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Demolition Complete at Manhattan Project-Era Oak Ridge Enrichment Building
Source: NewsDemolition wrapped up last week to take down the largest building in the cleanup at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge site. After five years of work, the DOE announced Thursday the K-25 gaseous diffusion…
Court Rejects Irish Protest of New Hinkley Point Reactors
Source: NewsA judge in the UK has dismissed a lawsuit by an Irish group seeking to block construction of new reactors at Hinkley Point C. The National Trust for Ireland challenged a decision by the UK's…
Areva Teams Up With Chemical Group For Thorium Research
Source: NucNet23 Dec (NucNet): Areva SA of France has signed an agreement with international chemical group Solvay SA of Belgium to develop new applications for thorium, including its possible use as a fuel in nuclear power…
Fennovoima Signs Hanhikivi-1 Supply Contract With Rusatom Overseas
Source: NucNet21 Dec (NucNet): Fennovoima of Finland and Rusatom Overseas, a subsidiary of Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom, have today signed the plant supply contract for the Hanhikivi-1 nuclear power plant that is to be constructed…
Agreement Signed For EUR 1 Billion Alfred Reactor Project
Source: NucNet20 Dec (NucNet): Italy’s Ansaldo Nucleare SPA and the Italian national agency for new technologies, energy and sustainable economic development (ENEA) have signed an agreement to build a new type of nuclear reactor at Romania’s…
Westinghouse Expands European Nuclear Maintenance Centre
Source: NucNet20 Dec (NucNet): Westinghouse Electric Company inaugurated an extension to its European Maintenance Centre in Nivelles, Belgium, to provide an additional 1,000 square metres of maintenance and storage space to support nuclear power plant servicing.…
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant Weekly Review
Source: NewsTokyo Electric Power Co. formalized its plans to decommission the two functional reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, while a new report shed additional light on efforts to cool damaged units early in the…
DOE Proposes 3-Month Extension of Usec's American Centrifuge Demonstration Project
Source: NewsThe Department of Energy will continue to support Usec's American Centrifuge Project next year, although any reprieve for the Ohio uranium enrichment facility still hinges on support from Congress. Usec, a company spun off the…
Reactor Building Dome Set At China’s Haiyang-1
Topics: New ReactorsSource: NucNet20 Dec (NucNet): The containment dome of the reactor building for China’s Haiyang-1 nuclear power unit has been lifted into place, the State Nuclear Power Technology Corporation of China (SNPTC) said. …
Europe Strengthens Collaboration On Radiation Protection Research
Source: NucNet20 Dec (NucNet): Four European research organisations have signed a memorandum of understanding towards the consolidation and implementation of “a strategic vision” for radiation protection research, France’s Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN)…
Belarus And Russia Agree On Early Warning System
Source: NucNet20 Dec (NucNet): The governments of Belarus and Russia have signed an agreement on early notification of a nuclear accident and the exchange of information on nuclear and radiation safety, Belarus state news agency Belta…
ASN Asks For Audit Of Flamanville-3 Heavy Lifting Equipment
Source: NucNet19 Dec (NucNet): The French nuclear safety authority ASN (Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire) has asked for a full audit of heavy lifting equipment at the Flamanville-3 nuclear site following a number of “non-compliances” discovered by…
Regulators OK Restart at Nebraska's Fort Calhoun Nuclear Plant
Source: NewsFollowing an outage that spanned nearly three years, the Fort Calhoun nuclear plant has begun to power back up. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission gave it the go-ahead to restart after ensuring the plant had completed…
Areva Announces Dominion Fuel Contract, Operations Center Investment
Source: NewsAreva this week announced two deals in the United States, one to provide fuel to Dominion's Millstone nuclear plant and another to invest $26.3 million at its facilities in Virginia. On Wednesday, the French company…
EC Launches Full Investigation Into ‘State Aid’ For UK’s Hinkley Point
Source: NucNet18 Dec (NucNet): The European Commission (EC) has launched an “in-depth” investigation to examine whether UK plans to subsidise the construction and operation of a new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point in Somerset are…
San Onofre RPV Head Shipped to Utah
Source: NewsA reactor pressure vessel head from the San Onofre nuclear plant is making its way to a disposal site in Utah. San Diego's KFMB News reported that the 77-ton component left the plant Monday night…
Holtec Reaffirms Plans To ‘Push Ahead’ With SMR-160 Project
Source: NucNet17 Dec (NucNet): US-based Holtec International has said it remains confident that its SMR-160 small modular reactor (SMR) unit has the greatest potential to triumph in a global marketplace and is firm in its commitment…
Usec Will File for Bankruptcy
Source: NewsUsec, a uranium enrichment company spun off the Department of Energy in 1992, announced it will declare bankruptcy next quarter. In a release Monday, the company said it will restructure its debt and force a…
Holtec Committed to Developing SMR Without DOE Funding
Source: NewsAfter the Department of Energy selected another company this week to receive funding to help commercialize small modular reactors, Holtec International reaffirmed it will continue to develop its 160 megawatt SMR. NuScale beat out Holtec,…
Hungary Contamination Incident Gets Provisional INES Level-2 Rating
Source: NucNet16 Dec (NucNet): An incident on 2 December 2013 that resulted in three workers in Hungary being contaminated when they opened metal drums containing compacted radioactive waste has been provisionally rated as Level-2 on the…