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Babcock & Wilcox Appoints Jim Ferland President and Chief Executive Officer
Topics: Industry & BusinessSource: NewsThe Babcock & Wilcox Company (B&W) today announced that E. James (Jim) Ferland, 45, has been appointed President and Chief Executive Officer, effective April 19, 2012. Mr. Ferland will succeed Brandon C. Bethards, 64, who…
KEPCO Expands Foreign Investment, also in Talks to Double Its Nuclear Construction in UAE
Source: NewsThe CEO of Korea Electric Power Co. has said the company is in talks to potentially double the number of reactors it will build in the United Arab Emirates.A KEPCO-led consortium of Korean Companies is…
Feasibility Study OK’d for Sellafield GEH Prism Reactor Burning Plutonium
Source: NewsA previously discounted proposal to use a fast reactor to deal with the United Kingdom’s plutonium stockpile continues to gain credibility.The Independent reported Tuesday that the UK’s Nuclear Decommissioning Authority has greenlighted a feasibility study…
Westinghouse’s Incoming President and CEO Resigns
Source: NewsThe Westinghouse Electric Company Board of Directors today announced that it had accepted the resignation of Jim Ferland, previously announced as incoming president and chief executive officer (CEO), and that Chairman of the Board Shigenori…
South Africa Considers Domestic Uranium Enrichment
Source: NewsAs it seeks to significantly expand its nuclear power production, South Africa is also giving thought to restarting uranium enrichment efforts abandoned in the mid-1990s.
GSE Systems Wins $7.5 Million in Contracts to Provide Simulation Technology For Chinese Reactors
Source: NewsOver the next three years, Maryland’s GSE Systems will provide solutions worth $7.5 million to Chinese nuclear engineering companies, GSE announced Monday.GSE will provide a verification and validation (V&V) platform for the instrumentation and control…
Kepco Shortens Construction Schedule for Abu Dhabi Plant in UAE
Source: NewsSouth Korea consortium Kepco has shortened the construction schedule for the Abu Dhabi nuclear plant by four months, resetting the projected completion date to July 2017. The first concrete is now expected to be poured…
USEC Sticks with American Centrifuge Plant Research Despite Congressional Setback
Source: NewsCongressional inaction on a highway bill may have temporarily tied up $106 million for research at the American Centrifuge Plant, but USEC said Friday it remains committed to the project.The Department of Energy had asked…
Xcel Asks Minn. Regulators to Reevaluate Prairie Island Uprate
Source: NewsXcel Energy is again seeking approval from Minnesota regulators for an uprate at its Prairie Island nuclear plant after scaling back the size of the project.In a filing Friday, the utility asked the Minnesota Public…
NRC Approves COL for New V.C. Summer Nuclear Plants
Source: NewsThe Nuclear Regular Commission has approved the combined operating license authorizing construction of two new AP1000 reactors for Virgil C. Summer nuclear plant. The decision is the second issued license in the U.S. since 1974, following…
Larsen & Toubro to Supply Nuclear Components to US and Europe
Source: NewsIndian engineering and construction company Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has announced it will begin supplying nuclear components and sub-assemblies to companies in the US and Europe. The company is now in the process of delivering…
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant Weekly Review
Source: NewsAn endoscope has revealed low water and extremely high radiation inside unit 2 at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan.Among the news over the last week from the nuclear plant blacked out following last…
Companies Revise Cost Estimate for New V.C. Summer Reactors
Source: NewsWhile still below the projection approved by state regulators, the companies building two new reactors at South Carolina’s V.C. Summer nuclear plant announced Thursday they had agreed to revise the project’s cost.SCANA, whose South Carolina…
RWE, E.ON Abandon Horizon Nuclear Project in UK
Source: NewsRWE and E.ON announced today that they will be abandoning their plan to build nuclear reactors in the UK, citing financial difficulties. The two were planning to invest in new plants in Anglesey and Oldbury…
MIT PhDs’ Startup Envisions Molten Salt SMR Burning Spent Fuel
Source: NewsAmong the emergent companies exploring the potential for small modular reactors and nuclear plants that use different fuel technology than conventional light water reactors, two PhD candidates from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are making…
E.ON And RWE Abandon Plans For New Build In UK
Source: NucNet29 Mar (NucNet): E.ON and RWE Npower have announced they will not be going ahead with plans to build nuclear power plants in the UK. …
Using Ion Beam, Sandia Researchers Hope to Slash Time for Fuel Cladding Studies
Source: NewsFor the last year, researchers at the Sandia National Laboratories have used an ion beam in tandem with an electron microscope to recreate the long-term effects of conditions inside a reactor – creating data that…
Bulgaria Abandons Plans for Belene Nuclear Reactor
Source: NewsBulgaria has abandoned plans to build its 2,000 megawatt Belene plant on the Danube River and will construct a new gas power plant instead, deputy finance minister Vladislav Goranov told reporters Wednesday. Goranov said that…
L-3 MAPPS Secures Important Simulator Upgrade Project in California
Source: NewsL-3 MAPPS announced today that it has won a contract from Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) to upgrade the Diablo Canyon Power Plant (DCPP) Operator Training Simulator (OTS). Work is underway now, with project…
PM Reiterates India’s Commitment To Nuclear Expansion
Source: NucNet28 Mar (NucNet): India is pushing ahead with plans to increase its nuclear energy generation capacity to 62,000 megawatts by 2032, up from 4,391 MW today, the country’s prime minister has said. …