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Sellafield Site Picks Contractor for $2.3 Billion Silo Cleanup
Source: NewsSellafield Ltd. has tentatively selected a consortium of Areva, Mace and Atkins to clean up a facility that stores legacy waste from the country's civilian nuclear fuel production. The Sellafield site's swarf storage silos contain…
EU Nuclear Fuel Processors Eligible For Compensation For Renewable Energy Costs
Source: NucNet15 Apr (NucNet): Nuclear fuel processing companies in the EU are eligible for partial compensation for additional costs incurred from support schemes for the financing of renewable energy, according to new state aid guidelines for…
Palo Verde Retroactively Declares Unusual Event for November Hydraulic Issue
Source: NewsUnit 1 at Arizona's Palo Verde nuclear plant retroactively declared an unusual event Thursday stemming from a hydraulic line problem in November. In a report filed with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the plant said a…
Nuclear Can Make A Contribution, But Barriers Remain, Says IPCC
Source: NucNet14 Apr (NucNet): Nuclear energy could make an increasing contribution to low‐carbon energy supply, but a variety of barriers to its use remain, a new report by the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change…
Russia, India Reach Agreement on New Reactors at Kudankulam
Source: NewsAfter a long impasse, Russia and India have reached an agreement for the construction of units 3 and 4 at the Kudankulam nuclear plant. Nuclear Power Corp. of India Ltd. signed a general framework agreement…
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant Weekly Review
Source: NewsThis week, Tokyo Electric Power Co. began operating a system that will allow groundwater to bypass damaged reactors at Fukushima Daiichi. The Japanese utility also announced an estimate of the amount of solid waste it…
CB&I Wins Contract to Decommission Floating Reactor for Army
Source: NewsThe Army has selected Chicago Bridge and Iron to decommission the barge-based Sturgis nuclear plant for $35 million. "This award underscores CB&I's nuclear decommissioning and dismantlement expertise and builds on our history of environmental service…
Finland Regulator Approves Design Of Olkiluoto-3 I&C System
Source: NucNet11 Apr (NucNet): The Finnish Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (Stuk) has approved the design of the instrumentation and control system for Olkiluoto-3, but wants additional analysis about what could happen if the system fails,…
CEZ Points To EU Uncertainty As Tender For Temelín-3 And -4 Is Cancelled
Source: NucNet10 Apr (NucNet): Czech utility CEZ has cancelled the tender to build two new reactor units at the Temelín nuclear station in the Czech Republic, blaming the European Union’s failure to clearly define long-term parameters…
Uzbekistan Research Reactor HEU Fuel To Return To Russia
Source: NucNet10 April (NucNet): Russia and Uzbekistan have signed an intergovernmental agreement for the removal and export to Russia of highly-enriched uranium (HEU) fuel from Uzbekistan’s IIN-3M research reactor in Tashkent, Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom…
Bruce Power CEO Interested in Taking Over Ontario Power Generation Reactors
Source: NewsThe CEO of Bruce Power recently made the case in a Canadian newspaper that his company should take over reactors operated by publicly owned Ontario Power Generation Together, the two companies operate 18 of Canada's…
Reactors Shut Down Unexpectedly at Salem, Vogtle
Source: NewsTwo nuclear plants reported unplanned reactor shutdowns Tuesday after water level irregularities in steam generators. At PSEG's Salem plant in New Jersey, operators manually tripped unit 1 when a steam generator feed pump malfunctioned. According…
UK Regulator Allocates Budget For ‘National Priority’ Of Sellafield
Source: NucNet9 Apr (NucNet): The UK nuclear regulator’s budget for 2014-2015 is 62.7 million pounds (GBP) (104 million US dollars, 76 million euros), GBP five million of which will go towards the “national priority” of hazard…
NTE Solutions Hires Senior Director, Expands Nuclear Advisory Services Team
Topics: Industry & BusinessSource: NewsNTE Solutions is pleased to announce that Jim Medford has joined the company as Senior Director. Medford will head up the firm’s growing nuclear advisory services arm, which provides the nuclear industry access to highly…
NRC Issues License for South Dakota Uranium Project
Source: NewsPowertech Uranium Corp. has received a critical regulatory approval for its Dewey-Burdock project in South Dakota, the company announced Tuesday. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission approved a final source and byproduct materials license following a positive…
EPA Monitoring Air at WIPP While Preparations Continue for Further Inspections Underground
Source: NewsInspection schedules remain in flux at the Department of Energy's New Mexico waste repository after workers last week entered the mine for the first time since a Feb. 14 radiation alarm. The DOE reported Monday…
Kerr-McGee Settlement Includes $1 Billion for Navajo Uranium Mine Cleanup
Source: NewsA share of a $5.15 billion settlement related to the environmental legacy of a company acquired by Anadarko will clean up contamination from about 50 Cold War-era uranium mines on Navajo land. The Navajo Nation…
Accident Management Measures Succeeded At Three Japan Plants, Says Report
Source: NucNet7 Apr (NucNet): Serious accidents were avoided at three nuclear power stations in northern Japan following the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami because there were no station blackouts and immediate accident management measures were successful,…
US Suspends Nuclear Projects With Russia Over Action In Ukraine
Source: NucNet7 Apr (NucNet): The US Department of Energy has suspended a number of joint civil nuclear energy projects with Russia because of Russia’s “actions in the Ukraine”, Russian state nuclear energy corporation Rosatom has announced.…
FPL: Less Steam Generator Tube Wear at St. Lucie 2 Than Expected
Source: NewsAs it wraps up a refueling outage at its St. Lucie unit 2 reactor, Florida Power and Light sought to reassure ratepayers that the outage revealed less tube wear in steam generators than expected and…