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NEA Report Aims To ‘Dispel Myths’ Surrounding Uranium Mining
Source: NucNet5 Jun (NucNet): Uranium mining is one of the most regulated and safest forms of mining in the world, but remains controversial, principally because of environmental and health impacts associated with the early years of…
New Watts Bar Reactor to Replace Defective Fuses
Source: NewsOn Tuesday, the Tennessee Valley Authority notified federal regulators that it installed fuses at Watts Bar 2 found to be defective by their manufacturer. Littelfuse notified TVA in late April that fuses manufactured under three…
Regulator Says Canada’s Pickering Can Operate Beyond Design Limit
Source: NucNet4 Jun (NucNet): Canada’s nuclear regulator says reactors at the Pickering nuclear power station will be allowed to operate beyond their stated design limit. …
Areva To Start Work On Modernisation Projects At Switzerland’s Gösgen
Source: NucNet4 Jun (NucNet): Kernkraft Gösgen-Däniken AG, the owner and operator of the single-unit Gösgen nuclear power station in Switzerland, has signed a contract with Areva GmbH, the German subsidiary of French group Areva SA, to…
Canadian Regulators Grant Life Extension to Pickering Nuclear Plant
Source: NewsOntario Power Generation will be allowed to extend the operating life of reactors at its Pickering Nuclear Plant following a decision by Canadian regulators announced Tuesday. The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission will allow the reactors…
USD 48 Trillion Needed In Energy Investment By 2035, Says IEA
Topics: Industry & BusinessSource: NucNet3 Jun (NucNet): Meeting the world’s growing need for energy will require more than 48 trillion US dollars (USD) (35 trillion euros) in cumulative global investment until 2035, according to a special report on investment…
EPA's Carbon Rule Seeks to Keep Nuclear Plants in Service
Source: NewsThe Environmental Protection Agency would encourage states to build new nuclear plants and preserve those threatened by low wholesale power prices under a proposal to cut carbon emissions released Monday. Carbon pollution has not previously…
NRC to Investigate Complications Following Millstone Reactor Trip
Source: NewsAn inspection team from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission arrived at the Millstone nuclear plant Monday to investigate a May 25 shutdown and an overflow of coolant at unit 3. A fault in the Connecticut plant's…
Ministry Approves EIA Report For Finland’s Hanhikivi-1
Source: NucNet2 Jun (NucNet): Finland’s ministry of employment and the economy (MEE) has approved Fennovoima’s environmental impact assessment (EIA) report for the proposed Hanhikivi-1 nuclear station project, but has called for more information related to the…
Construction Progressing on Underground Spent Fuel Storage at Callaway Nuclear Plant
Source: NewsConstruction remains on track at Missouri's Callaway nuclear plant to complete an underground spent fuel storage facility in January. In an update Friday, Holtec International said the storage site will begin operating in June of…
Licence Granted For Commissioning Of Argentina’s Atucha-2
Source: NucNet2 Jun (NucNet): State-owned nuclear operator Nucleoeléctrica Argentina S.A. has been granted a licence to begin the commissioning phase of the Atucha-2 nuclear plant, the company said in a statement. …
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant Weekly Review
Source: NewsA newly discovered water leak at unit 1 and the approval of an ice wall to redirect groundwater were among the developments of note at Fukushima Daiichi this week. Recent news related to the Tokyo…
Russia Signs Agreement to Build New Nuclear Plant in Kazakhstan
Source: NewsRussia has reached an agreement to build a new nuclear plant in neighboring Kazakhstan, the world's leading uranium producer that nonetheless has not hosted a power reactor since 1999. Rosatom and Kazatomprom formalized a memorandum…
Testing Successfully Completed At Two Chinese Units
Topics: New ReactorsSource: NucNet30 May (NucNet): Containment pressure testing at China’s Changjiang-1 and primary system cold hydraulic testing at Fangjiashan-2 have been successfully completed, the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) said. …
Russia Signs Agreement For Possible Nuclear Station In Kazakhstan
Source: NucNet30 May (NucNet): Russia and Kazakhstan have signed an agreement that could lead to them cooperating on the construction of a nuclear power station in Kazakhstan, Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom has said. …
SMR Developer NuScale Finalizes $217 Million Federal Funding Agreement
Source: NewsNuScale has negotiated an agreement with the Department of Energy to receive as much as $217 million to help license the company's small modular reactor. The funding will match NuScale's private investment in the technology…
EnergySolutions to Be Fined for Security Violations at Closed Zion Nuclear Plant
Source: NewsUnnamed security violations at the Zion nuclear plant in Illinois are likely to result in a civil penalty of $17,500 for a subsidiary of EnergySolutions. Commonwealth Edison powered down the plant's reactors for the last…
NuScale Finalises USD 217 Million SMR Agreement With DOE
Source: NucNet28 May (NucNet): NuScale Power has finalised a cooperative agreement with the US Department of Energy (DOE) that will allow it to receive up to 217 million US dollars (159 million euro) in funds over…
DOE Inspector General Issues Further Scrutiny of SRS MOX Project
Source: NewsAn audit critical of cost projections and project management for the MOX nuclear fuel plant at the Savannah River Site has provided further ammunition for its critics as the Obama administration seeks to mothball the…
Areva Shuffles North American Leadership
Topics: Industry & BusinessSource: NewsWith North American CEO Mike Rencheck departing for a job within the larger organization, Areva announced Tuesday that Gary Mignogna will head the company's U.S.-based subsidiary. Rencheck will become deputy to the CEO of Paris-headquartered…