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Livermore National Lab Names New Director
Source: NewsOn Thursday, the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory announced the appointment of one of its deputy directors to lead the National Nuclear Security Administration facility in California. William Goldstein, currently the lab's deputy director for science…
Rosatom Acquires Stake In Finnish Utility Fennovoima
Source: NucNet28 Mar (NucNet): Russian state nuclear company Rosatom has acquired a 34 percent stake in Finnish utility Fennovoima for the construction of the Hanhikivi-1 nuclear power station, Fennovoima said in a statement. …
Areva Signs Agreements With China National Nuclear Corporation
Topics: Industry & BusinessSource: NucNet28 Mar (NucNet): Areva has signed a series of agreements for cooperation in the civilian nuclear power sector with the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC), Areva said in a statement. …
China’s Yangjiang-1 Begins Commercial Operation
Source: NucNet27 Mar (NucNet): Unit 1 of the Yangjiang nuclear power station in the province of Guangdong in southern China has entered commercial operation, the China Guangdong Nuclear Power Group (CGN) said. …
Duke to Sell Unused Nuclear Fuel from Crystal River 3
Source: NewsOn Wednesday, Duke Energy announced plans to sell unused fuel from its shuttered Crystal River 3 nuclear plant, presumably left over from an incomplete 2009 refueling outage. At that point, the plant also planned to…
Susquehanna Reactor Back Online After Valve Repair
Source: NewsPPL resumed power generation at unit 2 of its Susquehanna nuclear plant Tuesday after shutting it down March 20 to repair a valve on a pump. The problem emerged when the utility ramped up power…
NRC Alleges Two Serious Violations at Arkansas Nuclear One After Fatal Accident Last Year
Source: NewsNext week, federal regulators will present Entergy with two apparent violation at Arkansas Nuclear One stemming from an industrial accident that killed a worker and injured eight others. A year ago, a crane collapsed while…
Belgium Shuts Down Doel-3 And Tihange-2 After Unexpected RPV Test Results
Source: NucNet26 Mar (NucNet): The Doel-3 and Tihange-2 nuclear reactor units in Belgium were shut down today after tests related to the reactor pressure vessels (RPVs) showed “unexpected results”, Electrabel, a subsidiary of French energy company…
Construction Milestones At Russia’s Leningrad 2 Nuclear Station
Topics: New ReactorsSource: NucNet25 Mar (NucNet): Several construction milestones have been achieved at both nuclear units under construction at Russia’s Leningrad 2 nuclear power station, Russian state nuclear company Rosatom has said. …
Budget Cuts Threaten Training Reactor at Knolls Atomic Power Lab
Source: NewsFederal budget cuts could close one of the two naval reactors used to train sailors at the Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory. The lab in upstate New York is one of only two facilities where the…
Babcock & Wilcox Wins Maintenance Contract at Cook Nuclear Plant
Source: NewsBabcock & Wilcox announced a multi-year contract with American Electric Power Monday to service steam generators at its Cook nuclear plant. Terms of the contract were not disclosed, but a B&W release said the work…
Japan Agrees To Hand Over Nuclear Material To US
Source: NucNet24 Mar (NucNet): Japan will turn over hundreds of kilogrammes of nuclear material that could be used in weapons to the US to be downgraded and disposed of, the two countries’ leaders said ahead of…
Dungeness B-1 Offline In Preparation For GBP 25 Million Maintenance Project
Topics: Plant OperationsSource: NucNet24 Mar (NucNet): One of the two gas-cooled reactor units at EDF Energy’s Dungeness B nuclear power station in southern England has been taken offline in readiness for a major planned maintenance outage. …
Guidance And Good Practices Vital For Cyber Security, Say Nuclear CEOs
Topics: Safety & EnvironmentSource: NucNet24 Mar (NucNet): The incorporation of national and international guidance and good practices into the implementation of nuclear security measures is as important for cyber security as it is for physical security at nuclear installations,…
Small Fire Under Investigation at Fermi Nuclear Plant
Source: NewsA fire briefly ignited during testing of an emergency diesel generator Thursday at the Fermi nuclear plant near Toledo, Ohio. The DTE Energy plant was shut down for refueling when it declared an alert at…
Canadian Nuclear Waste Shipments to Savannah River Site Delayed
Source: NewsThe Department of Energy plans to delay the shipment of liquids containing highly enriched uranium from Canadian research reactors to the Savannah River Site. The DOE's 2015 budget request released last week indicated the shipments…
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant Weekly Review
Source: NewsA water purification system at Fukushima Daiichi was taken offline this week after it contaminated 21 tanks holding previously treated water. Recent developments at the Tokyo Electric Power Co. plant blacked out and severely damaged…
Bulgaria Conference To Address New Build And Lifetime Extensions
Source: NucNet21 Mar (NucNet): A conference to be held in Bulgaria will address the Kozloduy-7 and Belene new-build projects, lifetime extensions for Kozloduy-5 and -6, and “practical approaches” to the decommissioning of nuclear installations, organisers the…
Cable Shipment Arrives For UAE’s Barakah-1
Topics: New ReactorsSource: NucNet21 Mar (NucNet): The first shipment of non-class 1E cable used for power and lighting has been delivered to the UAE’s Barakah nuclear power station construction site, the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) said. …
Funding Could Make ‘Nuclear Accident Drones’ A Reality
Source: NucNet21 Mar (NucNet): A new and “much-needed” remote system to safely and accurately assess dangerous nuclear accident sites has been awarded funding from the UK’s Royal Academy of Engineering to help it move out of…