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Duke-Santee Cooper Talks on Sale of Stake in New V.C. Summer Reactors Ongoing
Source: NewsSantee Cooper's board met Tuesday to discuss the company's long-deliberated proposal to sell part of its stake in new reactors at the V.C. Summer nuclear plant to Duke Energy. The Charleston Post and Courier reported…
Areva Signs Deal with Texas Waste Site for Vermont Yankee Waste Disposal, Delivers Canisters to Susquehanna
Source: NewsWaste Control Specialists, the owner of a low-level radioactive waste disposal site in West Texas, has reached a deal with Area to dispose of material from nuclear plants that will include the Vermont Yankee. Formerly…
US Congress Allocates USD 110 Million For SMR Funding
Source: NucNet15 Jan (NucNet): The US Congress has appropriated 110 million US dollars (USD) (80 million euros) for funding to support the development of small modular reactors (SMRs) in 2014, the House of Representatives has said…
German Court Rules Forced Biblis Shutdown ‘Illegal’
Source: NucNet14 Jan (NucNet): In a case brought by German utility RWE the administrative court in Leipzig has decided that the shutdown of the two-unit Biblis nuclear plant was illegal. …
Severe Weather Continues to Affect U.S. Reactor Performance Over the Weekend
Source: NewsReports filed with regulators and published Monday showed a number of U.S. nuclear plants dealing with severe weather and other issues into the weekend. These included: St. Lucie: Just after midnight Friday, the Florida Power…
MHF Services Buys Nuclear Waste Container Specialist Bull Run Metal Fabricators and Engineers
Source: NewsPennsylvania-headquartered specialty packaging and transportation company MHF Services has acquired Tennessee-based Bull Run Metal Fabricators and Engineers for an undisclosed sum. Based in Clinton, Tenn., Bull Run makes containers for low- and intermediate-level waste that…
Japan Scientists To Create ‘Mini Meltdown’ For Nuclear Safety Research
Source: NucNet13 Jan (NucNet): Nuclear scientists at the Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) are to create a “mini nuclear reactor meltdown” to try to better understand what causes them, the Japan Atomic Industrial Forum (Jaif) has…
River Ice Forces Shutdown at Fort Calhoun Nuclear Plant
Source: NewsNebraska's Fort Calhoun nuclear plant – recently returned to service after nearly three years offline to address regulatory concerns – was forced to shut down Thursday because of freezing conditions on the adjacent Missouri River.…
Czech Republic Suspends Repository Survey At Kraví Hora
Source: NucNet13 Jan (NucNet): Exploration of an area of the southeastern Czech Republic as a site for long-term radioactive waste storage has been suspended, the environment ministry has said. …
Philippines Hopes For ‘Plan Of Action’ On Mothballed Plant
Source: NucNet10 Jan (NucNet): The Philippines is studying the possibility of refurbishing the mothballed Bataan nuclear plant with the energy department hoping to recommend a “plan of action” by the end of 2016, energy secretary Jericho…
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant Weekly Review
Source: NewsThe owners of a nuclear fuel reprocessing plant in Japan have applied to restart its construction in accordance with post-Fukushima safety regulations. Tokyo Electric Power Co., meanwhile, hired a new director this week. Recent news…
China’s Ningde-2 Connected To Grid
Source: NucNet10 Jan (NucNet): Ningde-2 in China’s Fujian province has been connected to the grid for the first time, Fujian Ningde Electric Power Company said. …
Japan Draft Budget Includes USD 6.2 Billion For Fukushima
Source: NucNet10 Jan (NucNet): Japan’s federal draft budget for the forthcoming fiscal year includes 652 billion yen (about 6.2 billion US dollars, 4.5 billion euros) for expenditure related to the decommissioning of the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear plant…
Frozen Valve Results in Water Spill at River Bend Nuclear Plant
Source: NewsA freezing valve resulted in a water spill on the grounds of Entergy's River Bend nuclear plant Tuesday, but it did not pose a risk to public health. A report filed with the Nuclear Regulatory…
L-3 MAPPS to Replace Daya Bay Simulator I/O System
Source: NewsL-3 MAPPS announced today that it has signed a contract with Guangdong Nuclear Power Joint Venture Co., Ltd. (GNPJVC) to replace the input/output (I/O) system on the Daya Bay Nuclear Power Station full scope simulator’s…
Government in Philippines Takes Another Look at Mothballed Nuclear Plant
Source: NewsFacing rising power demand and costs, energy officials in the Philippines are studying the potential to refurbish the mothballed Bataan nuclear plant. The country's energy secretary Jericho Petilla recently said reopening the project is a…
Day & Zimmermann Awarded Maintenance Contract at Texas Nuclear Plant
Source: NewsDay & Zimmermann has reached a deal to provide maintenance and modifications at the South Texas Project nuclear plant near Houston. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but a release reported the contract covers…
UK University To Lead GBP 8 Million Nuclear Waste Research Programme
Source: NucNet8 Jan (NucNet): The University of Leeds in England is to lead a consortium of 10 universities in a national research programme looking at ways of dealing with the country’s nuclear waste. …
Vattenfall Begins Inspection Of Underground Waste Drums At Brunsbüttel
Source: NucNet8 Jan (NucNet): Nuclear operator Vattenfall today began inspecting six storage rooms below the shut-down Brunsbüttel nuclear power station in Germany where 631 drums of radioactive waste are being stored pending their transfer to a…
Steam Generator Issue Shuts Down Indian Point Reactor
Source: NewsA problem affecting water flow in a steam generator shut down unit 3 at New York's Indian Point nuclear plant Monday. A failed valve in the main feedwater system contributed to a mismatch in the…