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Sweden Sets Deadline For Introduction Of Independent Core Cooling
Source: NucNet16 Dec (NucNet): All nuclear reactor units in Sweden should have a system of independent core cooling installed by 31 December 2020, the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority (SSM) has said. …
Water Leak Prompts Shut Down of PPL Susquehanna's Unit 1
Source: NewsA water leak in the containment structure at Unit 1 at PPL's Susquehanna nuclear power plant in Berwick, Pa., was described as small, but still triggered steps to disconnect the unit from the regional grid…
Nuclear Projects Feature On EC List Of ‘Priority Investments’
Source: NucNet15 Dec (NucNet): Major nuclear energy projects have been included in a list of priority investments that could be financed over the next three years as part of a €315 billion investment plan outlined recently…
Appeals Court Says Indian Point 2 And 3 Predate Coastal Zone Management Review Requirement
Source: NewsAn appeals court in New York has ruled that license extensions for the Indian Point nuclear power plant units 2 and 3 could be granted without the stipulation that the two reactors comply with a…
DOE’s week of Laurels and Hardlys
Source: Neutron BytesThe early 20th century film comedy team of Laurel & Hardy entertained millions of movie goers and later became a staple of TV programming in the early 1950s. Since then some of their famous lines…
Nuclear energy projects come and go in Idaho
Source: Neutron BytesA group of local businessmen in rural Butte County, Idaho, wants to build a 1500 MW commercial nuclear reactor at a site on private land near Howe, ID , located 10 miles west of the…
Russia Signs Agreement For Two New Reactors At India’s Kudankulam
Source: NucNet12 Dec (NucNet): Russia’s Atomstroyexport has signed a general framework agreement with Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) for the construction of Units 3 and 4 at the Kudankulam nuclear power station in the…
TEPCO Contracts Second Kurion At-Tank Water Purification System
Source: NewsU.S. radioactive waste management company Kurion Inc. said it had received a contract for deployment of a second Kurion Mobile Processing System to assist clean up efforts at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, based…
Rosatom Confirms Orders For 12 Reactors For India By 2035
Source: NewsRussian sources are confirming details of major business cooperation pacts signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendrra Modi this week that involves an array of sectors including nuclear power, satellite systems,…
FERC Gives Duke Energy Progress Its Blessing For $1.2B NCEMPA Deal
Source: NewsInterstate transmission regulator FERC — the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission — has given Duke Energy Progress a green light for purchasing about 700 megawatts of generating capacity involving two nuclear power plants and two coal…
New Westinghouse Fuel To Be Loaded At South Ukraine-3
Source: NucNet11 Dec (NucNet): The South Ukraine-3 nuclear reactor unit in Ukraine will load new nuclear fuel delivered by the Westinghouse Electric Company early next year, Ukraine’s nuclear power station operator Energoatom said. …
GSE Training Simulators Upgrade Completed For Bruce A Units 2 And 3
Source: NewsNuclear industry services provider GSE Systems Inc. said it had completed installation of training simulator upgrades for Units 2 and 3 of the Bruce A Generating Station in Ontario, Canada. GSE said the new models…
Toshiba To Merge Westinghouse Steam Turbine and Generator Business With Two Others
Source: News[Updated] Multinational energy giant Toshiba said it would reorganize its North American power companies, combining steam turbine and generator business for nuclear power plants at Westinghouse Electric Co. and Toshiba America Nuclear Energy Corp. with…
Ginna, With A Reprieve, To Enter RSSA With RG&E
Source: NewsThe New York Public Services Commission voted unanimously late last week to give the R. E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant near Rochester a reprieve. The vote on Thursday will allow Ginna owner Constellation Nuclear Energy…
E.ON Chief Backs Public Fund For Decommissioning Germany's NPPs
Source: NewsElectric utility service giant E.ON's Chief Executive Officer Johannes Teyssen said the company was open to the concept of forming a public trust to pay for decommissioning Germany's nuclear power plants. Germany represents the most…
China’s Generation III ACP-1000 Nuclear Reactor Passes IAEA Review
Source: NucNet8 Dec (NucNet): China’s Generation III ACP-1000 nuclear reactor design, also known as ‘Hualong One’, has passed an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) generic reactor safety review (GRSR), China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) said. …
Finnish Parliament Gives Fennovoima Green Light To Pursue Construction License
Source: NewsFinland's parliament voted approval Friday of a go-ahead for an AES-2006 nuclear power plant to be built by Rusatom Overseas, a subsidiary of Rosatom, for Finnish power company Fennovoima for an operations start in 2024.…
Carnival of Nuclear Energy Bloggers 238
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…
Australia PM Tony Abbott says nuclear energy is “fine”
Source: Neutron BytesDoes it mean reactors will bloom down under? Maybe not right away. Abbott also said the government would not provide price supports or subsidies. Any reactor project will have to make it on the feasibility…
Ukraine’s Zaporozhye-3 Back Online And Operating Normally
Topics: Plant OperationsSource: NucNet6 Dec (NucNet): The Zaporozhye-3 nuclear reactor in Ukraine, which shut down automatically following a short circuit in the plant’s transformer yard, is back online and operating to normal parameters, the State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate…