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Westinghouse Among Companies in Chinese Trade Secret Hacking Case
Source: NewsReactor designer Westinghouse was among the companies listed as a victim of Chinese state-sponsored hacking in a first-of-its-kind indictment announced Monday. A grand jury in Pennsylvania indicted five military hackers, alleging they conspired to steal…
Fennovoima Signs Agreement On Hanhikivi Employment
Source: NucNet20 May (NucNet): Finland utility Fennovoima, owner of the planned Hanhikivi-1 nuclear power station to be built at Pyhäjoki on Finland’s west coast, has signed an agreement with Finnish labour market organisations and technology provider…
Workers Find Evidence Of Damaged Los Alamos Container In WIPP Repository
Source: NucNet19 May (NucNet): Workers that entered the underground facility at the US Department of Energy’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico obtained visual evidence that shows a damaged waste container, identified as one from…
Bern Voters Reject Bid To Close Mühleberg Immediately
Source: NucNet19 May (NucNet): Voters in the Swiss canton of Bern yesterday rejected an initiative to prematurely shut down the single-unit Mühleberg nuclear station, which is scheduled for closure in 2019. …
Waste Fee Suspended for Nuclear Power Ratepayers
Source: NewsOn Friday, the Department of Energy stopped collecting a fee from the customers of nuclear power plants to fund a stalled spent fuel repository project. Established by legislation in 1982, the charge of one tenth…
Diesel Generators Start at North Anna Nuclear Plant During Loss of Offsite Power Line
Source: NewsVirginia's North Anna nuclear plant briefly lost one off-site power line Thursday, causing two emergency diesel generators to start automatically. At 7:20 p.m., a 34.5 kilovolt line connected to a reserve station service transformer failed,…
NRC Sets First Deadlines For Earthquake Risk Analysis
Source: NucNet16 May (NucNet): The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has drawn up a list of 21 nuclear power stations in the central and eastern US that must carry out in-depth analysis of updated earthquake risks…
Tepco Reaches Half Way Point In Removal Of Fuel Assemblies
Topics: Fuel & WasteSource: NucNet16 May (NucNet): More than half of the fuel assemblies from Fukushima-Daiichi-4 have been transferred to a central storage pool with the remainder scheduled to be removed by the end of the year, operator Tokyo…
Rosatom Praises UK ‘State-Aid’ Model For New Build Incentives
Source: NucNet16 May (NucNet): A senior executive at Russia’s state nuclear energy corporation Rosatom has praised the UK’s model of support to encourage the development of new nuclear reactors. …
Wano Creates Scholarships To Mark 25th Anniversary
Source: NucNet16 May (NucNet): The World Association of Nuclear Operators (Wano), formed in 1989 after the nuclear accident at Chernobyl, has marked the 25th year of its creation by establishing scholarships for four students aged 25…
San Onofre Remains Safe after Partial Evacuation for Wildfire
Source: NewsWildfires had burned nearly 1,000 acres in San Diego County by Thursday afternoon but did not pose a threat to the San Onofre Nuclear plant shuttered last year. In a release Wednesday, Southern California Edison…
Safety Report On Taiwan’s Lungmen-1 Due By Middle Of Year, Says Regulator
Source: NucNet15 May (NucNet): A safety evaluation group carrying out a re-inspection of the Lungmen-1 nuclear reactor unit in Taiwan will complete its work and report to the government in mid-2014, the regulator has said. …
DOE Announces Nuclear Energy Scholarships
Source: NewsThe Department of Energy has announced its annual scholarships for students studying nuclear science and engineering. Forty-two undergraduates at 20 colleges and universities will receive $5,000 scholarships to cover educational expenses for the coming year.…
Florida Gives Go-Ahead For Two New Reactors At Turkey Point
Source: NucNet14 May (NucNet): Florida Power & Light (FPL) has been given permission by Florida state for the construction of two new Westinghouse AP1000 nuclear reactor units at the Turkey Point nuclear power station south of…
China’s Hongyanhe-2 Ready For Commercial Operation
Topics: New ReactorsSource: NucNet14 May (NucNet): The Hongyanhe-2 nuclear reactor unit in China’s Liaoning province has successfully completed 168 hours of hot testing and is ready to begin commercial operation, owner China General Nuclear Power Corporation (CGNPC) has…
Florida Gives Green Light to New Turkey Point Reactors
Source: NewsA panel headed by Florida Gov. Rick Scott has approved the construction of two new reactors at the Turkey Point Nuclear Plant, along with their associated transmission infrastructure. Under a state law, the certification granted…
China Organizing 300-Member Nuclear Accident Response Team
Source: NewsChina's central government announced Monday that it is forming a fast-response team to assist in emergencies at civilian nuclear facilities. Xinhua reported that the 300-person team will be in place by 2015. Its members will…
CEA Chairman Urges France To Build 35 New Reactors
Source: NucNet13 May (NucNet): France will need to build at least 35 new nuclear reactors over the next 35 years if it is to meet its target of generating 50 percent of its electricity from nuclear,…
WIPP Recovery Could Take 3 Years
Source: NewsA Waste Isolation Pilot Plant manager said Thursday that the transuranic waste repository will be closed to shipments for at least 18 months and possibly as long as three years. Jim Blankenhorn told a town…
NRC Orders New Earthquake Risk Analyses at 21 Nuclear Plants
Source: NewsThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Friday released a preliminary list of nuclear plants that will require detailed seismic analyses as part of the agency's response to the Fukushima Daiichi accidents in Japan. The NRC said…