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Decision Suspends Czech Nuclear Repository Study
Source: NewsA study on a potential site for a spent fuel repository in the Czech Republic has been put on hold. The country's environment minister has sided with environmental and civic groups opposed to researching the…
Finland’s Operators Announce 2013 Production Figures
Topics: Plant OperationsSource: NucNet6 Jan (NucNet): Finland’s nuclear operators have released production figures for 2013, with Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) saying the two-unit Olkiluoto nuclear power station produced a record 14.63 terawatt hours (TWh) of electricity despite unplanned…
UK Regulators Begin Next Phase Of Hitachi ABWR Assessment
Source: NucNet6 Jan (NucNet): The UK’s joint nuclear regulators have announced that they are progressing to the next phase of their assessment of a new nuclear reactor design that could be built at two sites in…
Containment Dome Placed at Reactor in Pakistan as New Plants Proposed
Source: NewsRoughly two years after construction began, Pakistan's newest reactor at Chashma is taking shape. On Thursday, crews placed the 180-metric-ton containment dome on unit 4 at the plant in Punjab Province. The News, an English…
Huntington Ingalls Buys Nuclear Engineering Firm S.M. Stoller
Source: NewsU.S. shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls announced last week that it purchased Colorado-based engineering firm S.M. Stoller Corp. to help diversify its business into Department of Energy and commercial nuclear markets. Stoller will operate as a fully…
Regulator Approves Restart Of South Korean Reactors
Source: NucNet3 Jan (NucNet): Approval has been given for the restart of three South Korean nuclear reactors that have been offline since May 2013 because documentation related to safety-related control cabling was falsified, the Nuclear Safety…
China’s Yangjiang-1 Connected To Grid
Source: NucNet3 Jan (NucNet): The first unit of the Yangjiang nuclear power station in Guangdong, southern China, has been connected to the grid for the first time, the China Atomic Energy Authority said. …
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant Weekly Review
Source: NewsAnother earthquake in eastern Japan and a damaged spent fuel assembly at unit 4 highlighted the recent news from Fukushima Daiichi. Developments related to the Tokyo Electric Power Co. plant severely damaged following Japan's 2011…
Areva And EDF Sign Agreements With Saudi Arabia
Source: NucNet3 Jan (NucNet): EDF and Areva have signed two sets of agreements aimed at supporting the nuclear energy programme in Saudia Arabia. …
CEZ to Delay Decision on New Czech Reactors
Source: NewsThe head of Czech state-controlled utility CEZ has said bid selection for a project to build new reactors at the Temelin nuclear plant will be pushed back to the second quarter of 2015. CEZ Chairman…
Washington Group to Study Hosting Small Modular Reactors at Hanford
Source: NewsAn organization in Tri-Cities, Wash., will make use of $500,000 in state funding this year to study the Hanford site as a possible host for small modular reactors. The Department of Energy has awarded up…
First Reactor Online at China's New Yangjiang Nuclear Plant
Source: NewsChina's new Yangjiang nuclear plant connected to the grid Tuesday, state media reported. Unit 1 at the plant in Guangdong Province has entered trial operations and is scheduled to begin full commercial operation in the…
Farley Nuclear Plant to Receive 2013 ISOE World-Class ALARA Performance Award
Source: NewsThe Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant has been selected to receive the prestigious 2013 Information Systems on Occupational Exposure (ISOE) World-Class ALARA (As Low As Reasonably Achievable) Performance Award. "This award represents an affirmation by…
Applications Submitted For 16 Reactor Restarts In Japan
Source: NucNet30 Dec (NucNet): Applications have been submitted for the restart of 16 nuclear power reactors in Japan, but the country’s Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) has not yet issued any approvals for units to resume operation,…
Fort Calhoun Nuclear Plant Back to 100 Percent Operation after a 3 Year Outage
Source: NewsAccording to the Fort Calhoun’s power status , the plant has reached 100 percent power production. Fort Calhoun initially shut down for a maintenance outage in April 2011, but significant flooding that summer, a small…
New Construction Milestones For China AP1000 Units
Topics: New ReactorsSource: NucNet27 Dec (NucNet): The conical roofs of the reinforced concrete shield buildings for the Sanmen-1 and Haiyang-1 AP1000 reactor units in China have been set in place, Westinghouse said. …
Japan Plans Interim Storage facility For Fukushima Decommissioning Waste
Source: NucNet27 Dec (NucNet): Officials from the Japanese Ministry of the Environment have told representatives from areas affected by the March 2011 Fukushima-Daiichi accident that the ministry intends to establish an interim storage facility for soil…
IAEA Urges Kenya To Establish ‘Robust And Independent’ Regulator
Source: NucNet27 Dec (NucNet): The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has called on Kenya to establish a “robust and independent” nuclear regulator as part of its plans to build its first nuclear power plant. …
UK News: Iberdrola to Sell NuGen Stake; Government Studies up to 75GW of New Nuclear Generation
Source: NewsToshiba has purchased Iberdrola's stake in new reactors proposed at Sellafield in the UK. Meanwhile, a planning document has suggested that the government is considering a larger number of new units in that country than…
Minority Owners Sell Stake in New Romanian Reactors
Source: NewsEnel and ArcelorMittal plan to sell their stake in new reactors proposed in Romania following China General Nuclear Power Corp.'s announcement that it would invest in the units. The European companies own just over 15…