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Xcel Energy to Give Minnesota's Monticello and Prairie Island Plants Safety Upgrades
Source: NewsSafety upgrades are in the works for Minnesota's Monticello and Prairie Island nuclear facilities as plant owners across the country are taking measures in response to last year's tragedy at Fukushima Daiichi. Xcel Energy is…
IAEA And WANO Announce Plan To Increase Cooperation
Source: NucNet5 Mar (NucNet): Almost one year after the Fukushima-Daiichi accident in Japan, the World Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) say they are increasing their cooperation on nuclear safety.…
Ukraine Says Work Is To Start On Chernobyl Confinement
Source: NucNet5 Mar (NucNet): Work will begin next month on constructing the arched frame for the shelter being built above the damaged reactor number four at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine, a report by…
Savannah River Announces Agreements With Small Modular Reactor Developers
Source: NewsThe Department of Energy announced agreements Friday that could allow three companies to site prototype small modular reactors at the Savannah River National Laboratory in South Carolina.The agreements are tentative steps to allow Hyperion Power…
Bill Gates Makes the Case for Doubling Energy Research Funding, Including Nuclear
Source: NewsAt the ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit last week, Bill Gates made the case that energy research funding ought to be doubled, as its capital-intensive nature makes developments occur on a much longer timeframe than for…
Areva Posts Loss for 2011, Increases Backlog
Source: NewsAreva, French supplier of nuclear power products, reported Friday a loss of €2.4 billion ($3.2 billion) in 2011. The company said a primary cause of the losses was related to €1.45 billion ($1.92 billion) writedown on…
UK Underlines Plans For Clean-up And Waste Fund
Source: NucNet2 Mar (NucNet): The UK’s energy secretary Edward Davey today underlined the government’s commitment to dealing with the country’s nuclear legacy and said operators of any new nuclear plants will be required to put money…
After NEI Lawsuit, Interior Secretary Salazar Supports Uranium Mining Ban Decision
Source: NewsOne day after the NEI and National Mining Association filed a lawsuit against the federal government to reverse a decision that put a 20-year ban on uranium mining in Northern Arizona, Interior Secretary Salazar made statements…
Areva Begins Meetings With Potential Suppliers In Poland
Source: NucNet2 Mar (NucNet): A series of meetings has begun between Areva and a number of Polish companies in support of the potential construction of European Pressurised Water Reactors (EPRs) “in Poland and beyond”, Areva said…
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant Weekly Review
Source: NewsNew estimates of airborne cesium from the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant and accusations that Tokyo Electric Power Co. executives considered pulling out their workers entirely in the early days of the crisis highlighted the…
Failed Insulator Triggers Unusual Event at Byron Nuclear Plant
Source: NewsThe Byron nuclear plant in Illinois ended an unusual event notification Wednesday night after restoring an off-site power source.Unit 1 operators reported a loss of off-site power just after 7 p.m. Tuesday to the Nuclear…
Sellafield Grants Major Contracts to AXIOM, Progressive Alliance
Source: NewsAXIOM – a joint venture consisting of AMEC, Assystem, Jacobs Engineering Group Inc and Mott MacDonald – and Progressive Alliance – a joint venture with Babcock and URS Corp – have been awarded a major…
SNC Lavalin and Aecon Industrial awarded $600 million contract from Ontario Power Generation
Source: NewsSNC Lavalin and Aecon Industrial have been awarded a major contract by Ontario Power Generation (OPG) to carry out the definition phase for the Darlington Retube and Feeder Replacement (RFR) Project, according to a SNC…
NRC Issues Positive Safety and Environmental Reports for N.C. Laser Uranium Enrichment Project
Source: NewsRegulators appear poised to approve construction of the world’s first facility that would use laser technology to enrich uranium.On Wednesday, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced it issued the final safety evaluation report and environmental impact…
Indian Point Reactor Briefly Taken Offline to Address Transformer Issue
Source: NewsOperators took unit 3 at New York’s Indian Point nuclear plant off the grid Tuesday night after routine testing indicated a potential problem with a transformer.According to an Entergy release, a test showed an increase…
Plans for Utah's First Nuclear Plant Granted Water Rights
Source: NewsUtah state engineer Kent Jones announced Tuesday that he is sticking by his original decision to grant developers a water right for what would be Utah's first nuclear power plant. Jones had reconsidered his decision…
NEI and Mining Group Suit Challenges Ban on New Uranium Claims Near Grand Canyon
Source: NewsTrade groups representing the mining and nuclear power industries filed a lawsuit Monday that challenged a 20-year ban on new uranium mining claims for roughly 1 million acres near the Grand Canyon.The Interior Department put…
FirstEnergy: 1978 Blizzard Caused Davis-Besse Concrete Cracks
Source: NewsIn a report submitted to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Tuesday, First Energy Nuclear Operating Co. pinned the root cause of shield building cracks at its Davis-Besse nuclear plant on a lack of weatherproofing.The structural integrity…
WMG To Build NRC Type B Shipping Cask
Source: NewsWMG announced today at the Waste Management 2012 Conference that it will license and build a new Type B Shipping cask. With delivery anticipated for late 2013, the WMG-150B responds directly to a critical industry need.…
Entergy Appeals Ruling Preventing State Shutdown of Vermont Yankee
Source: NewsEntergy is appealing a federal court ruling preventing state shutdown of its Vernon-based Vermont Yankee after the Vermont Public Service Board said in a memo that the state can still deny a license based on…