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Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant Weekly Review
Source: NewsTokyo Electric Power Co. has restarted cooling systems at Fukushima Daiichi spent fuel pools following an electrical outage that TEPCO suspects might be connected to a dead rodent found near a switchboard.Developments over the last…
Iowa's Interstate Power and Light Co. Signs Contract with Duane Arnold Nuclear Plant
Source: NewsAlliant Energy subsidiary Interstate Power and Light Co. announced an 11-year deal Wednesday to purchase power from the Duane Arnold nuclear plant.
Argentina Gets USD 240 Million Loan For Embalse Life Extension
Source: NucNet21 Mar (NucNet): The Development Bank of Latin America is to lend state-owned Nucleoeléctrica Argentina 240 million US dollars (186 million euro) for the life extension and upgrading of the single-unit Embalse nuclear power plant.…
NRC To Improve Post-Fukushima Venting Requirements For BWRs
Source: NucNet20 Mar (NucNet): The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) commissioners have directed the agency’s technical staff to follow “a two-track approach” for further improvements to systems for safely venting pressure during potential accidents at 31…
New Hinkley Point Reactors Receive Final UK Government Approval
Source: NewsThe UK's energy secretary has granted planning permission for two new reactors at the Hinkley Point nuclear plant. While critical power price negotiations are ongoing, the approval represents the last go-ahead from the government required…
EDF Energy Calls For ‘Swift Agreement’ On Hinkley Point
Source: NucNet20 Mar (NucNet): Planning consent has been given for construction of the first new nuclear power plant in the UK since 1995, but EDF Energy has warned that before construction begins at Hinkley Point C…
New Proposals Approved For Eastern Europe Decommissioning Assistance
Source: NucNet19 Mar (NucNet): The European Parliament’s energy committee has approved measures to change the legal basis for financial assistance provided to Bulgaria, Slovakia and Lithuania on the decommissioning of eight Soviet-era nuclear reactor units in…
NRC Investigates Watts Bar, Sequoyah Nuclear Plants Over Pre-2009 Flood Precautions
Source: NewsFederal regulators are poised to cite two Tennessee Valley Authority nuclear plants for having inadequate procedures to deal with certain flood conditions prior to the modification of upstream dams in 2009.
Foundation Poured for New Vogtle Reactor
Source: NewsOn the heels of a similar milestone at V.C. Summer, Plant Vogtle recently completed the concrete basemat for the first of its new AP1000 reactors.
Areva Marketing Radar Sensors for Spent Nuclear Fuel Monitoring During Extreme Accidents
Source: NewsAmong the challenges confronting the nuclear power industry following the Fukushima Daiichi crisis, plant owners began looking for ways to monitor spent fuel pools in the extreme conditions possible during a beyond-design-basis accident. In response,…
New Milestone In US As First Concrete Is Poured At Vogtle-3
Topics: New ReactorsSource: NucNet15 Mar (NucNet): The pouring of first concrete was completed yesterday for the first of two new Westinghouse AP1000 reactor units at the Vogtle nuclear plant site in the US state of Georgia, Georgia Power…
MIR-1200 Consortium Signs Temelín Contracts With Czech Companies
Source: NucNet15 Mar (NucNet): A Russian-led consortium bidding to construct two new nuclear reactor units at the Temelín nuclear plant in the Czech Republic has signed suppliers’ contracts with three Czech companies. …
Study: Cancer Incidence Lower Among Canadian Uranium Processing Workers than in General Population
Source: NewsA recently published study of 3,000 uranium processing workers in Port Hope, Canada, found their overall incidence of cancer was actually lower than that of the Canadian population at large.
EBRD Announces EUR 300 Million Safety Upgrade Loan For Ukraine Nuclear Plants
Source: NucNet14 Mar (NucNet): The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has announced it will take part in a comprehensive safety upgrade programme for Ukraine’s nuclear power units with a 300 million euro (EUR) (388…
NRC Studying RPV Thermal Shock Potential at Palisades Nuclear Plant, Says Early Closure Possible
Source: NewsThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission has planned an informational meeting for Tuesday on pressurized thermal shock – a potential threat to pressurized water reactors that the agency has indicated could force an early retirement for the…
Areva Core Simulation System Approved for U.S. Use
Source: NewsAreva announced Wednesday that regulators have approved the use of its Arcadia core simulator system in the U.S.
EU Countries Call For ‘Right Investment Environment’ For New Nuclear
Source: NucNet13 Mar (NucNet): Twelve EU states that signed a joint communique in London yesterday expressed their belief that nuclear energy can contribute to the EU’s future low-carbon energy mix, but called for the “right investment…
Westinghouse to Assist South Africa With Domestic Nuclear Fuel Fabrication
Source: NewsWestinghouse announced an agreement Tuesday to help South Africa develop domestic fabrication of nuclear fuel.
Concrete Poured On New Nuclear In US For First Time In Three Decades
Topics: New ReactorsSource: NucNet12 Mar (NucNet): South Carolina Electric and Gas Company (SCE&G) yesterday completed placement of the nuclear island basemat for Virgil C. Summer Unit 2 in South Carolina – the first new construction nuclear concrete to…
DOE Solicits Applications for Next Round of Small Modular Reactor Funds
Source: NewsThe Department of Energy announced Monday that it is taking applications for the second portion of $452 million set aside for the development and licensing of small modular reactors.