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Westinghouse, Ukraine Close to Nuclear Fuel Deal
Source: NewsWith tensions high between Ukraine and Russia, its traditional supplier of nuclear fuel, Ukrainian media reported that the country is close to a deal to expand its fuel purchases from Westinghouse. A Westinghouse executive on…
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant Weekly Review
Source: NewsA United Nations study released this week found no radiation-caused illnesses in Japan related to the 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident. While elsewhere in the country, a municipality raised a court challenge to block completion of…
Perry Nuclear Plant Evacuates Building After Refrigerant Leak
Source: NewsThe Perry nuclear plant in Ohio issued an unusual event declaration Wednesday in response to a gas leak in an auxiliary building. According to a report filed with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Trichloroethylene leaked in…
Q&A: Behind The Scenes On The Vogtle-3 And -4 New Build
Topics: New ReactorsSource: NucNet4 Apr (NucNet): The Vogtle-3 and -4 reactor project in the US is approximately 50 percent complete with both units scheduled to begin commercial operation in less than five years. …
Private Company Takes Over Storage Of WIPP Transuranic Waste
Topics: Fuel & WasteSource: NucNet4 Apr (NucNet): The first transuranic waste shipment has arrived at a private facility in Texas where it will be stored temporarily until the government’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in New Mexico resumes operations,…
Testing Of Olkiluoto-3 I&C System Begins In Germany
Source: NucNet4 Apr (NucNet): The testing phase has begun in Germany for the instrumentation and control (I&C) system that will be installed at the Olkiluoto-3 EPR in Finland, reactor vendor Areva said. …
Quad Cities Nuclear Plant Stable After Alert, Smoke in Turbine Hall
Source: NewsThe Quad Cities nuclear plant in Illinois declared an alert Wednesday after reports of smoke in a turbine hall. Off-site emergency personnel and the plant's fire brigade responded to unit 2 at the Exelon plant…
New Y-12/Pantex Contractor Names Leadership
Topics: Industry & BusinessSource: NewsA consortium led by Bechtel and Lockheed Martin has begun naming its leadership team as it takes over management of the Y-12 and Pantex sites. The National Nuclear Security Administration selected Consolidated Nuclear Security to…
Sweden Publishes Proposal On Independent Core Cooling For Reactors
Source: NucNet2 Apr (NucNet): The Swedish Radiation Safety Authority (SSM) has published a proposal regarding the design of a new independent core cooling function to be installed at nuclear power plants in Sweden by 2020. …
No Increases In Cancer And Birth Defects From Fukushima, Says UN Report
Topics: Safety & EnvironmentSource: NucNet2 Apr (NucNet): Cancer levels are likely to remain stable in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear power accident and there will be no increase in the rates of birth defects, according to a…
Duke, Westinghouse Suits Dispute Costs from Unbuilt Florida Nuclear Plant
Source: NewsLawsuits filed in recent days by Westinghouse and Duke Energy both assert they are owed money for work related to a proposed nuclear plant in Levy County, Fla., that was not built. Progress Energy, which…
First AP1000 Reactor Control Room Operational in China
Source: NewsConstruction has finished on the control room of the first reactor at China's Sanmen nuclear plant, paving the way for some of the final testing at the world's first AP1000 reactor. On Monday, a release…
New Tepco Chairman Promises To Focus On Compensation And Cleanup
Source: NucNet1 Apr (NucNet): The new chairman of Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco), operator of the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear station, has said his most important mission is to focus on Fukushima prefecture and its residents, including the…
Fluor and Babcock International Win $11.7 Billion Decommissioning Contract in UK
Source: NewsA company formed by Fluor and a subsidiary of Babcock International is poised to take over management of 12 decommissioned nuclear sites in the UK, the companies announced Monday. In a release, Fluor said the…
Main Control Room Operational At Sanmen-1 AP1000 In China
Topics: New ReactorsSource: NucNet1 Apr (NucNet): Westinghouse Electric Company has completed “a significant milestone” at the Generation III+ AP1000 Sanmen-1 nuclear reactor under construction in China with the main control room declared operational by Sanmen Nuclear Power Company…
UN Report Warns Of ‘Increasingly Clear’ Risks Of Climate Change
Source: NucNet31 Mar (NucNet): The “increasingly clear” effects of cimate change will exacerbate poverty and food shortages worldwide, increasing risk of war, and may lead to extinction of some species, the latest UN Intergovernmental Panel on…
Utility Customer Settlement Proposed Over SONGS Steam Generators
Source: NewsRatepayers will recoup replacement steam generator costs, though not the expense of procuring replacement power, in a proposed settlement addressing the now-closed San Onofre nuclear plant. Premature tube wear in steam generators led to a…
Possible Sources Found of Fumes Affecting Hanford Workers
Source: NewsWashington River Protection Solutions has identified two possible sources of chemical vapors that sickened 18 workers in the last two weeks at the Hanford cleanup site. All were cleared to return to work. Four had…
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant Weekly Review
Source: NewsA commercial fishing organization this week backed the discharge of groundwater accumulating at Fukushima Daiichi, while a government ministry concluded that Tokyo Electric Power Co. underestimated worker doses early in the crisis there. Recent developments…
Poland’s Atomic Bus Wins Pime Award For Communication
Source: NucNet28 Mar (NucNet): The European Nuclear Society’s Pime award for communication excellence in the nuclear sector has gone to the Polish Atomic Forum Foundation and its Atomic Bus mobile laboratory project, which was set up…