource: NucNet19 Mar (NucNet): Researchers from General Atomics and the US Department of Energy’s Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have made what they called “a major breakthrough” in understanding how potentially damaging heat bursts inside a…
C02 Emissions Stalled In 2014, Says International Energy Agency
Source: NewsGlobal emissions of harmful carbon dioxide from the energy sector held to the previous year's level without an economic incentive for the first time in 40 years the International Energy Agency has said. In news…
3-D Imaging From Robotic-Friendly Gamma Camera Achieved
Source: NewsTrade magazine Novus Light Technologies Today said Monday that a new gamma camera created by British company Createc makes use of a much lighter collimator than previously available, making it possible to attain a 3-D…
South Korea Blames North Korea For Nuclear Data Cyber-Attacks
Source: NewsSouth Korea said Tuesday that North Korea was behind the cyber-attacks and hacking attempts that included online postings of Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power Company Ltd. data and demands to shut down nuclear reactors. The…
‘Substantial Funding Gap’ Remains For Chernobyl Work, Says EBRD
Source: NucNet17 Mar (NucNet): There remains “a substantial funding gap” of €100 million ($106 million) for the project to transform the Chernobyl nuclear power station into a safe and secure state, said the European Bank for…
Two China General Nuclear Reactors Move Towards Commercial Life
Source: NewsChina General Nuclear has reached two significant milestones with two new nuclear reactors, announcing it had connected the Unit 2 of the Yangjiang Nuclear power station to the grid and that another reactor, Ningde 3…
TEPCO Says 90 Percent Of Water Will Be Treated Before June
Source: NewsThe Tokyo Electric Power Company announced Monday a revised schedule for decontaminating water at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station, claiming it would have 90 percent of the water treated by the end of May.…
China years away from being a major nuclear export player
Source: Neutron BytesBefore it can sell its reactors to other nations, it must prove it can build them at home. Much has been made of China’s global ambitions to become a major player in the global nuclear…
Russian-Hungarian Paks Expansion Deal Hits A Snag
Source: NewsSharply conflicting reports from Europe indicate that the European Commission has backed the region's nuclear fuel regulator Euratom Supply Agency's objection to a non-competitive nuclear fuel contract signed by Hungary and Russia. At various stages…
SCE&G Files Petition For V.C. Summer Cost And Schedule Revisions
Source: NewsSCANA Corporation said Thursday that its subsidiary Southern Carolina Electric & Gas Company had filed a petition with the Public Service Commission of South Carolina to allow it to revise the construction and capital cost…
China ‘In Talks’ With UK And France On ACP-1000 Agreements
Source: NucNet12 Mar (NucNet): Nuclear power station operator China General Nuclear Power Group (CGN) is in discussions with the UK and France about the possibility of building China’s Generation III ACP-1000 nuclear reactor design, also known…
Vogtle Overrun Dispute To Be Heard In Georgia
Source: NewsA federal panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has ruled that for practical reasons the construction cost dispute between Georgia Power and contractors Westinghouse Electric and Chicago Bridge…
Five Of Japan's Reactors To Be Decommissioned
Source: NewsThe number of possible nuclear reactor restarts in Japan is to drop by five, as four utility companies are opting out of bringing five reactors into compliance with new safety standards, say media reports from…
Contaminated Rainwater Seeping Into Ground At Fukushima-Daiichi, Says Tepco
Source: NucNet11 Mar (NucNet): Contaminated rainwater has been found seeping into the ground in the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear power station’s water storage tank area, operator Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) has said. …
TEPCO Reports Water Leakage Four Years After Tohoku
Source: NewsThe Tokyo Electric Power Company reported Tuesday that 750 tons of contaminated rainwater may have leached into the ground around a water tank holding area at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station, but that the…
Carnival of Nuclear Energy Bloggers 251
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…
Britain Considers "Golden Share" For Hinkley Point C
Source: NewsThe British government is considering holding a trump card in the $25 billion Hinkley Point C construction project, that would be built by Electricite de France. Media reports say that British Energy and Business Minister…
NRC, Despite Challenge, Grants Callaway Unit 1 An Extension
Source: NewsThe Nuclear Regulator Commission said Monday that Ameren's Callaway Plant Unit 1 in Fulton, Missouri, had been granted a 20-year license extension, which bumps its potential commercial life through October 2044. The pressurized water reactor…