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WIPP Wants Lab Waste Moved to Private Site in Texas Until Repository Reopens
Source: NewsWith the country's primary transuranic waste repository shut down following a radiation leak, the Department of Energy plans to store waste from the Los Alamos National Laboratory at a private disposal site in Texas. The…
China ‘Sets 10-Year Deadline’ For Design Of Thorium Reactor
Source: NucNet20 Mar (NucNet): The deadline to develop a new design of nuclear reactor using thorium for fuel has been brought forward by 15 years as China’s central government tries to reduce the nation’s reliance on…
NuScale Partners with Enercon to Advance SMR Licensing
Source: NewsSmall modular reactor developer NuScale Power this week announced a partnership with Enercon Services, a Georgia engineering firm that helps new nuclear plants with the licensing process. In a release Tuesday, NuScale said Enercon will…
Duct Residue Blamed for Bump in Radiation at WIPP
Source: NewsAir sampling at a transuranic waste repository in New Mexico revealed a slight increase in radioactive material last week, which the Department of Energy believes was left over from an earlier release Feb. 14. On…
NEA Appoints New Director-General To Succeed Spain’s Echávarri
Source: NucNet20 Mar (NucNet): William Magwood, a commissioner at the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, has been appointed director-general of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development’s Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA). He will succeed Luis Echávarri of…
EDF Denies Media Reports It ‘Played Down Flood Risk’ At Dungeness B
Source: NucNet19 Mar (NucNet): EDF Energy made a “conservative decision” to take both reactors at the Dungeness B nuclear power station in southern England offline for two months in May 2013 to further improve flooding defences,…
F4E Signs Major Iter Construction Contracts With Ferrovial Agroman Of Spain
Source: NucNet19 Mar (NucNet): Fusion for Energy (F4E), the organisation responsible for managing Europe’s contribution to the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (Iter) under construction in southern France, has signed contracts worth 40 million euros (EUR) (55…
Dozens of Protestors Invade Grounds of French Nuclear Plant
Source: NewsGreenpeace activists staged yet another demonstration on the grounds of a European nuclear facility Tuesday, overtopping fences and climbing onto the roof of the Fessenheim plant in France. According to the organization's blog, about 60…
EDF Energy Refutes Hinkley Point ‘Return On Investment’ Claims
Source: NucNet18 Mar (NucNet): EDF Energy has responded to a report by a UK think-tank by saying assumptions about financing and potential equity returns for investors in the Hinkley Point C nuclear project are “not correct”…
Shale Formations Studied for Spent Fuel Storage
Source: NewsU.S. scientists are studying the potential for shale formations to isolate spent nuclear fuel from ground water and human contact for millennia. Chris Neuzil, a veteran hydrologist with the U.S. Geological Survey who is also…
DOE Report Describes Waste Repository Truck Fire as Preventable
Source: NewsPoor maintenance and the deactivation of an onboard fire suppression system are to blame for a truck fire inside the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico, according to a Department of Energy report released…
No Leaks Detected after UF6 Containers Dropped at Canadian Port
Source: NewsMonitoring following an incident at a Halifax, Canada, port suggests that containers of uranium hexafluoride dropped by a crane Thursday are not leaking. The bottom of a shipping container opened and four containers of UF6…
Amec and Exelon To Explore Joint Opportunities In New Markets
Topics: Industry & BusinessSource: NucNet14 Mar (NucNet): Engineering and project management company Amec has formed a partnership with Exelon Nuclear Partners, a division of US nuclear fleet operator Exelon Generation, to explore opportunities in new markets across the international…
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant Weekly Review
Source: NewsTuesday marked three years since the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan. The natural disaster killed at least 15,880 people and forced another 315,000 to evacuate. It also cut off power to the Fukushima Daiichi…
Areva And Novinium To Offer Cable Rejuvenation Technology
Source: NucNet14 Mar (NucNet): Areva has signed an agreement with Washington-based Novinium to offer the nuclear industry cable rejuvenation technology and related services. The company did not say how much the agreement was worth. …
Emergency Communication System Found Inoperable in Pilgrim Nuclear Plant Control Room
Source: NewsMonthly testing at Massachusetts' Pilgrim nuclear plant found that an emergency communications link to federal regulators was not functional in the control room and other parts of the plant. Dedicated phone lines and other systems…
Court Awards Duke Energy, Energy Northwest Spent Fuel Storage Costs
Source: NewsA federal court this week awarded $123 million to Duke Energy and Energy Northwest to cover the cost of storing several years worth of spent fuel after the Department of Energy promised to begin moving…
Investigators Note Weaknesses of an NRC Emergency Communication System
Source: NewsAn investigative agency within the government has recommended that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission consider upgrading an emergency communications system that might not work in the event of a power outage. In the years following the…
Tepco Promises ‘Comprehensive Support’ For Fukushima Returnees
Source: NucNet13 Mar (NucNet): Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) will intensify efforts to enable the “earliest possible return home” for people displaced by Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear accident and will offer “comprehensive support” to anyone who decides to…
Safety Has Improved Since Fukushima, Says US Government Report
Source: NucNet12 Mar (NucNet): The Fukushima-Daiichi accident led to many nuclear regulatory bodies taking steps to strengthen nuclear safety and provide additional resources for regulators, a report has concluded. …