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Regulator Approves GE-Hitachi ESBWR Design For US
Source: NucNet16 Sep (NucNet): The Nuclear Regulatory Commission today approved a rule to certify GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy’s (GEH) Economic Simplified Boiling-Water Reactor (ESBWR) nuclear reactor design for use in the US. …
Backup Feedwater Pump Issues Prompt Second Special Inspection at Millstone This Year
Source: NewsThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission has sent inspectors to Connecticut's Millstone nuclear plant to investigate a malfunctioning backup feedwater pump also at the center of another special inspection earlier this year. On Monday the agency announced…
Arkansas Nuclear Plant Reports Potential Flaws in Fuel Moved to Dry Storage
Source: NewsEntergy's Arkansas Nuclear One has reported potential degradation in fuel assemblies transferred into a dry cask. A sample of helium used during the final stage of cask loading at unit 1 indicated the presence of…
Ministry Casts Doubt On Construction Licence For Olkiluoto-4
Source: NucNet16 Sep (NucNet): Plans by Teollisuuden Voima Oyi (TVO) to extend the application period for a licence to construct Olkiluoto-4 should be rejected because of “uncertainties” with the existing Olkiluoto-3 EPR project, Finland’s Ministry of…
Nuclear fuel news at TVA
Source: Neutron BytesThe utility announced it will load fuel at Watts Bar II in March 2015, and it awarded a $250 million contract to Areva to provide nine fuel loads at Browns Ferry TVA has set March…
Regulator Emphasises Conditions For Doel-1 And Doel-2 Lifetime Extensions
Source: NucNet15 Sep (NucNet): Belgium’s nuclear regulator will not approve the long-term operation of the country’s two oldest reactor units, Doel-1 and Doel-2, unless security and safety are upgraded in line with conditions set out in…
Areva, Brown's Ferry Reach $250 Million Fuel Deal
Source: NewsAreva has announced a quarter-billion-dollar deal to supply fuel to three reactors at Browns Ferry owned by the Tennessee Valley Authority. The deal made public Thursday covers nine fuel loads, as well as "core monitoring…
Navy Awards General Dynamics $234 Million Nuclear Submarine Contract
Source: NewsThe Navy and General Dynamics announced a nuclear submarine contract worth $234 million last week. If all options are exercised, the deal could be worth as much at $1.5 billion over five years, according to…
India’s nuclear liability law is still its final answer
Source: Neutron BytesThe U.S. and France want an amendment to the law’s draconian requirements, but Russia appears to have gotten a “get out jail free” card and China just doesn’t care. In 2008 the U.S. supported a…
Westinghouse To Cooperate With China On I&C Systems
Source: NucNet12 Sep (NucNet): Westinghouse has signed two cooperation agreements with China’s State Nuclear Power Automation Systems Engineering Company (SNPAS) for instrumentation and control (I&C) systems. …
Finland’s Fennovoima Appoints New Chief Executive Officer
Topics: Industry & BusinessSource: NucNet12 Sep (NucNet): Finland utility Fennovoima Oy, which is planning to build a Russian VVER reactor unit at Hanhikivi, has appointed Toni Hemminki as chief executive officer, the company said. …
Areva Wins Two Nuclear Fuel Contracts In US
Source: NucNet12 Sep (NucNet): Areva has been awarded a contract with the Tennessee Valley Authority for the supply of nuclear fuel to the three boiling water reactors at the Browns Ferry plant in Alabama. …
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant Weekly Review
Source: NewsRecently released testimony from the former plant manager at Fukushima Daiichi made headlines in Japan this week, while Japanese regulators moved a step closer to allowing idled reactors to restart. Recent developments related to the…
Hope Creek Reactor Returns to Service After Valve Replacement
Source: NewsNew Jersey's Hope Creek reactor exited a brief outage just after midnight Thursday after a valve replacement. The PSEG plant had taken the unit offline to address a malfunctioning safety release valve. The South Jersey…
Japan Regulator Approves Changes To Sendai Reactors
Source: NucNet11 Sep (NucNet): Japan’s Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NRA) yesterday granted permission to make changes to the two units at the Sendai nuclear power station, the NRA said in a statement. …
Small Fire Extinguished Wednesday at Harris Nuclear Plant Laundry
Source: NewsFirefighters quickly doused a fire reported in an auxiliary building at North Carolina's Harris nuclear plant Wednesday. Offsite responders arrived at about 5 a.m. after a report that an industrial dryer had caught fire, WTVD…
Areva Extends Fuel Contract with Monticello Nuclear Plant
Source: NewsOn Wednesday, Areva announced it has extended its contract with Xcel Energy to provide fuel to the Monticello nuclear plant in Minnesota. According to a release from the French company's U.S. subsidiary, the contract adds…
EXCLUSIVE: Q & A With Yoon Chang, Head of ANL/KAERI Project to Develop Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactor
Source: NewsThe Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory recently announced further cooperation with the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute to develop a new Generation IV sodium-cooled fast reactor. With an eye toward Korean design approval by…
Uranium Supply And Demand Remain Strong, Says Latest ‘Red Book’
Source: NucNet10 Sep (NucNet): Demand for uranium will continue to rise in the foreseeable future, despite declining market prices since the Fukushima-Daiichi accident in Japan in March 2011 and lower electricity demand as a result of…
Hitachi Nuclear Business Considering Move to UK
Source: NewsThe head of Hitachi has said his company is considering a move to the UK for its nuclear power business. The Japanese conglomerate works in partnership with General Electric to market the ABWR and ESBWR…