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India’s Nuclear Deal; Good for Diplomats; Bad for US & Indian Nuclear Firms
Source: Neutron BytesINdian PM Node and US President Obama shake hands on the nuclear deal. US President Obama and and Indian Prime Minister Nodi were able to declare victory over a long standing dispute between the two…
Carnival of Nuclear Energy Bloggers 247
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…
Southern Co. CEO Says It's Time To Reassess New Plant Time Line
Source: NewsTom Fanning, Chief Executive Officer of Southern Company, said in an interview this week that the issues causing delays at the Plant Vogtle expansion project had provoked a reassessment of the company's time line for…
Sources Name June As Target For Japan's Nuclear Restart At Sendai
Source: NewsA Kyushu Electric Power Company official told Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority that paperwork required for the restart of the mothballed Sendai nuclear power station would be completed by the end of March, while others named…
Rolls Royce And KOEL Sign Letter Of Intent On Genset Production
Source: NewsBritish power systems company Rolls Royce said Wednesday it would work with Indian firm Kirloskar Oil Engines (KOEL) to build and commission emergency gensets – generating sets – for India's nuclear power industry. The companies…
German-UK Consortium Wins £150 Million Sellafield Waste Facility Contract
Source: NucNet5 Feb (NucNet): A consortium comprised of the German M+W Group and the UK’s James Fisher Nuclear has won a £150 million (€190 million) contract for the development of a nuclear waste storage facility at…
Sizewell B In East England Gets 10-Year Extension
Source: NewsThe Office for Nuclear Regulation in Britain has granted a 10-year extension to the Sizewell B power station in eastern England, which began commercial operations in 1995. The extension allows the plant to operate until…
Applied Nuclear Air Cleaning Course at Harvard
Source: News-Press Release- In 1951 Harvard Air Cleaning Laboratory delivered the first air cleaning seminar for the United States Army Environmental Command. Through the Direction of Dr. Melvin First, a pioneer in the field of air…
Japan To Encourage Robotics With Fukushima Economic Zone
Source: NewsSometimes a robot just needs to hang out with its own kind. If that is the case, a move to Japan's Fukushima Prefecture might be just what the doctor ordered. This is because the state…
Convention On Nuclear Safety Likely To Bark About Tougher Safety Standards
Source: NewsA compromise proposal for the Convention on Nuclear Safety's February conference puts tougher safety initiatives in the form of a declaration or a statement, rather than a mandated amendment to the convention's treaty. With opposition…
IEA And NEA Map Out Nuclear Future
Source: NewsThe International Energy Agency and the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development's Nuclear Energy Agency said in a comprehensive report that the nuclear power industry should play a critical role in ensuring the world's nations…
Advanced reactor meet set for U.Mass Lowell Feb 11-12
Source: Neutron BytesBuckle your seatbelts. It’s fast neutrons or bust with a great line up of speakers. In a meeting the organizers call the “ Super Bowl of Advanced Reactors Summit ,” Ten leading Gen IV developers…
IEA/NEA Roadmap Calls For Nuclear Capacity To Double By 2050
Source: NucNet29 Jan (NucNet): Global nuclear capacity must more than double by 2050, with nuclear supplying 17 percent of the world’s electricity generation, to meet the International Energy Agency ‘2 Degree Scenario’ for the most effective…
Pilgrim NPP Rides Out A Winter Storm In New England
Source: NewsA prodigious winter storm that dumped 10 to 40 inches of snow across New England caused a shut down at the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant in Plymouth, Mass., which could remain offline for several days…
NRC Board Denies Vermont's Petition To Force Entergy To Maintain ERDS
Source: NewsThe Atomic Safety and Licensing Board on Wednesday denied the state of Vermont's request for a hearing designed to force Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee and Entergy Nuclear Operations to maintain an operational status regarding its…
German Court Says It Will Make Nuclear Phase Out Decision This Year
Source: NewsGermany's highest constitutional court will make a decision this year on claims by Vattenfall, RWE and E.ON that the government's accelerated schedule or a nuclear power phase out violates their property rights, which has caused…
Japanese Think Tank Touts Nuclear Return
Source: NewsA Japanese government think tank, the Institute of Energy Economics Japan, said a 25 percent target for nuclear power would be the most advantageous from an economical point of view, compared to zero percent, 15…
Sweden's SSM Says It Has Stopped Processing New Nuclear Plant Plans
Source: NewsA spokesman for Sweden's nuclear power regulator Stralsakerhetsmyndigheten, known as SSM, said the agency had stopped processing plans for new nuclear power plants in the country to comply with statements from the new minority-run government,…
NRC Rejects Petition To Have Fukushima-Type Reactors Shut Down
Source: NucNet27 Jan (NucNet): The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has rejected a petition by an anti-nuclear group that called for the agency to suspend the operation of the country’s 22 remaining General Electric boiling water reactors…
Hinkley Point B Reactor Four Off-line For $60.1 Million Maintenance Outage
Source: NewsElectricite de France said it had taken the Hinkley Point B Reactor Four off line for the start of 10-week statutory outage that will include the hiring of 1,000 workers, who will complete 12,000 work…