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Core Catcher Installation To Begin As Belarus Units Remain ‘On Schedule’
Topics: New ReactorsSource: NucNet27 Nov (NucNet): Installation of the core catcher for the Belarusian-2 nuclear power plant at Ostrovets in western Belarus will begin in March 2015 with the construction of both units at the site remaining on…
Will Exelon Shutter Quad Cities, Clinton Or Byron NPPs In The Land Of Lincoln?
Source: NewsExelon Corp. is seeking a pricing model in Illinois that recognizes the societal benefits of nuclear power, as it considers closing the Quad Cities, Byron and Clinton power stations prematurely, due to the negative economic…
TEPCO Turns To Cement To Stop Radioactive Water Flow
Source: NewsThe Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) moved forward this week with Plan B for containing and removing radioactive water that is believed to be polluting ground water on the sea side of the stricken plant,…
Three Units at Heysham 1 And Hartlepool Returning To Service
Source: NewsBritain's Office of Nuclear Regulation said it had granted permission for three reactors at Hartlepool and Heysham 1 to return to service after more than three months of suspended operations. The units were shut down…
Westinghouse In Exclusive Talks For Four-Unit Deal In Turkey
Source: NewsToshiba Corporation's nuclear power giant Westinghouse Electric announced that had entered into exclusive negotiations to develop a four-reactor AP1000 power plant in the Republic of Turkey. The deal with the Electricity Generation Company, Turkey's largest…
NRC Issues Final Safety Report for Fermi Unit 3
Source: NewsThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission said the third reactor (Unit 3) at the Enrico Fermi NPP in Newport, Mi. had passed its latest test. The federal agency said it had completed the Final Safety Evaluation Report…
Westinghouse Signs ‘Exclusive Negotiations’ Agreement For Four Reactors In Turkey
Source: NucNet24 Nov (NucNet): Westinghouse Electric Company has signed an agreement with China’s State Nuclear Power Technology Corporation (SNPTC) and Electricity Generation Company (EÜAŞ), the largest electric power company in Turkey, to enter into “exclusive negotiations”…
Areva’s financial crisis gets worse. Is Hinkley Point at risk?
Source: Neutron BytesThe financial future of the French state-owned nuclear giant has become less certain and some worry it may threaten the viability of the UK’s Hinkley Point 3200 MW new nuclear build. Just four months after…
Bits and pieces of a nuclear renaissance
Source: Neutron BytesTVA looks beyond Watts Bar II Rising costs for coal and natural gas prompt Indiana to think nuclear Duke may license Lee, but building it is something else TVA has long term nuclear ambitions The…
China’s plans for nuclear growth may exceed its grasp
Source: Neutron BytesThere are limits to ambitions even in a state-owned nuclear construction program and nuclear safety functions have to develop at the same pace as plants Perhaps not coincidentally, following on the heels of the historic…
China’s Fuqing-1 Enters Commercial Operation After Thermal Performance Test Completed
Source: NucNet21 Nov (NucNet): China’s Fuqing-1 nuclear unit in Fujian province entered commercial operation after the thermal performance test was completed, the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) and China Nuclear Industry Construction Company (CNI) have said.…
Leaked Report Doubles German Estimate of Radioactive Waste
Source: NewsA leaked government report in Germany says the country has more than twice as much radioactive waste to deal with than indicated in previous reports. The new estimate is 600,000 cubic meters, more than twice…
Nuclear Could Almost Treble Because Of Climate And Security Fears, Says IAEA
Source: NucNet20 Nov (NucNet): Global installed nuclear capacity could almost treble to as much as 1,092 gigawatts electric (GWe) by 2050 with countries considering new nuclear build because of concerns about climate change, high fossil fuel…
NRC Safety Report Paves Way For First ESBWR Licence
Source: NucNet20 Nov (NucNet): A US Nuclear Regulatory Commission final safety evaluation report concluded there are no safety aspects that would prevent issuing a licence for construction and operation of a GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) Economic…
Koeberg Steam Generators Represent A Stake in South Africa's Nuclear Future
Source: NewsWho will build six new nuclear power plants envisioned in South Africa is unknown. But a possible entry into the good graces of decision makers is what was at stake, when Westinghouse Electric Co. lost…
France And Bolivia Sign Nuclear Energy Cooperation Pacts
Source: NewsBolivia's Hydrocarbons and Energy Ministry said Wednesday that the country had signed letters of cooperation with France's Atomic Energy and Alternative Energies Commission. The letters of intent cover nuclear technology. They also cover the lithium…
Fuel Loading Complete As Russia’s Rostov-3 Is Prepared For First Criticality
Source: NucNet20 Nov (NucNet): Fuel loading was completed yesterday at Russia’s Rostov-3 nuclear unit following regulatory approval last week to bring the unit to first criticality, Russia’s nuclear power station operator Rosenergoatom said. …
Vietnam Making Progress With Nuclear Power Programme, Says IAEA
Source: NucNet19 Nov (NucNet): An International Atomic Energy Agency mission reviewing Vietnam’s nascent nuclear power programme found that the country has implemented some of the agency’s earlier recommendations on siting, stakeholder involvement, environmental protection and industrial…
EDF Pushes Back Start For Flamanville EPR
Source: NewsFrench power giant Electricite de France SA (EDF) announced on Tuesday it had pushed back its third-generation pressurized water (EPR) nuclear plant start date in Flamanville to 2017 due to delayed components expected from infrastructure…
Areva Suspends Financial Targets, EDF Confirms Flamanville-3 Delays
Source: NucNet19 Nov (NucNet): French nuclear group Areva has suspended its 2015 and 2016 financial targets, blaming delays to the Olkiluoto-3 EPR project in Finland, the slow restart of Japan’s reactors and a lacklustre nuclear market.…