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UK Announces Incentives For Volunteer Repository Communities
Source: NucNet24 Jul (NucNet): The UK government will offer volunteer communities up to one million pounds (GBP) (1.6 million US dollars, 1.2 million euros) a year for about five years whilst local consultations take place over…
Senate Committee Passes Nuclear Cooperation Agreement with Vietnam
Source: NewsAn agreement that could open trade between U.S. nuclear firms and Vietnam cleared a significant hurdle this week. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday voted in favor of Senate Joint Resolution 36, which would…
V.C. Summer Reactor Trips During Startup
Source: NewsSouth Carolina's V.C. Summer nuclear plant tripped offline Tuesday as it was powering up. The plant had reached 48 percent power when a condensate bypass valve failed to open, according to a report filed with…
Electrabel To ‘Reconsider’ Nuclear After Belgium Tax Ruling
Source: NucNet23 Jul (NucNet): Electrabel will reconsider its operation of nuclear power stations in Belgium because a tax imposed by the government has brought the company into “an unfavourable economic position”, the nuclear operator said in…
New York Might Force Summer Outages at Indian Point Nuclear Plant
Source: NewsAs it deliberates permits for water use from the Hudson River, the state of New York is considering mandatory outages at Indian Point to improve the health of fish populations. The Department of Environmental Conservation…
WIPP Contractor Faces Scrutiny for Bonus Awarded Within a Week of Repository Fire
Source: NewsThe Department of Energy weathered further negative attention over the weekend when a newspaper noted the agency awarded a performance bonus to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant's contractor five days after a truck fire shut…
NRC Modifying Nuclear Medicine Regulations
Source: NewsWhile the EPA considers changes to the way it regulates radiation at nuclear power facilities, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has also announced a review of rules surrounding radioactive material for medical use. In a release…
Swedish Regulator Gives Go-Ahead For European Research Facility
Source: NucNet21 Jul (NucNet): Sweden’s Radiation Safety Authority (SSM) has approved construction of the European Spallation Source (ESS) research facility at Lund in southern Sweden, although further licences will be needed before the facility can operate.…
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant Weekly Review
Source: NewsThe last week in Japan brought approval of a restart for the first of the country's idled reactors, while at Fukushima Daiichi, Tokyo Electric Power Co. dealt with a small fire and a 6.8 magnitude…
NRC Considers Enforcement Action at Oconee Nuclear Plant
Source: NewsThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission is considering escalated enforcement for an apparent violation at the Oconee nuclear plant involving a weld inspection procedure the agency said was inadequate to prevent a leak in a safety system.…
Report Outlines Investment In UK Nuclear Energy Projects
Topics: Industry & BusinessSource: NucNet18 Jul (NucNet): There was two billion pounds (GBP) (3.4 billion US dollars, 2.5 billion euros) of estimated investment in nuclear power between 2010 and 2013 in the UK, the government has said in a…
Construction Licence For Hanhikivi-1 To Be Submitted In June 2015
Source: NucNet18 Jul (NucNet): The application for a construction licence for the Hanhikivi-1 nuclear reactor project will be submitted to Finland’s Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK) by the end of June 2015, the Russian technology…
Nuclenor Fined EUR 18.4 Million Over Early Closure Of Garoña
Source: NucNet17 Jul (NucNet): Nuclenor, operator of the Santa Maria de Garoña nuclear power station in Spain, has been fined 18.4 million euros (EUR) (25 million US dollars) by the Spanish National Commission on Financial Markets…
CB&I to Work Closer with Leading Chinese Nuclear Development Company
Source: NewsOn Wednesday, Chicago Bridge & Iron announced an agreement to increase its collaboration with China National Nuclear Corp. The Texas-headquartered company now has cooperative agreements in place with two of China's three state-owned nuclear power…
Nuclear Park Generates 19.7% Of Spain’s Electricity
Topics: Plant OperationsSource: NucNet16 Jul (NucNet): Spain’s seven commercially operating power reactors generated 19.7 percent of the country’s total demand for electricity in 2013 and had an average availability factor of 89.4 percent, industry group Foro Nuclear said.…
Salem Reactor Back Online After Failed Bolts Repaired
Source: NewsUnit 2 at PSEG's Salem nuclear plant in New Jersey reentered service Monday after a maintenance outage that was extended following the discovery of damaged reactor coolant pump bolts . Offline since April 12, the…
Ukraine And Russia Sign ‘Zero Fuel Failure’ Agreement
Source: NucNet15 Jul (NucNet): Ukraine’s state nuclear corporation Energoatom has signed a new memorandum on “joint actions” to achieve a zero failure rate of nuclear fuel, with Russia’s nuclear fuel company TVEL also signing up to…
Votes in House Back Yucca Mountain Waste Repository
Source: NewsLong abandoned by the White House, the Yucca Mountain spent fuel repository project in Nevada still shows signs of support in Congress. The Republican-controlled House broadly defeated two measures to kill the project Thursday, The…
Browns Ferry 2 Juggles Safety Systems Under Maintenance to Avoid Shutdown
Source: NewsOperators at the Browns Ferry nuclear plant averted an outage at unit 2 Thursday morning when multiple safety systems down for repairs briefly required the reactor to power down. A scheduled maintenance project had taken…
Agreement Could Lead To Two New Russian Reactors For Argentina
Source: NucNet14 Jul (NucNet): Russia and Argentina have signed a bilateral agreement that could lead to Russia building two nuclear power reactors in Argentina, a statement said. …