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Idaho Bill Allowing Concealed Weapons at Colleges Might Threaten Nuclear Research Under Federal Rules
Source: NewsIdaho politicians working to loosen gun laws on college campuses have run into an unexpected roadblock: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Idaho State University runs facilities licensed by the NRC that conduct nuclear physics research for…
EC Lays Out Its Objections To UK Government Hinkley Point C Deal
Source: NucNet25 Feb (NucNet): The European Commission (EC) has criticised the deal between the UK government and EDF Energy for proposed state aid for the construction and operation of Hinkley Point C, saying the arguments used…
Spain’s Tecnatom Wins Multiple-Cycle Contract For Angra
Source: NucNet24 Feb (NucNet): Tecnatom of Spain has won a “multiple-cycle” contract from Brazil’s state-owned nuclear operator Eletrobras Eletronuclear for special inspections and tests at both units of the Angra nuclear power station in Brazil. …
NRC Investigating Gap Found in Davis-Besse Shield Building Wall
Source: NewsThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission continues to inspect a shield-building concrete flaw at Davis-Besse that could become a factor in the agency's decision on extending the Ohio nuclear plant's license. The FirstEnergy plant recently began a…
New Mexico Uranium Enrichment Plant to Address Two Apparent Violations
Source: NewsThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission has threatened enforcement action against a New Mexico uranium enrichment plant following what the agency described as two instances of inadequate criticality safeguards. The NRC on Friday announced it scheduled an…
Nuclenor Says Decree Is ‘Very Positive’ For Garoña
Source: NucNet24 Feb (NucNet): A decree adopted by Spain’s Council of Ministers, or cabinet, will allow nuclear power plants which have shut down for reasons not related to safety to restart and could pave the way…
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant Weekly Review
Source: NewsWorkers found a significant spill from a tank holding radioactive water at Fukushima Daiichi this week, while TEPCO pledged to reduce the levels of ambient radiation caused by the sheer number of similar tanks on…
Curtiss-Wright Buys Nuclear Power Services Inc. for $8 Million
Topics: Industry & BusinessSource: NewsCurtiss-Wright announced this week that it acquired Nuclear Power Services Inc., a division of Amidyne Group based in Canada that serves the nuclear utility market. "The acquisition of NPSI expands our nuclear manufacturing and test…
EDF Details Life Extension Plans To French Parliament
Source: NucNet21 Feb (NucNet): An EDF official yesterday presented France’s parliament with details of the company’s 55 billion euro (EUR) (75 billion US dollars) reactor life extension programme, saying the “major overhaul” of the company’s nuclear…
Pressure And Leak-Tightness Tests Completed At Olkiluoto-3
Topics: New ReactorsSource: NucNet21 Feb (NucNet): Containment pressure and leak-tightness tests have been completed at the Olkiluoto-3 nuclear reactor under construction in Finland, operator TVO has said. …
UK’s Doosan Babcock Wins Support Contract For EDF Energy AGRs
Source: NucNet21 Feb (NucNet): Doosan Babcock has signed an agreement with EDF Energy to provide operational support and lifetime extension services at EDF Energy’s seven Advanced Gas-Cooled Reactor (AGR) nuclear power stations in the UK. …
Condenser Installed At UAE’s Barakah-1
Topics: New ReactorsSource: NucNet21 Feb (NucNet): The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (Enec) has installed the condenser at Barakah-1, the United Arab Emirates’ first nuclear power station. …
B&W Joins TerraPower Travelling Wave Reactor Venture
Source: NucNet21 Feb (NucNet): Babcock & Wilcox (B&W) is to support the development of TerraPower’s Generation IV Travelling Wave Reactor (TWR) under a memorandum of understanding signed by the two US-based companies. …
Traces of Radioactive Material Detected After WIPP Alarm in New Mexico
Source: NewsA New Mexico laboratory has detected traces of radioactive material near the Department of Energy's WIPP repository. And while they are well below levels that pose a threat to human health, they do suggest that…
Contaminated Water Leak Has Been ‘Largely Contained’, Says Tepco
Source: NucNet20 Feb (NucNet): Around 100 tonnes of contaminated water has leaked from a storage tank at the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear station in Japan, but the leak has been stopped and the overflow has been largely contained,…
Activists Sentenced to Jail for 2012 Break-in at Y-12 Uranium Facility
Source: NewsA judge has issued sentences of up to five years in prison for three peace activists who breached security at a Tennessee complex storing weapons-grade nuclear material. In 2012, the group that calls itself Transform…
Moniz Confirms USD 6.5 Billion In Loan Guarantees For Vogtle
Source: NucNet19 Feb (NucNet): US energy secretary Ernest Moniz has confirmed that he will finalise 6.5 billion US dollars (USD) (4.7 billion euros) in loan guarantees to Southern Company and a partner to back the expansion…
Japan Regulator Plans To Speed Up Reactor Restarts
Source: NucNet19 Feb (NucNet): Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority is working to speed up the restart of some of the nation’s offline nuclear reactors, officials said today. …
DOE Approves Loan Guarantees for New Vogtle Reactors
Source: NewsThe Department of Energy is expected to announce the long-awaited approval of federal loan guarantees for new reactors at the Vogtle nuclear plant today. An anonymous source told National Journal that Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz…
Nine Mile Point Reports Temporary Loss of Offsite Power Line, Radiation Monitor
Source: NewsOn Sunday, unit 2 at the Nine Mile Point nuclear plant in upstate New York temporarily lost one of two offsite power lines, as well as monitoring components in two plant systems. Shortly after noon,…