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Entergy Announces Layoffs, but Details Are Scant
Source: NewsAs it announced a steep year-over-year drop in expected earnings for the second quarter, Entergy also alluded to a new cost-cutting initiative expected to result in layoffs.
Investigation Ordered in Derailment of Areva Train Used for Nuclear Material
Source: NewsOn the same day that a train derailment killed six people near Paris, an identical track problem caused the crash of another train on a line owned by Areva to move nuclear material.
South Africa And EU Sign Agreement On Peaceful Use Of Nuclear Energy
Topics: Policy & RegulationSource: NucNet22 Jul (NucNet): The European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) and South Africa signed an agreement on the peaceful use of nuclear energy in Pretoria, South Africa. …
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant Weekly Review
Source: NewsNearby radiation levels remained unchanged after Tokyo Electric Power Co. reported vapor rising from Fukushima Daiichi unit 3 this week, while underground the utility is trying to block contaminated water from reaching the ocean.Recent developments…
Russia Offers To Help With Chernobyl Decommissioning
Source: NucNet19 Jul (NucNet): Russia’s state nuclear energy corporation Rosatom has agreed to study the possibility of cooperating on the decommissioning of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine. …
Edison Says It Will Pursue MHI for Damaged SONGS Steam Generators
Source: NewsWith billions of dollars wasted and one of the largest power plants in California shut down permanently, Southern California Edison has initiated its legal fight with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries over faulty steam generators at the…
Westinghouse Spain Wins El Cabril Repository Contract
Source: NucNet19 Jul (NucNet): Westinghouse Electric Company has been awarded a contract by Enresa to continue providing architect engineering services in support of the El Cabril low- and intermediate-level nuclear waste repository in southern Spain. …
Reactor Building Dome Installed At Flamanville-3 EPR
Topics: New ReactorsSource: NucNet19 Jul (NucNet): The installation of the dome on the reactor building of the Flamanville-3 EPR in northwestern France has been completed, said EDF. …
E.ON Extends German Nuclear Fuel Agreement With Westinghouse
Source: NucNet19 Jul (NucNet): Germany’s E.ON Kernkraft GmbH will exercise an option in an existing contract for additional deliveries of replacement fuel assemblies for its nuclear power plants in Germany, extending the original 2012 contract for…
Germany Begins Bid To Find Site For High-Level Waste Repository
Source: NucNet18 Jul (NucNet): The German parliament has passed a law which begins the formal procedure for a site to be found for a national repository for the country’s high-level radioactive waste. …
DOE Announces 2013 Nuclear Energy Scholarships
Source: NewsNearly 70 students at 30 colleges and universities will receive the latest awards from the Department of Energy's Integrated University Program.
Tentative Agreement Reached on First Polish Nuclear Plant
Source: NewsA tentative agreement reached by a group of Polish companies this week will move the country a step closer to building its first nuclear plant.
UK Plans Incentives For Communities That Host Nuclear Plants
Source: NucNet17 Jul (NucNet): Communities around eight sites in England and Wales could be in line to receive benefits worth up to 1,000 pounds (GBP) (1,523 US dollars, 1,159 euros) per megawatt over 40 years from…
Report Highlights Problems Facing US Nuclear Energy Industry
Source: NucNet17 Jul (NucNet): Federal and state governments in the US need to show “consistent support” for nuclear energy if the sector is to avoid an “impending decline” in the face of low natural gas prices…
NRC Prepares Yellow Finding for Flood Measures at Point Beach Nuclear Plant
Source: NewsPlant leadership from the Point Beach nuclear plant in Wisconsin will meet with Nuclear Regulatory Commission officials Monday to present their side of an alleged violation related to the plant's flood preparedness.
Tepco Postpones Application As Four Utilities Submit Requests For Safety Inspections
Source: NucNet16 Jul (NucNet): Four utility companies in Japan have applied for inspections of 10 nuclear reactors at five plants under new safety requirements that came into force on 8 July, but Tokyo Electric Power Company…
Protestors Arrested on French Nuclear Plant Grounds
Topics: Safety & EnvironmentSource: NewsIn what has become something of a quarterly performance, Greenpeace protestors on Monday hopped the fence of another nuclear plant in France.
Taiwan’s Chinshan-2 Faces Repairs After Typhoon Shutdown
Source: NucNet16 Jul (NucNet): Unit 2 at the Chinshan nuclear power plant in Taiwan will remain shut down for “anticipated lengthy repairs” after a typhoon hit the island at the weekend. …
TVA's Departing Chief Nuclear Officer Will Receive $500k Bonus
Source: NewsThe Tennessee Valley Authority recently notified financial regulators that its outgoing chief nuclear officer will be eligible for a bonus, in addition to 2013 annual incentives.
India’s Kudankulam-1 Reaches First Criticality
Source: NucNet15 Jul (NucNet): First criticality was achieved at the first unit at the Kudankulam nuclear power station in Tamil Nadu, southern India, shortly before midnight on 13 July, the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited…