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Proposed Land Swap Could Make Room for New Salem Reactor
Source: NewsA land swap proposed by the Army Corps of Engineers could provide room for a fourth reactor at the PSEG-operated Artificial Island complex in New Jersey. The South Jersey Courier-Post reported Friday that the deal…
Weather Service Inadvertently Activates Emergency Message System for Cooper Nuclear Plant
Source: NewsPeople living near the Cooper nuclear plant received the second false alarm in two weeks Sunday when the National Weather Service issued a civil emergency message that it quickly retracted. The NWS broadcast the message…
Fukushima Bypass System Continues To Pump Clean Groundwater Into Pacific
Source: NucNet4 Aug (NucNet): Almost 16,000 cubic metres of clean groundwater has been discharged into the Pacific Ocean near the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear power station since operations began to reduce the accumulation of contaminated water by diverting…
NRC Noted for Small Business Contracting
Source: NewsOn Friday, the NRC announced it received an A grade in small business contracting from the U.S. Small Business Administration for the third year in a row. In a release, the NRC reported that it…
Spain Regulator Sets Conditions For Garoña Restart
Source: NucNet1 Aug (NucNet): Spain’s Nuclear Safety Council (Consejo de Seguridad Nuclear, CSN) has given Nuclenor, operator of the single-unit Santa Maria de Garoña nuclear power station, until the end of September to provide a schedule…
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant Weekly Review
Source: NewsNotable headlines from Japan this week touched on the start of a water treatment system at Fukushima Daiichi, potential indictments for Tokyo Electric Power Co. executives and a delayed restart at an idled nuclear plant.…
Westinghouse Announces Agreement On New Unit At Bulgaria’s Kozloduy
Source: NucNet1 Aug (NucNet): Westinghouse Electric Company has signed a shareholder agreement following consultations with all Bulgarian political parties for the construction of a single AP1000 reactor unit at the Kozloduy nuclear power station, the company…
Exelon Envisions State Support for Illinois Nuclear Plants
Source: NewsIn a call with analysts Thursday, Exelon suggested that the state of Illinois might compensate the company for the climate benefits and other advantages offered by three nuclear plants at risk of closure. Earlier this…
Target Date Set to Close Vermont Yankee Nuclear Plant
Source: NewsEntergy has set a target date for the closure of its Vermont Yankee nuclear plant. Quoting plant officials, the Brattleboro Reformer reported that tentative plans call for the plant to shut down for the last…
Russia, China Reach Agreement to Develop Floating Nuclear Plants
Source: NewsCompanies in China and Russia recently announced plans to collaborate on the development of floating nuclear plants. Representatives of China National Nuclear Corp. and a subsidiary of Russia's Rosatom signed a memorandum of intent to…
Canada’s Darlington Gets 12-Month Licence Extension Ahead Of Public Hearing
Source: NucNet30 Jul (NucNet): The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) has extended for 12 months the power reactor operating licence for Ontario Power Generation’s (OPG) Darlington nuclear station on the north shore of Lake Ontario. …
Westinghouse Says Deal Near for 26 New Reactors in China
Source: NewsWestinghouse appears closer to a deal to build 26 of the company's AP1000 reactors at inland sites in China for an estimated $20 billion. Westinghouse CEO Danny Roderick said Chinese officials visiting the Pennsylvania company…
Embattled SRS MOX Project Gains Support in Washington
Source: NewsPolitical support in Congress is coalescing around funding to continue construction of the overbudget MOX fuel plant at the Savanah River Site, despite the Obama administration's plan to close it. Appropriations bills in both the…
Weekend Brings Unplanned Shutdowns at 3 U.S. Reactors
Source: NewsUnrelated mechanical problems shut down three U.S. reactors over the past weekend. Late on Friday, workers at Florida Power and Light's St. Lucie plant isolated a small leak in a safety injection tank outlet vent…
Candu Energy Signs Agreement For Romania’s Cernavoda-3 And -4
Source: NucNet28 Jul (NucNet): Candu Energy has signed an “exclusive and binding” agreement with China Nuclear Power Engineering Company (CNPEC) for the construction of two Candu reactors at the Cernavoda nuclear station in Romania, Candu Energy…
Operators Must Act On New Safety Information, Says US Fukushima Report
Topics: Safety & EnvironmentSource: NucNet28 Jul (NucNet): The overarching lesson learned from the 2011 Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear accident in Japan is that nuclear plant licensees and their regulators must seek out and act on new information about hazards with the…
RFID Technology Developed for Nuclear Applications
Source: NewsCompanies in France and the U.S. have recently developed RFID tags with potential applications in nuclear plant welding inspections and nuclear medicine. Areva is using an RFID system to track new welds at a plant…
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant Weekly Review
Source: NewsTokyo Electric Power Co. this week outlined additional measures to freeze contaminated water in tunnels at Fukushima Daiichi and also released an estimate of airborne contamination released during cleanup efforts last year. Recent developments related…
EDF Energy Concludes Negotiations With Unions On Hinkley Point
Source: NucNet25 Jul (NucNet): EDF Energy and four major trade unions have concluded negotiations on a comprehensive package of collective agreements for workers involved in building the proposed new Hinkley Point C nuclear power station in…
China’s Fuqing-1 Reaches First Criticality
Topics: New ReactorsSource: NucNet25 Jul (NucNet): The Fuqing-1 CPR-1000 reactor unit in China’s Fujian province reached first criticality on 24 July 2014, project owner China National Nuclear Corporation said in a statement. …