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Fennovoima Gets Go-Ahead To Prepare Hanhikivi-1 EIA
Source: NucNet16 Dec (NucNet): Finland’s Ministry of Employment and Economy has given the go-ahead for energy company Fennovoima to conduct an environmental impact assessment (EIA) for the proposed Hanhikivi-1 nuclear plant, the ministry said in a…
Transformer Fault and Partial Power Loss Provoke NRC Inspection at Clinton Nuclear Plant
Source: NewsA ground fault that cut power to some systems at the Clinton nuclear plant in Illinois has prompted an inspection from federal regulators. On Friday, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced it sent boiling water reactor…
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant Weekly Review
Source: NewsA remote inspection inside Fukushima Daiichi unit 1 this week showed that its walls appear to be structurally sound. Meanwhile, the Japanese government is reportedly setting aside money to create intermediate storage sites for radioactive…
Areva Signs I&C Contract For China’s Fuqing Nuclear Station
Source: NucNet13 Dec (NucNet): Areva of France, in a consortium with Siemens, has signed a contract with the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) and the China General Nuclear Power Corporation to supply the instrumentation and control…
Bulgaria Enters Talks With Westinghouse to Build AP1000 Reactor
Source: NewsBulgaria has tentatively approved the construction of a new nuclear plant and on Thursday entered talks with Westinghouse to build the company's AP1000 reactor. In a release, Westinghouse announced the Pennsylvania-based business and its parent…
Wano Praises Safety At Bulgaria’s Kozloduy Nuclear Plant
Source: NucNet13 Dec (NucNet): There are no gaps in any area that could threaten the safe operation of the Kozloduy nuclear power station in Bulgaria, a World Association of Nuclear Operators (Wano) peer review has concluded.…
Westinghouse To Continue Fuel Manufacture And Delivery To Leibstadt
Source: NucNet13 Dec (NucNet): Kernkraftwerk Leibstadt AG has extended the contract for the manufacturing and delivery of reload fuel assemblies with Westinghouse Electric Company for the Leibstadt nuclear power station in Switzerland. …
Poland And France Agree To Cooperate On Nuclear
Source: NucNet13 Dec (NucNet): The Polish Nuclear Society (PTN) and the French Society of Nuclear Energy (SFEN) have signed an agreement on cooperation in nuclear technology, the PTN said. …
Bulgaria Gives Go-Ahead For New Kozloduy Unit
Source: NucNet12 Dec (NucNet): Bulgaria has approved a report from its energy minister on the need for new nuclear and has announced it will begin exclusive talks with Westinghouse on building an AP1000 Generation III+ reactor…
Mexican Authorities Safely Recover Radioactive Source
Topics: Safety & EnvironmentSource: NucNet12 Dec (NucNet): The radioactive source abandoned in a field after the truck transporting it was stolen in Mexico last week has been recovered and stored using a specialised robot, the National Commission of Nuclear…
Scientists Explore Fracking Technology for Nuclear Waste Disposal
Source: NewsA team of scientists is exploring the potential for using drilling techniques developed for natural gas fracking to inject nuclear waste deep into the earth's crust. The research, presented at an American Geophysical Union conference…
DOE and Foreign Distributors Order $860,000 in Monitoring Equipment from U.S. Nuclear Corp.
Source: NewsOhio-headquartered Overhoff Technology, a division of U.S. Nuclear Corp., recently received a set of orders worth $860,000 for air and process monitors that will be installed at facilities in three countries. According to a release…
Increased Radiation Readings Linked To Groundwater Control, Says Tepco
Source: NucNet12 Dec (NucNet): A gradual rise in radiation readings at a test well at the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear power station appears to be the result of successful efforts to pump groundwater and divert it from flowing…
MEPs Approve Common Rules For Carriers Of Radioactive Materials
Source: NucNet11 Dec (NucNet): Members of the European Parliament today approved plans for a single registration procedure for carriers of radioactive materials, to replace EU member states’ differing and often complex national reporting and authorisation procedures.…
Duke Files Decommissioning Plan for Crystal River 3 Reactor
Source: NewsDuke Energy plans to place its shuttered reactor at Florida's Crystal River power plant into SAFSTOR and will decommission it by 2074. The unit north of Tampa operated from 1977 to 2009, when a steam…
NRC Approves Uprate at Monticello Nuclear Plant
Source: NewsIn the next month, Xcel will take advantage of recent upgrades to increase the power production at its Monticello nuclear plant by 71 megawatts. The utility completed an uprate at the plant near Minneapolis in…
L-3 MAPPS Wins Tihange 1 Full Scope Simulator Project
Source: NewsL-3 MAPPS announced today that it has won an order from Electrabel S.A. for the supply of a full scope operator training simulator for the Tihange 1 nuclear power plant located in the Walloon province…
Transformer Explodes on Grounds of Arkansas Nuclear Plant
Source: NewsPlant and local firefighters extinguished a fire at Arkansas Nuclear One Monday that triggered an unusual event declaration and shut down the unit 2 reactor. An explosion in a switchyard interrupted the unit's offsite electrical…
Clinton Reactor Shut Down After Transformer Fault
Source: NewsOperators shut down Exelon's Clinton nuclear plant in Illinois Sunday night when a transformer fault caused a partial power loss. "This resulted in the operators inserting a manual scram due to loss of instrument air…
Hope Creek Nuclear Plant Shut Down for Second Time in One Week
Topics: Plant OperationsSource: NewsA moisture separator problem tripped the Hope Creek reactor in New Jersey for the second time in less than a week Thursday. During both shutdowns, a high moisture separator level automatically tripped the turbine, which…