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Market Reforms Announced To Attract UK Nuclear Investment
Source: NucNet29 Nov (NucNet): Reforms to the UK’s electricity market including the introduction of “contracts for difference” are intended to help the country’s energy sector – including the nuclear industry – attract “record investment”, the government…
Southern Co., Contractors At Odds Over Potential Vogtle Delay
Source: NewsCompletion of the first new reactor at Plant Vogtle may be pushed back into 2017, Southern Co. executives told Georgia regulators Tuesday, although the utility has yet to reach an agreement on the schedule with…
Roof Section Lifted for Chernobyl Shelter
Source: NewsPart of a sliding shelter that will eventually cover unit 4 at Chernobyl was lifted into place Tuesday, marking a significant step toward covering the former Soviet reactor hastily entombed following the worst accident in…
State-Owned Epangelo Takes Stake In Namibia’s Swakop Uranium
Source: NucNet28 Nov (NucNet): Namibian state-owned Epangelo Mining Company today finalised an agreement to buy a 10 percent stake in Swakop Uranium, which is developing the Husab uranium mine project near Swakopmund in Namibia. …
Plant Vogtle Training 100-Plus AP1000 Reactor Operators
Source: NewsClass is in session for a new workforce of plant operators who will run two AP1000 reactors under construction at Plant Vogtle in Georgia.
DOE Solicits Spent Fuel Storage Demonstration Projects
Source: NewsThe Department of Energy has offered a tentative sign that it may be interested in consolidated spent-fuel storage projects in the future.
New Confinement Structure Milestone Reached At Chernobyl
Source: NucNet27 Nov (NucNet): The first lifting stage of the New Safe Confinement (NSC) structure at Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear plant has been successfully completed, it was announced today. …
UK Grants Site License to New Hinkley Point Reactors, Boosts Funding for New Power Generation
Source: NewsBritish regulators have issued a critical license for two reactors proposed at Hinkley Point near Bristol.
FENOC, CENG Announce Nuclear Leadership Changes
Topics: Industry & BusinessSource: NewsOn Monday, FirstEnergy and Constellation both announced executive appointments affecting their nuclear fleets.
Fla. Boat Capsizing Claims Life of Sandia Manager
Source: NewsNina Poppelsdorf, a senior manager and two-decade employee of Sandia National Laboratories, died over the holiday weekend after a rogue wave capsized a diving vessel in Florida.
India, Japan Resume Nuclear Power Talks
Source: NewsLeaders from India and Japan have made overtures that they will resume collaboration on civilian nuclear technology.
Hitachi Completes Acquisition Of UK’s Horizon Nuclear Venture
Source: NucNet26 Nov (NucNet): Hitachi has completed the acquisition of the UK’s Horizon nuclear project from German utilities RWE and E.ON, the Japanese energy and engineering company said today. …
Russia Confirms Novovoronezh Units On Schedule For 2014 And 2015
Topics: New ReactorsSource: NucNet23 Nov (NucNet): Construction of two new reactors at Phase II of the Novovoronezh nuclear power plant (Novovoronezh-2) in Russia is on schedule with the units scheduled to begin commercial operation in 2014 and 2015,…
UK Announces ‘Landmark Agreement’ On Market Support For New Nuclear
Source: NucNet23 Nov (NucNet): The UK’s ruling coalition government has reached agreement on a number of key aspects of its forthcoming energy bill, including plans for almost eight billion pounds (GBP) (12.7 billion US dollars, 9.8…
Key Work Finished As Turkey Prepares For New Build
Topics: New ReactorsSource: NucNet22 Nov (NucNet): Specialists from Atomenergoproekt, a subsidiary of Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom, have finished “key field work” that needed to be carried out in order to write project documentation for Turkey’s first nuclear…
Work Begins On Swakop Uranium’s Husab Mine In Namibia
Source: NucNet21 Nov (NucNet): Work has begun on construction of Swakop Uranium’s Husab Project near Swakopmund in Namibia, following the signing in Beijing of the engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) contract. …
Canada Considers Deep Geologic Waste Repository Near Bruce Nuclear Plant
Source: NewsIn the coming months regulators in Canada will hold a public hearing on a storage facility for low- and intermediate-level nuclear waste – one of the last steps before permitting the first deep geologic repository…
Susquehanna Nuclear Plant Back Offline After Oil Leak
Topics: Plant OperationsSource: NewsAn oil leak on the non-nuclear side of the plant shut down unit 2 at Susquehanna Monday as it powered up following an earlier computer problem.
DOE Announces New Investment in Small Modular Reactors
Source: NewsAs part of the Obama Administration’s all-of-the-above strategy to deploy every available source of American energy, the Energy Department today announced an award to support a new project to design, license and help commercialize small…
Alstom Markets World's Longest Turbine Blade for Nuclear Plants
Source: NewsOn Monday, Alstom introduced a new turbine blade the company describes as the longest in the world.