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Rosatom Designs Nuclear Waste Transportation Cask For Fast Reactors
Source: NucNet24 Apr (NucNet): A storage and transportation cask which can hold one-and-a-half times more spent fuel than existing designs and can accommodate fuel from fast-neutron reactors has been unveiled by Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom,…
Ukraine Allocates Land At Chernobyl For VVER Spent Fuel Storage Facility
Source: NucNet24 Apr (NucNet): Ukraine’s government has approved a decree allocating land in the Chernobyl exclusion zone to build a centralised store for spent nuclear fuel from the country’s Russian-built VVER reactors, state nuclear operator Energoatom…
‘No Regulatory Reason’ Why Erosion Should Close Drigg Low-Level Waste Repository
Source: NucNet23 Apr (NucNet): There is no regulatory reason a radioactive waste repository in northwest England should not continue to perform its function, despite the possibility of coastal erosion, an Environmental Agency document says. …
NRC Approves Intake Water Temperature Increase at Millstone Nuclear Plant
Source: NewsThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission has granted a license amendment to the Millstone nuclear plant to accommodate higher water temperatures in Long Island Sound. The amendment, issued Friday and reported by the Connecticut Mirror this week,…
Westinghouse in Advanced Talks to Build 8 Additional AP1000 Reactors in China
Source: NewsA Westinghouse executive has said the Pennsylvania-based company is in negotiations to build an additional eight AP1000 reactors in China for an estimated $24 billion. Timothy Collier told Reuters the plants will be located at…
Units In Operation And Under Construction In China ‘Will Double By 2020’
Topics: New ReactorsSource: NucNet22 Apr (NucNet): The installed capacity of nuclear reactor units in commercial operation and under construction in China is expected to double to around 88 gigawatts (GW) by 2020, the state news agency Xinhua has…
Reactor Pressure Vessel Head Repairs Planned at Summer Unit 1
Source: NewsInspections during a refueling outage turned up small flaws in the reactor pressure vessel head of South Carolina Electric and Gas' Summer nuclear plant, the company reported Friday. In a document filed with the Nuclear…
Japan Approves Nuclear Energy As ‘Key Baseload Power’
Source: NucNet21 Apr (NucNet): Japan’s Cabinet has approved a basic energy plan that calls for nuclear energy to be a key baseload power source as long as its safety can be assured. …
Workers Locate Site of Contamination Inside WIPP Repository
Source: NewsThe Department of Energy is a step closer to identifying the source of a February radiation alarm that has kept the New Mexico nuclear waste repository closed to shipments. A team that went underground at…
Washington State, DOE Reject Changes to Hanford Agreement
Source: NewsWashington state and the Department of Energy have rejected each other's proposals amending an agreement on waste cleanup at the Hanford site. The state won a consent decree in 2010 that set milestones for the…
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant Weekly Review
Source: NewsMore leaks and storage mishaps involving contaminated water at Fukushima Daiichi drew a rebuke from Japanese regulators this week. Recent developments at the Tokyo Electric Power Co. plant blacked out following Japan's 2011 earthquake and…
S.C. Presses Court Challenge of Decision to Defund Work on Mox Plant
Source: NewsSouth Carolina's attorney general has asked a federal court to expedite a decision on its suit that aims to restart work on the Savannah River Site's mox production facility. On Thursday, the Aiken Standard confirmed…
Areva Withdraws Appeal Over Disqualification From Temelín Tender
Source: NucNet18 Apr (NucNet): France’s Areva has withdrawn an appeal lodged with a Czech court over a decision in 2012 to disqualify it from the tender process to supply two new nuclear reactor units at the…
Westinghouse And Canada’s OPG Sign Agreement To Cooperate
Topics: Industry & BusinessSource: NucNet18 Apr (NucNet): Westinghouse Electric Company and Ontario Power Generation have signed an agreement to work together on a wide range of global nuclear projects. …
New RPV Tool Will Increase Safety And Reliability Of Inspections, Says Areva
Source: NucNet18 Apr (NucNet): Areva has developed a tool for nuclear pressure reactor vessel inspections that increases both the safety and reliability of operations, the company said. The automated tool, known as lower girth weld inspection…
Radiation-Resistant Algae Studied for Waste Treatment
Source: NewsScientists in France are studying algae discovered in a nuclear facility for its potential to decontaminate radioactive liquids. The species of micro-alga called Coccomyxa actinabiotis can survive radiation doses up to 20 kilograys. Microorganisms are…
New Floating Plant Would Be Cooled By Surrounding Seawater
Source: NucNet17 Apr (NucNet): A new concept for nuclear plants that would be built on floating platforms and automatically cooled by surrounding seawater could prevent an accident like the one at Fukushima-Daiichi in Japan, researchers from…
Fort Calhoun Powers Down for Air Conditioner Repair
Source: NewsNebraska's Fort Calhoun nuclear plant was forced to power down this week for a third time since exiting an extended outage late last year. The reactor was operating normally Tuesday afternoon when an alarm indicated…
‘Intolerable Risks’ At Sellafield Are The Priority, Says NDA Business Plan
Source: NucNet16 Apr (NucNet): The remediation of “all intolerable risks” in the legacy ponds and silos at the Sellafield nuclear site in Cumbria remains a priority, with planned expenditure at the site for the financial year…
Fennovoima Owners Make Binding Decision To Proceed With Hanhikivi-1
Source: NucNet15 Apr (NucNet): The owners of Finland’s Fennovoima, which is planning to build a new Russian-supplied nuclear reactor in Finland, today made a binding decision to finance and construct the plant. …