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Sellafield And Dounreay To Feature At European Decommissioning Conference
Source: NucNet16 Jan (NucNet): Headline speakers at a decommissioning conference in Manchester, England, in May 2015 will include Rebecca Weston, head of business and programme integration at Sellafield, and Mark Rouse, managing director of Dounreay Site…
Specifications Of Russia’s BN-1200 Fast Neutron Reactor Developed
Topics: Research & TechnologySource: NucNet15 Jan (NucNet): The technical specifications for Russia’s Generation IV BN-1200 sodium-cooled fast neutron nuclear reactor have been developed and sent for an expert review, project developer Afrikantov Experimental Design Bureau for Mechanical Engineering (OKBM)…
A Construction Milestone In The UAE; Country's First Reactor Vessel Capped With Dome
Source: NewsHitting a major construction milestone at the United Arab Emirate's first nuclear power plant this week demonstrates the shifting nature of the industry, where new plants are being built in unlikely places. On Wednesday, Emirates…
Kurion To Develop Robot For Fukushima Daiichi Clean Up
Source: NewsJapanese industrial IHI Corporation, working for the Tokyo Electric Power Company, has turned to California-based radioactive waste innovator Kurion to develop a robot that will be used in clean- up work at the Fukushima Daiichi…
French Energy Minister Calls For New NPPs To Replace Aging Facilities
Source: NewsFrench Energy Minister Segolene Royal said Tuesday that it was time to consider replacing the country's aging nuclear power plants with newer facilities. With the industry at a post-Fukushima Daiichi crossroads, the comments sent stock…
England Expected To Cancel $30.2B Contract For Sellafield Clean Up
Source: NewsEngland is expected to announced Tuesday that it will fire a consortium of British, French and American companies from cleanup work at the Sellafield nuclear facility in Cumbria in the northwest of the country, canceling…
Russia To Use VVER-600 As Reference Unit For Kola Phase 2
Source: NucNet13 Jan (NucNet): Russia’s planned VVER-600 reactor unit will be used as the “priority reference unit” for Phase 2 of the Kola nuclear station in Murmansk, north-western Russia, state nuclear corporation Rosatom said. …
Thirty-two of Thirty-three NPPs In Region Going Full Bore In Winter Chill
Source: NewsAs winter clamps down with a deep freeze over much of the country, data shows the nuclear power industry is helping the nation's electricity grids remain stable during this period of peak demand, the Nuclear…
TVO To Restructure As Pressure Mounts From Subsidised Energy And Olkiluoto-3
Source: NucNet9 Jan (NucNet): Finnish utility Teollisuuden Voima Oy (TVO), which owns and operates the Olkiluoto nuclear power station, is to restructure its operations in an effort to find savings of €15 million a year, saying…
Martingale Predicts 2020 For Production Start Of Mass-Produced NPPs
Source: News[Update] In another indication that cutting edge nuclear research is focusing on the race for affordable nuclear power plants, Martingale disclosed a liquid-fuel reactor design that it touts as able to solve global issues of…
Fitch Ratings Takes Note Of Slipping U.S. Nuclear Capacity
Source: NewsA Fitch Ratings report this week said that the electric generation capacity of the nuclear industry in the United States was slipping due to plants closing before their regulatory licensing time was up. While this…
US Operator Signs $250 Million Contract For Next Generation Westinghouse Fuel
Source: NucNet8 Jan (NucNet): US utility Arizona Public Service Company (APS) has signed a $250 million (€212 million) contract with Westinghouse for the fabrication and delivery of its next generation fuel for three nuclear reactor units…
Illinois Weighs Pros And Cons Of Exelon Rescue
Source: NewsA report released Wednesday in Illinois weighs the economic and environmental pros and cons of helping nuclear power giant Exelon Corp. which has said three of its six generating stations in the state could close…
Terrestrial Energy And Oak Ridge National Lab To Advance Molten Salt Reactors To Blueprint Stage
Source: NewsCanadian integral molten salt reactor developer Terrestrial Energy Inc. said it would collaborate with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee to bring its proprietary small reactor concepts from research and development phase to the…
Westinghouse And Bechtel Form Alliance For U.S. Decommissioning
Source: NewsWestinghouse Electric Company and Bechtel said they were joining forces to create an alliance that would focus on decontamination, decommissioning and remediation services for U.S. nuclear power plants. The alliance, the companies said, is not…
Areva Lands $88.9M Contract To Serve Brazil's Angra 3
Source: NewsFrench nuclear multinational Areva said it has signed a contract with utility Electrobras Electronuclear (ETN) valued at $88.9 million for mechanical and electrical equipment designed for the unfinished Angra 3 reactor in Brazil. The deal…
IEA Report Outlines Challenges For US Nuclear Industry
Source: NucNet6 Jan (NucNet): The US needs to “develop and articulate” a clear strategy for nuclear energy, including a statement of how it will provide long-term support for an industry that has seen its first decline…
Entergy Files New Suit Over Waste Storage At Pilgrim NPP
Source: NewsEntergy Corp. has filed a new lawsuit against the federal government to recoup storage waste costs that it has incurred despite, in this case, paying fees on behalf of the Pilgrim NPP for construction of…
Oil Leak At Donald Cook NPP Minute Compared To Water Discharge
Source: NewsA Nuclear Regulatory Commission posting says that the Donald C. Cook Nuclear Power Plant near Bridgman, MI, leaked about 2,000 gallons of oil into Lake Michigan over a two month period, starting about October 25.…
Toshiba Close to $1.6B Deal In China
Source: NewsA media report from Japan said electronics giant Toshiba is putting the final details together for a $1.6 billion order for U.S. subsidiary Westinghouse Electric Company control systems, turbines and other equipment that would supply…