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‘No Evidence’ Of Radioactive Release At UK’s Sellafield
Source: NucNet31 Jan (NucNet): The Sellafield nuclear reprocessing plant in Cumbria, northwest England, is asking only essential workers to report for work after “elevated levels of radioactivity” were detected. …
Myrrha Research Reactor Test Facilities Unveiled
Topics: Research & TechnologySource: NucNet31 Jan (NucNet): A scale model of the Myrrha research reactor being developed by the Belgian nuclear research centre SCK•CEN has been unveiled at the von Karman Institute for fluid dynamics in Belgium. …
Fertel Lobbies Congress On Need For Nuclear 123 Agreements
Source: NucNet30 Jan (NucNet): Continued US government and commercial engagement in other countries’ new and expanding nuclear power programmes are vital tools to advance global nuclear safety, security and nonproliferation, US Nuclear Energy Institute president and…
Southern Co. Moves Forward with Vogtle Loan Guarantee
Source: NewsSouthern Co. announced Wednesday that it has filed the paperwork for a loan guarantee that's been under negotiation since 2010 for new reactors at Plant Vogtle. Southern CEO Thomas Fanning made the announcement during an…
Nuclear Waste Specialist Kurion Acquires Vista Engineering Technologies
Source: NewsKurion will effectively triple its staff with the acquisition of Richland, Wash.-based Vista Engineering Services announced Wednesday. California-based Kurion develops technologies to vitrify nuclear waste. It also provides a material used to remove radionuclides from…
South Korea Approves USD 7 Billion Project For Two New Units
Source: NucNet29 Jan (NucNet): South Korea has approved a 7 billion US dollar (5.1 billion euros) project to build two nuclear reactors, Shin-Kori-5 and Shin-Kori-6, at the existing Shin-Kori nuclear site on the country’s southeast coast.…
Winter Storm Shuts Down Savannah River Site, Challenges Utilities
Source: NewsThe Department of Energy's Savannah River Site in South Carolina sent workers home Tuesday on account of a rare winter storm that also had utilities across the Southeast preparing for power outages. A notice from…
Russia Partnership Is ‘Right Choice’ For Finland
Source: NucNet29 Jan (NucNet): Finland has one of the highest energy consumption rates per capita in Europe and teaming up with Russia to build a new reactor is the right choice if the country is to…
Poland To Go Ahead With Plans For First Nuclear Plant In 2024
Source: NucNet28 Jan (NucNet): Poland’s government has adopted a programme which will see the country’s first nuclear unit completed and producing electricity by the end of 2024. …
Santee Cooper Sells 5 Percent of New V.C. Summer Reactors to SCE&G as Duke Takes a Pass
Source: NewsAfter two years of negotiations with Duke Energy to sell a share of two reactors under construction at the V.C. Summer nuclear plant, Santee Cooper announced Monday it will instead sell 5 percent of the…
NRC Special Inspection Ordered After Two Units Trip at Calvert Cliffs
Source: NewsA two-unit shutdown caused by a partial power outage at Maryland's Calvert Cliffs nuclear plant last week has provoked a special inspection from federal regulators. On Monday, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission dispatched an additional three…
GE Hitachi Settlement Will Maintain ‘Positive Working Relationship’ With NRC
Source: NucNet27 Jan (NucNet): General Electric Hitachi’s efforts to maintain “a positive working relationship” with the US government and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission are supported by the recent agreement to pay 2.7 million US dollars (1.9…
RPV Set In Place At France’s Flamanville-3 EPR
Topics: New ReactorsSource: NucNet27 Jan (NucNet): The reactor pressure vessel (RPV) for the 1,600-megawatt Flamanville-3 European pressurised water reactor (EPR) under construction for EDF (Electricité de France) in northern France has been successfully set in place, Areva has…
NRC to Delay Waste Confidence Decision by One Month
Source: NewsThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission has pushed back the deadline for an environmental study on spent fuel storage that has held up the agency's ability to issue new and renewed licenses for nuclear plants. In 2012,…
Hanford Pays Fine to Wash. State Regulators Over Waste Management
Source: NewsWashington state's Department of Ecology has levied a fine against the U.S. Department of Energy, which also promised to change waste management practices at three facilities within the Hanford nuclear complex. The DOE will pay…
IAEA Report Praises Japan’s Efforts To Reduce Residual Radiation Doses
Source: NucNet24 Jan (NucNet): The International Atomic Energy Agency has recognised Japan’s efforts to reduce annual residual radiation doses in areas affected by the Fukushima-Daiichi accident to less than one millisievert a year (mSv/yr), but stressed…
GE Hitachi To Pay USD 2.7 Million Over Alleged False Claims About Reactor
Source: NucNet24 Jan (NucNet): General Electric Hitachi (GEH) has agreed to pay 2.7 million US dollars (1.9 million euros) for allegedly making false claims to the US Department of Energy and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission related…
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant Weekly Review
Source: NewsTokyo Electric Power Co. has identified a water leak from the containment vessel of unit 3 at its Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, and elsewhere at the site a worker was exposed to a small internal…
Pressuriser Lifted Into Place At Sanmen-2
Topics: New ReactorsSource: NucNet24 Jan (NucNet): The pressuriser for the second unit of the Sanmen nuclear power station has been placed inside the containment building. …
Ansto Awards USD 73 Million Contract For Mo-99 Facility
Source: NucNet24 Jan (NucNet): The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (Ansto) has awarded an 83 million Australian dollars (73 million US dollars, 52 million euros) contract to construction company Watpac to design and build a…