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B&W Awarded Dominion Steam Generator Maintenance Contract
Source: NewsDominion has hired Babcock & Wilcox to service steam generators across its operating nuclear fleet. In a release Thursday, B&W announced it will provide steam generator repair, inspection and cleaning at the Millstone plant in…
Amec Wins Strategic Framework Contract With UAE’s Enec
Source: NucNet20 Jun (NucNet): International engineering and project management company Amec has been awarded a strategic framework contract with Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (Enec) for services related to the UAE’s nuclear new build programme, Amec said…
RPV Lifted Into Place At China’s Changjiang-2
Topics: New ReactorsSource: NucNet20 Jun (NucNet): The reactor pressure vessel (RPV) for China’s Changjiang-2 nuclear unit has been lifted into place, China Nuclear Industry Construction Company said. …
China To Begin Work On Experimental Thorium Salt-Cooled Reactors
Topics: Research & TechnologySource: NucNet19 Jun (NucNet): Shanghai’s Institute of Applied Physics will begin construction in 2017 of two Generation IV experimental thorium nuclear reactors – a two-megawatt pebble-bed fluoride salt-cooled reactor and a 2-MW molten salt reactor. …
Chiller Outage Briefly Forces All Three Browns Ferry Reactors to Power Down
Source: NewsThe Browns Ferry nuclear plant in Alabama briefly risked having to shut down all three of its reactors Tuesday when a system cooling electrical equipment rooms went offline. At about 4:30 p.m., two control bay…
New Standard Issued for Emergency Planning Around Canadian Nuclear Facilities
Source: NewsA Canadian standards organization recently finalized a new, comprehensive set of standards for civilian nuclear emergency management programs. The CSA Group developed the N1600 standard in response to a recommendation by the Fukushima Task Force…
European Atomic Energy Society Calls For Investment In Research And Innovation
Source: NucNet18 Jun (NucNet): Investment is needed in research and innovation to develop the new generation of fission reactors identified in the European Commission’s Strategic Energy Technology (SET) Plan, the European Atomic Energy Society (EAES) has…
Canada’s Nuclear Stations Operated Safely In 2013, Regulator Says
Source: NucNet18 Jun (NucNet): There were no areas of operation at Canada’s nuclear power stations that received a rating of “below expectations” (BE) or “unacceptable” (UA), according to the regulator’s draft report on safety for 2013.…
Rolls-Royce to Work More Closely with China as the Country Looks to Accelerate Reactor Construction
Source: NewsRolls-Royce on Tuesday announced an agreement with China's State Nuclear Power Technology Corp. aimed at furthering the companies' cooperation. The memorandum of understanding opens the door to further deals in areas that include engineering support,…
UK And China Sign ‘Landmark’ Deal On Nuclear Cooperation
Source: NucNet18 Jun (NucNet): The UK and Chinese governments have signed a “landmark” agreement which confirms that Chinese companies could own and operate a Chinese designed nuclear power station in the UK, provided they meet the…
Startup Commercializing Sandia Lab Reactor for Molybdenum-99 Production
Source: NewsA New Mexico startup has joined the quest to commercialize a technology that can produce the medical isotope molybdenum-99 without using highly enriched uranium. Five foreign research reactors currently produce 90 percent of the molybdenum-99…
Former Leader of Hanford Cleanup to Head Kurion Fukushima Project
Source: NewsThe former manager of the Hanford site's Richland Operations Office has joined Kurion to guide its deployment of a waste processing system at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, the company announced Monday. Next month, Matthew…
EnergySolutions Challenges Loss of UK Contract
Source: NewsUtah-headquartered EnergySolutions has filed a court challenge to a recent decision awarding management of UK nuclear sites to another company. The Financial Times and other British media reported Sunday that EnergySolutions filed a high-court writ…
Waterford Nuclear Plant Staff Catches Potential Problem with Replacement Part
Source: NewsWorkers prevented a potential problem with safety equipment at the Waterford nuclear plant during a recent refueling outage, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission reported Friday. Maintenance at the plant near New Orleans revealed that a replacement…
China Announces Plans To Develop Gen-IV Supercritical-Water-Cooled Reactor
Topics: Research & TechnologySource: NucNet16 Jun (NucNet): China has completed the basic technology research and published a development roadmap for a Generation IV demonstration supercritical-water-cooled reactor that could be commissioned in 2022. …
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant Weekly Review
Source: NewsTokyo Electric Power Co. will use a new robot to begin decontaminating the walls of Fukushima Daiichi unit 2, while the Japanese government announced plans for a new city to house workers involved in cleanup…
New B&W Robot Approved to Inspect Reactors
Source: NewsBabcock & Wilcox announced Thursday that a new robot it developed with INETEC received approvals allowing its use in reactor pressure vessel component inspections. The qualifications followed a demonstration program through the Electric Power Research…
Ukraine Signs Nuclear Agreement With Poland Utility
Topics: Industry & BusinessSource: NucNet13 Jun (NucNet): Ukraine’s state nuclear operator Energoatom and Polish utility Polenergia International signed an agreement to identify areas of “future cooperation” in nuclear energy. …
Progress At Four Nuclear Units In China
Topics: New ReactorsSource: NucNet13 Jun (NucNet): Pouring of concrete for the outer containment structure at the Haiyang-1 nuclear unit has been completed, with progress also announced this week at three other units under construction in China, plant operators…
Areva Wins Kozloduy Modernisation Contract
Source: NucNet13 Jun (NucNet): The operator of the Kozloduy nuclear power station in Bulgaria has chosen Areva to provide services for the safety instrumentation and control (I&C) and electrical systems for Kozloduy units 5 and 6.…