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IAEA And WANO Announce Agreement On ‘Increased Cooperation’
Source: NucNet17 Sep (NucNet): The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the World Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO) have signed a new memorandum of understanding to reflect “increased cooperation” between the two organisations following the March…
Novel Process Begins Moving Spent Fuel From Indian Point 3 to Dry Casks
Source: NewsFaced with constraints on its crane inside the unit, Entergy has engineered a multi-step process that began Sunday for removing spent fuel from Indian Point 3 to dry casks.It will be the first fuel to…
House Republicans Target Loan Guarantees
Source: NewsOn Friday the House of Representatives passed a bill that would end the Department of Energy's loan guarantee program. While the No More Solyndras Act was named for the failed solar panel manufacturer and followed…
Japan Announces Plans To Phase Out Nuclear
Source: NucNet14 Sep (NucNet): Japan’s government has announced a draft energy policy that includes plans to stop using nuclear power by the 2030s, the Japan Atomic Industrial Forum (JAIF) has said. …
IAEA Launches Fukushima-Daiichi Radiation Database
Source: NucNet14 Sep (NucNet): The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has created a database of radiological measurements and environmental sampling performed within Japan and the seawater in the Pacific Ocean near the Fukushima-Daiichi site. …
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant Weekly Review
Source: NewsA proposed energy policy eliminating nuclear power by 2030, as well as thyroid testing results and the appointment of a former Nuclear Regulatory Commission chairman to an oversight panel highlighted the news from Japan in…
Browns Ferry Improvement Plan to Open 100 Jobs
Source: NewsAs part of efforts to improve Browns Ferry's safety and operational record, Tennessee Valley Authority executives are planning to hire an additional 100 people at the nuclear plant in the coming year.
Strike Ends as Candu, SPEA Reach Labor Agreement
Topics: Industry & BusinessSource: NewsAbout 1,200 members of Candu's workforce are back on the job after a recent contract agreement ended a lengthy strike.
Containment Dome In Place At China’s Taishan-2
Topics: New ReactorsSource: NucNet13 Sep (NucNet): The containment dome of the second of two 1,700-megawatt European Pressurised Water Reactor (EPR) units being built at Taishan in China’s Guangdong province was lifted into place yesterday, Areva and EDF said…
Peach Bottom Nuclear Plant Reports Steam Leak, Worker Radiation Exposure
Source: NewsWorkers refueling Exelon's Peach Bottom unit 2 were exposed to low levels of radiation following a steam leak Tuesday.
Westinghouse Names Czech Construction Partner For Temelin
Source: NucNet12 Sep (NucNet): Westinghouse Electric has signed an agreement with Czech company Hutní montáže for the potential construction of Westinghouse AP1000 nuclear reactor units in the Czech Republic. …
Contaminated SRS Basin Now Sealed with 1,700 Truck Loads of Material
Source: NewsUsing enough material to fill four Olympic-sized swimming pools, crews at Savannah River have permanently sealed off an underground basin at the site's C Reactor.
Byron 1 Refueling Begins, Bringing in 2,200 Additional Workers
Source: NewsWork began Monday on a refueling outage at Byron unit 1, bringing in a surge of temporary workers and beginning one of the most extensive maintenance efforts at the Illinois reactor in recent years.
Pakistan Rumored to be Planning New Power Reactor
Topics: New ReactorsSource: NewsA newspaper in Pakistan has reported that country is preparing to add another reactor to its growing fleet.Quoting unnamed sources, The Nation reported on Monday that Pakistan's finance ministry has released $4.8 million for a…
Waste Storage EIS, Plant Licensing Hiatus to Take 2 Years
Source: NewsOn Thursday the Nuclear Regulatory Commission unveiled its timeline for complying with a recent court decision prompting the agency to suspend license approvals for new and existing nuclear plants.
US Government Bank Announces Loan For UAE’s Barakah
Source: NucNet10 Sep (NucNet): Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC), the state-owned company developing the first nuclear power station in the United Arab Emirates, has been given a 2 billion US dollar (about 1.5 billion euro) loan…
SRS Saltstone Facility Improvements Complete and Back in Service
Source: NewsThe Saltstone Facilities at the Savannah River Site (SRS) have restarted operations following a nine-month planned improvement outage. The facilities process and dispose of decontaminated salt solution, reducing the risk of potential contamination in the…
EPRI and Newton Labs Team Up to Develop Underwater Laser Scanning Inspection System to Profile Nuclear Fuel
Source: NewsThe Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. (EPRI), an independent, public-focused nonprofit research and development organization and Newton Research Labs, Inc., a Seattle-based manufacturer of machine vision, robotics and optical automation, have teamed together to develop…
NRC Issues Guidance for US Nuclear Plant Modification Resulting from Fukushima
Source: NewsThe NRC has issued Interim Staff Guidance (ISG) to U.S. nuclear power plants to ensure proper implementation of three Orders the agency issued in March, in response to lessons learned from the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear…
ITER Signs Fusion Cooperation Agreement With China
Source: NucNet5 Sep (NucNet): The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) Organisation and China’s Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) have signed an agreement aiming to promote scientific and technological cooperation between the network of laboratories and…