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IAEA Publishes Preliminary Findings From Russia Regulatory Review
Source: NucNet20 Nov (NucNet): Russia has made significant progress with its nuclear regulatory framework since an International Atomic Energy Agency Integrated Regulatory Review Service (IRRS) mission team visited the country in 2009, the agency said. …
Appeals Court: Nuclear Waste Fees Should Drop to $0
Source: NewsOn Tuesday, an appeals court reprimanded the Department of Energy for collecting waste fees from nuclear utilities after the Obama administration cancelled the Yucca Mountain repository project. DOE collects about $750 million annually through the…
European Parliament Approves EUR 860 Million Aid For Decommissioning
Source: NucNet19 Nov (NucNet): Members of the European Parliament today approved financial aid of 860 million euros (EUR) (about 1.1 billion US dollars) to help Bulgaria, Lithuania and Slovakia complete the decommissioning of eight reactor units…
Storm Damages Paducah Enrichment Plant
Source: NewsUSEC's Paducah, Ky., Gaseous Diffusion Plant declared an alert when powerful tornadoes tore through parts of the Midwest Sunday. The plant sustained damage, but it did not create a threat to the public or the…
NRC Moves Documents to Comply with Ruling Restarting Yucca Mountain Review
Source: NewsThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission has formally restarted work on its safety evaluation report for the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository in Nevada. In August, a federal appeals court ruled that the agency had effectively ignored…
Tepco Begins Removal Of Fuel Assemblies At Fukushima-Daiichi
Topics: Fuel & WasteSource: NucNet18 Nov (NucNet): Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) this morning began the delicate operation of removing fuel assemblies from the spent fuel pool at Unit 4 of the destroyed Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear power plant. …
Japan Regulator Begins Consideration Of Kashiwazaki Kariwa Restarts
Source: NucNet18 Nov (NucNet): Japan’s nuclear regulator has begun examinations into whether units 6 and 7 of the Kashiwazaki Kariwa nuclear power plant, owned and operated by Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco), comply with new regulatory…
With Reactor Licensing Delayed, Mitsubishi Plans Charlotte Layoffs
Source: NewsAs Mitsubishi Heavy Industries puts its pursuit of a license for the APWR on hold, the company announced it plans to lay off 48 at its engineering center in Charlotte, N.C. The Charlotte Business Journal…
Turkey Has Made Important Progress In Nuclear Power Programme, Says IAEA
Source: NucNet18 Nov (NucNet): Turkey has made important progress in the development of its nuclear energy infrastructure, but needs to strengthen its nuclear regulatory body and develop a national plan for human resource development, the International…
Cesium-137 Found in Pennsylvania Scrapyard
Topics: Safety & EnvironmentSource: NewsA Pennsylvania scrapyard discovered cesium in an outbound truck last month, exposing workers to small doses of radiation. Coatesville Scrap checks inbound and outbound trailers for radiation using detectors mounted to its scales. On Oct.…
Tepco Robot ‘Boat’ Finds Sources Of Water Leaks From Fukushima Unit 1
Source: NucNet15 Nov (NucNet): The Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) says it has identified the sources of two leaks from Unit 1 of the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear power plant by using a small remote-controlled boat. …
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant Weekly Review
Source: NewsFruitful leak inspections of the unit 1 torus and a promise to improve working conditions highlighted the recent news from Fukushima Daiichi. Developments related to the Tokyo Electric Power Co. plant blacked out following Japan's…
Progress For Finland’s Hanhikivi After Shareholders Decide To Proceed
Source: NucNet15 Nov (NucNet): Fennovoima is planning to sign a nuclear power plant supply contract with Russia’s state nuclear energy corporation Rosatom after a majority of shareholders decided they wanted to proceed with the project to…
Lithuania’s Vatesi Becomes Newest Member Of Ensra
Source: NucNet15 Nov (NucNet): The Lithuanian State Nuclear Power Inspectorate (Vatesi) has become a member of the European Nuclear Security Regulator’s Association (Ensra). …
Interview: The Secrets Of Russia’s Nuclear Success Overseas
Source: NucNet14 Nov (NucNet): One of the reasons Russia’s nuclear power business is rapidly expanding beyond its borders is Rosatom’s ability to offer new funding solutions, the state corporation’s deputy director-general Kirill Komarov has said in…
Babcock & Wilcox to Sell Most of Its Stake in mPower Small Modular Reactor Venture
Source: NewsBabcock & Wilcox has announced it wants to sell most of its stake in the Generation mPower small modular reactor project. B&W said it has invested more than $360 million in the project, and earlier…
Nuclear Industry Payroll in Carolinas $2.2 Billion
Topics: Industry & BusinessSource: NewsThe nuclear industry contributes a combined annual payroll of $2.2 billion to the economy of the Carolinas, a new study has found. Commissioned by the Carolinas Nuclear Cluster, researchers at the Clemson University Center of…
Preparations For Fukushima Fuel Removal Have Been ‘Thorough’
Source: NucNet14 Nov (NucNet): The US expert who led the cleanup at Three Mile Island for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission today endorsed plans for the removal of nuclear fuel from Unit 4 of the crippled Fukushima-Daiichi…
Exclusive Q and A with ENEC Chief Nuclear Officer George Vanderheyden
Source: NewsAs he prepared for the inaugural New Nuclear International Conference in Abu Dhabi this week, Emirates Nuclear Energy Corp. CNO George Vanderheyden engaged in a Q and A with Nuclearstreet.com on the future of nuclear…
Oconee Reactor Shut Down to Fix Small Coolant Leak
Source: NewsUnit 1 at South Carolina's Oconee nuclear plant powered down Sunday night to fix a small pressure boundary leak in its reactor coolant system. Operators dropped the reactor to 20 percent power after a visual…