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Bolivia President Announces Plans For First Nuclear Plant
Source: NucNet24 Jan (NucNet): Bolivian president Evo Morales has announced plans for the country to build its first nuclear reactor, saying the development of nuclear technology for peaceful purposes has become “a strategic priority”. …
GE-Hitachi Pays $2.7 Million Settlement in ESBWR Steam Dryer Investigation
Source: NewsGE-Hitachi has settled a suit claiming that it provided false information to federal regulators while applying for design certification of its Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactor. An investigation arose from a whistleblower complaint from a…
Lungmen Design Changes Did Not Affect Safety, Taipower Says
Source: NucNet24 Jan (NucNet): Design changes made to the advanced boiling water reactor (ABWR) at the Lungmen nuclear power station in Taiwan have been reviewed by General Electric (GE) and have not affected the safety of…
Power Cut Trips Both Reactors at Calvert Cliffs
Source: NewsA partial power loss shut down both reactors at the Calvert Cliffs nuclear plant in Maryland at 9:25 p.m. Tuesday. The Combustion Engineering pressurized water reactors are stable, and the event did not pose a…
Largest Test Reactor at Hanford Will Soon Move to Waste Site
Source: NewsThe largest experimental reactor at the Hanford complex has been successfully removed from its Cold-War-era building. The Department of Energy site announced Wednesday that its contractor, Washington Closure Hanford, has readied the 1,082-ton Plutonium Recycle…
Tank For Unique Cooling System Lifted Into Place At China’s Sanmen-1
Topics: New ReactorsSource: NucNet22 Jan (NucNet): The top section of the reactor dome has been lifted into place at the Sanmen-1 AP1000 nuclear power plant in China. The unit is set to be the first Westinghouse Generation III+…
US Welcomes Iran Halting Of Higher-Grade Uranium Enrichment
Source: NucNet22 Jan (NucNet): The US state department has hailed Iran’s suspension of high-level uranium enrichment as an “unprecedented opportunity” to resolve global concerns about Iran’s nuclear programme. …
South Texas Project Reactor OK After Smoke Fills Computer Room
Source: NewsA computer room filled with smoke at the South Texas Project nuclear plant near Houston Saturday. The fire triggered a brief unusual event declaration but did not cause any damage necessitating a shutdown. Unit 1…
Tepco Expects Fukushima Compensation To Be USD 40 Billion
Source: NucNet21 Jan (NucNet): Tokyo Electric Power Corporation says it intends to “bolster” efforts to award compensation to those affected by the March 2011 Fukushima-Daiichi accident with total payouts expected to be in the region of…
Harris Nuclear Plant Safe After Smoke Prompts Alert Saturday
Source: NewsA fire in electrical equipment prompted the Harris nuclear plant in North Carolina to declare an emergency Saturday, but no flames were found when firefighters arrived. Duke Energy reported that it declared an alert at…
Last-Minute Labor Deal Reached at Indian Point Nuclear Plant
Source: NewsEntergy and a union representing about 400 employees at New York's Indian Point nuclear plant reached a tentative deal Saturday to replace a labor contract that expired midnight Friday. A press release from the utility…
Brazil Releases Production Figures For Angra Nuclear Station
Topics: Plant OperationsSource: NucNet20 Jan (NucNet): Brazil’s two commercially operational nuclear reactor units generated more than 14 terawatt hours (TWh) of electricity in 2013, the third best total in their operating history, owner and operator Eletrobras Eletronuclear said.…
Report: Watts Bar 2 Reactor Construction on Track
Source: NewsThe Tennessee Valley Authority's most recent report on progress at Watts Bar 2 shows the reactor completion project on schedule, with much of the work now focused on testing. The federal utility restarted work on…
Ameren's Chief Nuclear Officer Moves to Wolf Creek
Source: NewsAdam Heflin, formerly the chief nuclear officer overseeing Missouri's Callaway plant, has taken a position as CNO and CEO of the company that operates the Wolf Creek reactor in Kansas. In a release Friday, the…
CNNC Pays USD 190 Million For Stake In Namibia Uranium Mine
Source: NucNet20 Jan (NucNet): State-owned China National Nuclear Corporation has agreed to buy a 25 per cent stake in Australian miner Paladin Energy’s Langer Heinrich uranium mine in Namibia for 190 million US dollars (USD) (140…
Operation of New Reactor in India Delayed
Topics: New ReactorsSource: NewsFirst criticality for the second unit at the Kudankulam nuclear plant in India will be delayed until this spring or summer. The previous schedule had the reactor starting up for the first time in September.…
Report Highlights Problems Of ‘Enormous’ Nuclear Capital Cost
Source: NucNet17 Jan (NucNet): Of all the challenges facing the nuclear energy sector, the most significant is the “enormous” capital costs needed to build new or refurbish existing nuclear plants, a report by Canada’s Public Policy…
Nuclear A Vital Part Of US Energy Mix, NEI Head Tells Forum
Source: NucNet17 Jan (NucNet): The impact of extreme weather such as the polar vortex that gripped parts of the US this month would have been far worse without reliable supplies of electricity from sources such as…
Vattenfall Begins Consultation On New Nuclear At Ringhals
Source: NucNet17 Jan (NucNet): Swedish utility Vattenfall has begun a 10-year consultation process for an environmental impact assessment for possible new nuclear reactors at its four-unit Ringhals nuclear station, the company said in a statement yesterday.…
PM Says Vietnam Might Delay Construction Of First Nuclear Plant
Source: NucNet16 Jan (NucNet): Vietnam might delay construction of its first nuclear power plant to 2020 to ensure “safety and efficiency”, according to the country’s prime minister. …