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Top Scientists Urge Environmentalists To ‘Recognise And Support’ Nuclear
Source: NucNet5 Jan (NucNet): More than 65 conservation scientists from 14 countries have signed an open letter to environmentalists urging them to “recognise and support” the role nuclear energy can play in combatting climate change and…
News Briefs: Belarus Awards Unit License; Indian NPP Goes Commercial
Source: NewsAuthorities in Belarus said the Belarusian Nuclear Power Plant had been awarded a license to construct a second reactor near the town of Ostrovets, Grodno Oblast, about 10 miles from the Lithuanian border. Construction began…
Vermont Yankee: 30 November 1972 to 29 December 2014, RIP
Source: NewsThe time of death came a few hours after the shutdown began at 1:03 pm on Monday. Soon after, the eulogies came pouring in, as dozens of regional and national news outlets reported on the…
Three Workers Dead After Incident At South Korean Nuclear Construction Site
Source: NewsThree South Korean workers died after falling unconscious on the job Friday in what is suspected to be a case involving inhalation of nitrogen gas at a nuclear reactor construction site 400 kilometers southeast of…
South Korea Nuclear Stations ‘Secure From Cyber-Attack’, Says CEO
Source: NucNet29 Dec (NucNet): South Korea’s nuclear power operator has said cyber-attacks on non-critical operations at its headquarters are continuing, but the country’s nuclear power stations are operating safely and are secure from attack. …
Not Yucca Mountain, But DOE And Nevada Agree to Keep Talking About Oak Ridge Waste
Source: NewsTop officials from Nevada are insisting that an agreement with the federal government that includes discussions involving a relatively small amount of radioactive waste from Tennessee does not constitute a change in the state's opposition…
South Korean President Park Calls For Nuclear Plant Data Breach Investigation
Source: NewsSouth Korean President Park Geun-hye called for a full investigation of the data breach of the country's nuclear plant operator as an anti-nuclear hacker or hackers continued to post plant data online. While the plant…
Vermont Yankee Is A Week Away From Final Shut Down And $1.24B Away From Decommissioning
Source: NewsEntergy Corp., owners of the soon-to-shut-down Vermont Yankee nuclear plant confirmed in a regulatory filing that it would cost $1.24 billion to decommission the facility that has been providing power since 1972. Entergy notified the…
China's Prototype Fast Reactor Is Running At Full Capacity
Source: NewsChina's experimental sodium-cooled nuclear power plant, a 65-megawatt prototype, has been up and running at full capacity for three days as of late last week. The prototype is China's first fast neutron reactor that operates…
Regulator Calls For Revised Safety Assessment Of Oskarshamn-2
Source: NucNet22 Dec (NucNet): Deficiencies in OKG’s safety assessment of its Oskarshamn-2 nuclear reactor unit are serious enough for another assessment to be submitted by the end of 2017 instead of the scheduled 2020, the Radiation…
Just when you thought Yucca was dead, more trouble
Source: Neutron BytesThe U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission published the fourth in a series of volumes on its monumental safety evaluation report (SER) for the proposed permanent geologic repository for spent nuclear fuel. It says the Department of…
Westinghouse Electric, EDF Sign Fuel Supply Deal
Source: NewsWestinghouse Electric Company and nuclear plant operator Electricite de France (EDF) said Thursday they had signed a long-term contract for the U.S. firm to supply “several thousand tons” of reactor fuel to be used in…
[Update]NRC Report Finds Two Flaws In DOE's Yucca Mountain Plan
Source: NewsVolume 4 of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's report on the 8.600-page Department of Energy application to operate a federal nuclear waste repository in Nevada unveils two fatal flaws for the project that the Barack Obama…
GAO Report On Waste Storage At Hanford Nuclear Reservation Prompts Call To Action
Source: News[Updated] A government report on radioactive waste storage at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, which was released Tuesday, has prompted a call for the Department of Energy to take corrective action within the next three months.…
India Reports Positive Talks With U.S. Nuclear Advance Team
Source: NewsIndian officials said civil nuclear cooperation talks in New Delhi with an advance team of U.S. negotiator s made progress ahead of a summit meeting scheduled for late January between President Barack Obama and Prime…
Joint Declaration Calls For Global Action On Mo-99 Security Of Supply
Source: NucNet18 Dec (NucNet): The production of the most widely used medical radioisotope, molybdenum-99 (Mo-99), depends largely on a small number of reactors that are ageing and facing unplanned outages, refurbishment outages or permanent shutdowns, increasing…
British Committee To Endorse Small Modular Reactors
Source: NewsA British parliamentary committee on Wednesday will endorse small modular nuclear reactors, which some view as the perfect answer to the energy needs of the future. While technology for the 300-megawatt or smaller power plants…
Parliament Urges UK Government To Investigate Viability Of SMRs
Source: NucNet17 Dec (NucNet): The UK government should work with industry to better understand the economics of small modular reactors (SMRs) and set out “a clear explanation” of the conditions under which they might become cost…
Savannah River Nuclear Solutions Begins Spent Fuel Campaign
Source: NewsSavannah River Nuclear Solutions, (SRNS), operators of the Savannah River National Laboratory, have begun a multi-year program to process aluminum-clad spent fuel currently stored at its facilities near Jackson, S.C. The process includes a chemical…
Government Watchdog Criticizes NRC For Unreliable Cost-Benefit Analysis
Source: NewsA federal watchdog agency on Monday criticized the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for failing to use the best practices for the cost-benefit analysis that it uses to justify its rules. The Government Accountability Office in a…