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Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant Weekly Review
Source: NewsDevelopments in Japan this week related to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant severely damaged in 2011 include a partnership with the organization cleaning up the UK's Sellafield site, results from remote inspections of unit 2…
Wylfa-1 Gets Go-Ahead To Operate Until End Of 2015
Source: NucNet3 Oct (NucNet): The UK’s Office for Nuclear Regulation has the given go-ahead for the Wylfa-1 nuclear power plant in North Wales to continue operating until the end of December 2015. …
Latest Testing Successful at New Watts Bar Reactor
Source: NewsThe Tennessee Valley Authority completed a crucial phase of testing this week at the Watts Bar 2 reactor it plans to bring online next year. Workers completed cold hydro-static pressure testing on Tuesday, the Chattanooga…
South Africa To Sign Agreements For Rollout Of New Build Programme
Source: NucNet3 Oct (NucNet): South Africa will sign strategic cooperation agreements with nuclear vendors and countries to start the rollout of a nuclear new build programme, the South Africa Department of Energy has said in a…
Babcock & Wilcox Considers Splitting Off Nuclear and Government Work
Topics: Industry & BusinessSource: NewsBabcock & Wilcox has announced it might split into two companies, with one focused on its general power generation business and another operating its nuclear and government contracting efforts. The Wall Street Journal reported that…
Kenya Cannot Meet Energy Demand Without Nuclear, Conference Told
Source: NucNet2 Oct (NucNet): The growing energy demands of Kenya’s 40 million population cannot be met or sustained without the addition of nuclear energy, the executive chairman and chief executive officer of Kenya’s Nuclear Electricity Board…
DOE Plans to Offer $12.6 Billion in New Nuclear Energy Loan Guarantees
Source: NewsThe DOE has drafted a federal loan guarantee opportunity that, if it goes into effect, could help provide $12.6 billion for nuclear power projects. As part of the Obama administration's efforts to reduce carbon emissions,…
Work On National And Regional Repositories Is ‘Urgent’, Says EU Report
Source: NucNet30 Sep (NucNet): Further work on national and regional solutions for deep geological repositories is “essential and urgent” to ensure that spent nuclear fuel and high level waste can be safely disposed of when necessary,…
Environmental Groups Threaten Fresh Legal Action on NRC Waste Confidence Decision
Source: NewsOn Monday, 17 anti-nuclear groups said they are preparing to file a federal court challenge if a recent Nuclear Regulatory Commission decision on waste storage at power plants takes effect. The NRC had suspended final…
Westinghouse Challenges South Africa Steam Generator Contract Award
Source: NewsWestinghouse is asking a South African court for further review of a decision by state-owned Eskom after it awarded a steam generator replacement contract to Areva. In a statement reported by the South African Press…
Sellafield Awards £336 Million Box Encapsulation Plant Contract
Source: NucNet29 Sep (NucNet): The company that operates the Sellafield nuclear site in Cumbria, northwest England, has awarded a multi-million-pound engineering, procurement and construction contract to deliver the Box Encapsulation Plant (BEP) project. …
Japan Reaffirms Plans To Restart Nuclear Reactors
Source: NucNet29 Sep (NucNet): Japan’s prime minister has reaffirmed plans to restart nuclear reactors that comply with new safety standards, saying the country’s dependency on overseas fuels is now greater than it was during the oil…
Study: Small Modular Reactor Could Bring Cost Savings to Hanford Site
Source: NewsA recent study has shown that a small modular reactor could save money at the Hanford site by providing low-cost power for its massive waste vitrification facility. Using funds from the state, a central-Washington economic…
DOE Reassigns Los Alamos Cleanup Work After WIPP Waste Leak
Source: NewsThe Department of Energy has changed the agency responsible for waste cleanup at Los Alamos National Laboratory and will hire a different contractor to handle the work. The decision comes after a February leak inside…
Jordan inks nuclear energy agreement with Rosatom
Source: Neutron BytesUnlike previous proposals, this one does not have an explicit link to the country’s uranium ore deposits The Jordanian Atomic Energy Commission signed an agreement on September 22 with Russia’s Rosatom that will result in…
Tri Cities seeks SMRs for post clean up future
Source: Neutron BytesDespite predictions that the grandchildren of today’s nuclear waste workers will still be at it, there is an end to the billions of dollars in federal funds for cleanup at Hanford. Economic development efforts in…
Russia And Jordan Sign Project Development Agreement
Source: NucNet26 Sep (NucNet): Rusatom Overseas and the Jordan Atomic Energy Commission (JAEC) have signed a project development agreement for the first phase of a 2,000-megawatt nuclear station in Jordan, they said in a statement. …
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant Weekly Review
Source: NewsPlans to clear debris at Fukushima Daiichi unit 1, new radiation measuring technology and a large anti-nuclear protest were among the developments of note this week in Japan. Recent news related to Tokyo Electric Power…
Palo Verde Administrative Building Evacuated After Bomb Threat
Source: NewsA bomb threat evacuated a building outside the protected area at Arizona's Palo Verde nuclear plant Wednesday. The plant reported the threat to police at 5:30 p.m. and an administrative building was evacuated, a sheriff's…
Westinghouse Acquires Italian Nuclear Component Manufacturer Mangiarotti
Source: NewsWestinghouse has acquired Mangiarotti, an Italian power industry manufacturer that provides components for nuclear plants. About 345 people work for the acquired company that has manufacturing sites in Pannellia and Monfalcone, near the Slovenian border.…