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Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant Weekly Review
Source: NewsThis week Tokyo Electric Power Co. reported its first yearly profit since the accidents at its Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, where a former head of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission recently called for more research…
Regulators Scrutinize Safety Issues at Browns Ferry, Brunswick Nuclear Plants
Source: NewsThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced enforcement activity at two nuclear plants Thursday. At the Tennessee Valley Authority's Browns Ferry plant in Alabama, the NRC issued a white finding of low to moderate safety significance related…
Exelon Bid for Pepco Holdings Would Create Largest U.S. Utility
Source: NewsExelon, the owner of the country's largest fleet of power reactors, has reached an agreement to purchase Mid-Atlantic utility Pepco Holdings. Pepco and subsidiaries Delmarva Power and Atlantic City Electric provide electricity and natural gas…
Taiwan Is Keeping Nuclear Option Open, Says President
Source: NucNet1 May (NucNet): The thinking behind the decision to mothball Taiwan’s fourth nuclear power station is to keep “the option open” to future generations and not to signal the end of nuclear energy in Taiwan,…
B&W Announces Naval Reactor Contracts
Topics: Industry & BusinessSource: NewsBabcock & Wilcox on Wednesday announced $95.6 million in new contracts for the U.S. naval reactor program, in addition to $99.7 million in 2014 orders under previous contracts. The company's Nuclear Operations Group will receive…
SRS Mox Plant Construction, Jobs Preserved Through September
Source: NewsCongressional supporters of the Savanah River Site's Mox plant have reached an agreement with the Department of Energy that continues construction activities through the end of the fiscal year. In its proposed 2015 budget, the…
Babcock & Wilcox Adds 50 Jobs at Expanded Chattanooga Facility
Source: NewsA nuclear power services subsidiary of Babcock & Wilcox has announced plans to triple its footprint in Chattanooga, Tenn. Babcock & Wilcox Intech will consolidate its operations at a new facility in the Centre South…
Swedish Regulator Begins Public Consultation On Repository Project
Source: NucNet29 Apr (NucNet): Sweden’s nuclear regulator will take public comments until 31 October 2014 on nuclear fuel and waste management company SKB’s plan to build a deep geological repository for spent nuclear fuel. …
Tornado-Damaged Grid Forces Both Reactors to Power Down at Arkansas Nuclear One
Source: NewsGrid damage from tornadoes that tore through Arkansas Sunday forced two reactors at the state's only nuclear plant to power down. At 7:32 p.m., a grid operator ordered units 1 and 2 at Entergy's Arkansas…
Emirati Nuclear Program Awards $1.7 Billion in Local Contracts
Source: NewsThe head of the United Arab Emirates' nuclear development company told a conference Sunday that his organization has signed $1.7 billion in contracts with local companies so far in its effort to build four reactors…
Taiwan Halts Construction at New Nuclear Plant, Completion Uncertain
Source: NewsAmid large anti-nuclear protests, Taiwan's leadership has halted construction at the Lungmen plant pending a national referendum. The ruling Kuomintang party reached an agreement Sunday wherein unit 1 will not enter service after safety inspections…
Holtec to Develop Waste Transport Cask for Swedish Nuclear Plants
Source: NewsHoltec International has announced a contract to design and manufacture casks for moving waste from Swedish nuclear plants to storage facilities off site. The contract, announced last week, is with the Swedish Nuclear Fuel and…
WIPP Report Says Radioactive Release Was Preventable
Source: NucNet28 Apr (NucNet): An incident that resulted in the release of radioactive material from the US Department of Energy’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico earlier this year could have been prevented, a DOE…
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant Weekly Review
Source: NewsTritium in groundwater, debris removal at unit 3 and more operational issues with the ALPS decontamination system highlighted the news from Fukushima this week. Recent developments related to the Tokyo Electric Power Co. plant blacked…
NuScale Schedules SMR Supplier Event
Source: NewsNuScale Power has scheduled an event with potential suppliers for its small modular reactor. In December, the Department of Energy selected the Fluor-backed company to receive as much as $226 million in matching federal funds…
EDF Needs To Take Action On Duration Of Shutdowns, Says Regulator
Source: NucNet25 Apr (NucNet): Nuclear operator EDF should take “priority action” to deal with possible safety implications of a “significant increase” in the duration of maintenance shutdowns for French nuclear reactors in 2013, nuclear safety authority…
Mining Licence Granted For Spain’s Retortillo Uranium Deposit
Source: NucNet25 Apr (NucNet): Berkeley Resources said yesterday it has been granted a mining licence for the Retortillo uranium deposit, part of its flagship Salamanca Project in western Spain. …
Simulator Training Centre Opens At UAE’s Barakah Nuclear Site
Source: NucNet25 Apr (NucNet): A simulator training centre has been opened at the site of the United Arab Emirates’ first nuclear power station, which is under construction at Barakah, in the western region of Abu Dhabi.…
Exelon Exec Reiterates Possibility of Nuclear Plant Closures Absent Market Reforms
Source: NewsExelon, which operates America's largest fleet of power reactors, continues to make the case that electricity markets and the policies that shape them undervalue nuclear plants' reliability and lack of carbon emissions. Speaking to the…
Fermi 2 Back Online After Transformer Replacement
Topics: Plant OperationsSource: NewsDTE Energy's Fermi 2 nuclear plant on Lake Erie has restarted after an unplanned outage to replace a transformer. The reactor between Detroit and Toledo, Ohio, was ramping up power following a refueling outage when…