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Entergy, Pilgrim Nuclear Plant Workers Union Reach Tentative Contract Deal
Topics: Industry & BusinessSource: NewsEntergy and a union representing workers at its Pilgrim nuclear plant in Massachusetts have reached a tentative breakthrough in labor negotiations that have left the plant without a substantial number of its local workers for…
Ohi Restarts Scheduled For Early Next Month, Says JAIF
Topics: Plant OperationsSource: NucNet20 Jun (NucNet): Kansai Electric Power Company (Kepco) has begun preparation work towards the restart of units 3 and 4 at the Ohi nuclear power plant with the earliest start date scheduled for early next…
US Regulator Approves Power Uprate For Turkey Point
Source: NucNet19 Jun (NucNet): The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has approved a request by Florida Power and Light (FPL) to increase the thermal power generating capacity at the two-unit Turkey Point nuclear power plant near…
EDF Picks Bouygues and Laing O'Rourke Joint Venture for $2.5 Billion in Hinkley Point Construction
Source: NewsOn Monday, EDF awarded the largest contract to date for new reactor construction at the UK’s Hinkley Point nuclear plant.The French company said it selected a joint venture formed by European heavy construction firms Bouygues…
Rolls-Royce Wins $1.6 Billion Nuclear Propulsion Contract for UK Submarines
Source: NewsRolls-Royce will refurbish its Derby manufacturing plant and build naval reactors for new submarines in the UK under a $1.6 billion contract announced Monday.The rebuilt factory will build reactor cores for a new class of…
Switzerland Launches Consultation On Waste Disposal Programme
Source: NucNet18 Jun (NucNet): The Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE) has begun a three-month public consultation on the final nuclear waste disposal programme proposed by national radwaste management cooperative Nagra. …
Environmental Group: Duke-Commissioned Study Could Indicate Crystal River Damage More Extensive Than Originally Thought
Source: NewsA North Carolina environmental group claims an unpublished study related to the merger of Duke Energy and Progress Energy could suggest repairs at the Crystal River nuclear plant would need to be more extensive than…
American Centrifuge Project Receives Further DOE Funding, Reorganizes
Source: NewsThe Department of Energy has agreed to further funding for research at Usec’s American Centrifuge Project under a wide-ranging agreement that reorganizes its oversight and transfers assets to DOE.
EC Confirms ‘Favourable Opinion’ For Visaginas Project
Source: NucNet14 Jun (NucNet): The European Commission has issued a favourable opinion for the construction of the single-unit Visaginas nuclear power plant in Lithuania, but has said the plant should remain economically viable and the project…
Nuclear Power Company Of India Signs MOU for New AP1000 Reactors
Source: NewsThe primary builder of nuclear plants in India has reached an agreement to begin negotiations on Westinghouse AP1000 reactor construction in the state of Gujarat, the Pennsylvania-based company announced Wednesday.
Pinhole Leak Fixed, Davis-Besse Nuclear Plant Returns to Service
Topics: Plant OperationsSource: NewsAfter a fixing a small coolant leak discovered last week, FirstEnergy has restarted its Davis-Besse reactor in Ohio.The plant began producing power early Wednesday, FirstEnergy said in a release, and it is expected to reach…
NEA Peer Review Praises Sweden’s Repository Plans
Source: NucNet14 Jun (NucNet): Swedish nuclear fuel and waste management company SKB has given a “convincing” illustration and technical basis both for the feasibility of a planned deep geological repository and for its radiological long-term safety,…
New Nuclear Plant Licenses Achieved, NuStart Energy Consortium Disbands
Source: NewsEight years after joining forces to advance new nuclear plant construction in the U.S., the 10 utilities that make up NuStart Energy Development have announced they will disband the consortium.
Areva Finalises Sale Of Millennium Stake To Cameco
Source: NucNet12 June (NucNet): Areva has closed the sale of its 27.94 percent stake in the Millennium mining project to Canada-based uranium producer Cameco Corporation for about 115 million euro ($143 million), the French group said.…
Union Appeals to Labor Board in Pilgrim Nuclear Plant Dispute
Source: NewsA labor dispute at the Pilgrim nuclear plant may be headed to the National Labor Relations Board after the Utility Workers of America Local 369 filed a complaint with the federal body.
Nuclear Decommissioning Firm EnergySolutions Gets New CEO
Topics: Industry & BusinessSource: NewsSalt Lake City-based EnergySolutions has replaced its CEO, announcing the appointment of David Lockwood to the position in a statement Monday.
Local Commission Backs Plans To Restart Ohi-3 And -4
Source: NucNet11 Jun (NucNet): A local nuclear safety commission has endorsed a report prepared by prefectural officials stating that additional safety measures have been put in place and that two units at the four-unit Ohi nuclear…
Court Issues NRC Another Rebuke on Spent Fuel Policies
Source: NewsA court ruling Friday will force the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to reevaluate the environmental impact of storing spent fuel at nuclear plants around the country in the absence of a waste repository at Yucca Mountain…
Georges Besse Uranium Enrichment Plant Shuts Down For Good
Topics: Fuel & WasteSource: NucNet8 Jun (NucNet): Eurodif’’s Georges Besse uranium enrichment plant, located at the Tricastin nuclear site in France’s Drôme department and operated by Areva, has permanently ceased production at the end of a shutdown process that…
Small Coolant Leak Reported at Davis-Besse Nuclear Plant
Source: NewsAt about 8 p.m. Wednesday, a worker at FirstEnergy’s Davis-Besse reactor noticed a small leak during a walkdown of the reactor coolant system.