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Nuclear Accounts For Largest Share Of EU Energy Production, Says Eurostat
Topics: Plant OperationsSource: NucNet18 Feb (NucNet): Nuclear energy accounted for the largest share (29 percent) of gross domestic energy production in the European Union (EU) in 2012, according to figures released by Eurostat, the statistical office of the…
TerraPower Partners With B&W to Help Supply Traveling Wave Reactor Prototype
Source: NewsBabcock & Wilcox will supply TerraPower with engineering and fabrication support for TerraPower's Generation IV reactor, the companies announced Monday. Backed by Bill Gates and other private investors, TerraPower formed in 2008 to commercialize a…
No Problems Reported at Plant Vogtle After Friday Earthquake
Source: NewsAfter a magnitude 4.1 earthquake rattled windows in Atlanta and Augusta, Ga., Friday, Southern Co. reported that the tremor did not affect its expanding Vogtle nuclear plant nearby. The U.S. Geological Survey detected the earthquake…
Personnel ‘Responding’ To Radiological Event At WIPP
Source: NucNet17 Feb (NucNet): Operations personnel are responding to a radiological event at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) after an air monitor detected airborne radiation in an underground area of…
FirstEnergy Finds Flaw in Shield Building Concrete at Davis-Besse
Source: NewsAfter cutting through a wall during a steam generator replacement, crews at the Davis-Besse nuclear plant discovered a large air pocket in its concrete shield building. A FirstEnergy spokeswoman told the Toledo Blade that it…
Fennovoima Completes EIA For Hanhikivi-1
Source: NucNet14 Feb (NucNet): Finnish utility Fennovoima has submitted the environmental impact assessment report (EIA) for the proposed Hanhikivi-1 nuclear power plant at the Pyhäjoki site to the Ministry of Employment and the Economy, the company…
Nuclear Surpasses Other Energy Technologies In Spain, Says Industry Group
Topics: Plant OperationsSource: NucNet14 Feb (NucNet): More than 20 percent of the electricity consumed in Spain in 2013 was generated by the country’s seven commercial nuclear reactor units, with the availability of nuclear power stations “greatly surpassing” that…
Go-Ahead For Pre-Construction Work At Barakah-3 and -4
Source: NucNet14 Feb (NucNet): The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) has received permission for pre-construction activity for Units 3 and 4 at the Barakah nuclear station, the company said. …
Washington to Study Benefits of New Nuclear Generation in State
Source: NewsA group of legislators in Washington wants to explore whether nuclear power can help the state meet its climate change goals. On Wednesday the state Senate approved legislation to create a task force to study…
Canadian Regulators OK Restart at Port Hope Uranium Conversion Plant
Source: NewsThe Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission granted the country's only uranium conversion plant permission to restart Monday as regulators continue to investigate an emergency shutdown. On Jan. 28, a hydrogen recirculation valve for a cell room…
Wrong Turn Leads Driver to Oyster Creek Nuclear Plant Gate, Jail on Suspicion of DUI
Source: NewsPolice in Lacey, N.J., said a man picked the wrong part of town to drive through while under the influence Friday. At about 6 p.m., security personnel at Exelon's Oyster Creek nuclear plant called police…
Industry Says ‘Topical and Focused’ Peer Reviews Could Boost Safety
Source: NucNet13 Feb (NucNet): Topical and focused peer reviews by European nuclear regulators could contribute to the harmonisation of nuclear safety and security in Europe, the director-general of Brussels-based nuclear industry association Foratom has said. …
IAEA Praises US Regulator For Post-Fukushima Work
Source: NucNet12 Feb (NucNet): An International Atomic Energy Agency team of experts has praised the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission for its “prompt and effective” work in the aftermath of the March 2011 accident at Japan’s Fukushima-Daiichi…
Brazil Awards USD 1.5 Billion Contracts For Angra-3 Primary And Secondary Systems
Source: NucNet12 Feb (NucNet): Brazil’s state-owned nuclear operator Eletrobras Eletronuclear has awarded contracts worth about 1.5 billion US dollars (1.1 billion euros) for assembly of the primary and secondary systems at Angra-3. …
Committee in UK Recommends Sellafield Cleanup Company Lose Contract Unless Performance Improves
Source: NewsA parliamentary report published Tuesday took the management of the UK's Sellafield site to task for rising costs and missed milestones, recommending that its cleanup contractor be dismissed if performance does not improve. Sellafield is…
Nuclear Upgrades: Steam Generator Replacement Begins at Davis-Besse While NRC Approves Uprates at 5 Other Midwest Reactors
Source: NewsFirstEnergy has begun a $600 million steam generator replacement at its Davis-Besse nuclear plant in Ohio. While elsewhere in the Midwest, federal regulators have approved uprates for five other reactors. At Davis-Besse, the Toledo Blade…
Improve Or Face Losing Contract, MPs Warn Sellafield Consortium
Source: NucNet11 Feb (NucNet): A consortium of private sector companies brought in in 2008 to help Sellafield Ltd improve its performance on decommissioning and reprocessing had its contract extended in October 2013 despite “spiralling costs and…
Argentina Begins Construction Of Prototype Carem-25 Reactor
Source: NucNet11 Feb (NucNet): Construction of Argentina’s prototype Carem-25 small modular nuclear reactor has officially begun with the completion of the pouring of first concrete, the Argentina Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica (CNEA) has said. …
UK Gives Consent For Decommissioning Of Wylfa
Source: NucNet10 Feb (NucNet): The UK’s Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) has given its consent for a project to decommission the two-unit Wylfa nuclear power station on the island of Anglesey in north Wales. …
Post-Construction Cleaning Begins At Russia’s Novovoronezh 2
Topics: New ReactorsSource: NucNet10 Feb (NucNet): Construction has been completed at Unit 1 of the Novovoronezh 2 nuclear power station and post-construction cleaning and washing of pipelines and equipment systems has started, designer and contractor Atomenergoproekt has said.…