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Tepco Recovery Plan Includes Restart Of Kashiwazaki Kariwa Units
Source: NucNet2 May (NucNet): As part of a recovery plan Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) aims to cut costs by nearly 41 billion US dollars (31 billion euro) over the next decade and restart units at…
Levy Reactor Completion Pushed to 2024, Costs Rise
Source: NewsOn Tuesday Progress Energy raised its cost estimate for two reactors it wants to build in Levy County Florida.In a filing with Florida regulators, the utility said it has pushed back the completion date for…
Cameco Posts 1Q Profits That Beat Analyst Expectations
Source: NewsCameco Corp – the world's largest uranium producer – reported a 45 percent increase in quarterly profit on Tuesday, selling more uranium at a higher average price, according to a Tuesday release. Net income increased…
Wiznucleus Collaborates with Microsoft To Develop Cyber Security Software Solutions for NERC
Source: NewsWiznucleus, Inc., an independent software vendor (ISV) of cyber security risk and compliance management software, announced last week that it will collaborate with Microsoft to create best-of-breed compliance management solutions for the Energy & Utilities…
AZZ To Buy Nuclear Logistics For Up To $100 Million
Source: NewsAZZ Inc. – an electrical components maker based in Fort Worth, TX – has announced it has signed an agreement to acquire Nuclear Logistics Inc. for up to $100 million, according to a Monday release.…
EIS Issued For New Progress Reactors in Fla.
Source: NewsTwo AP1000 reactors proposed in Levy County, Fla., passed a critical environmental review Friday.The Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Army Corps of Engineers announced they have issued a positive final environmental impact statement for the…
Safety Commission Casts Doubt On Tsuruga Restart
Source: NucNet1 May (NucNet): Japan’s Nuclear Safety Commission (NSC) says an offline reactor along the Sea of Japan coast will not be allowed to restart if a fault running directly underneath proves active. …
Navy Prepares for Calif. Electricity Shortage in Case of Summer Heat, Extended SONGS Outage
Topics: Plant OperationsSource: NewsWith worn steam generator tubes keeping both San Onofre reactors offline, and with state regulators raising the possibility of summer blackouts, the Navy is working on an agreement to cut back on its power usage…
Jordan Atomic Energy Commission Shortlists Areva, Atomstroyexport for Reactor
Topics: New ReactorsSource: NewsThe Jordan Atomic Energy Commission (JAEC) has shortlisted Russia's Atomstroyexport along with a French-Japanese consortia consisting of Areva and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to potentially build the country's first nuclear reactor. They said Areva, the world's…
China's State Nuclear Power Technology Looks To Bid On Horizon Project
Source: NewsState Nuclear Power Technology Corp. – a nuclear company backed by the Chinese government – is in talks to invest $10 billion in the abandoned Horizon nuclear power project in Britain. Horizon, previously a joint…
New Build at Darlington to Use Enhanced Candu 6 or AP1000 Reactors
Source: NewsQuoting provincial sources, the Toronto Star reported Thursday that Ontario has narrowed the potential designs for new reactors at the Darlington nuclear plant to the Enhanced Candu 6 and Westinghouse’s AP1000. The province and Ontario…
New Texas Compact Facility Receives First Nuclear Waste Shipment
Topics: Fuel & WasteSource: NewsTwo days after it received state approval to begin operations, a low level radioactive waste (LLRW) site in Texas announced it received its first shipment. Valhi subsidiary Waste Control Specialists reported Friday it had disposed of…
TVA Approves Construction to Complete Watts Bar 2
Source: NewsThe Tennessee Valley Authority board has approved continuing with construction of the second generating unit at Watts Bar Nuclear Power Plant in accordance with a revised estimate. Earlier this month, it was revealed that the…
UK Parliament Launches Inquiry Into New Nuclear Build
Source: NucNet27 Apr (NucNet): A House of Commons committee is to hold an inquiry into the possibility of new nuclear build in the UK and whether or not the tentative 2019 target date for the first…
Three EU States Face Sanctions Over Nuclear Safety Directive
Source: NucNet27 Apr (NucNet): Greece, Poland and Portugal have not yet formally adopted the EU nuclear safety directive and could now be referred to the Court of Justice of the European Union where they will face…
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant Weekly Review
Source: NewsWarnings of summer power shortages and further analysis of contamination around the plant highlighted the news from Fukushima Daiichi last week.Recent developments related to the Tokyo Electric Power Co. nuclear plant blacked out following last…
Hanford Extends CH2M Hill Cleanup Contract Five Years
Source: NewsCH2M Hill has won a five-year extension to its contract for cleanup work at the Department of Energy’s Hanford site.CH2M Hill Plateau Remediation Company’s contract extension is valued at about $2.2 billion, DOE announced this…
Russia Doubled Reactor Orders In 2011, Says Rosatom
Source: NucNet27 Apr (NucNet): Russia doubled foreign orders to build nuclear reactors last year and has a US$50 billion (37 billion euro) order book for the next decade, the head of state atomic energy corporation Rosatom…
Areva Wins Extended Contract For Andra Waste Facility
Source: NucNet27 Apr (NucNet): The French National Radioactive Waste Management Agency (Andra) has renewed Areva’s contract to continue as operator of its Aube low-level and intermediate-level waste storage centre in eastern France after a bidding process…
Alert Caused By High Levels of Carbon Monoxide Cancelled at Point Beach Nuclear Plant
Source: NewsThe Point Beach nuclear power plant declared an Alert at 9:06 pm CT on April 25 due to high levels of carbon monoxide in an area adjacent to the diesel generator, according to an NRC…