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Westinghouse and KEPCO Nuclear Fuel Joint Venture Begins Production of Control Element Assemblies in Korea
Source: NewsKWN, a company jointly owned by Westinghouse Electric Company and KEPCO Nuclear Fuel, has begun production of control element assemblies (CEAs) for Combustion Engineering-designed nuclear plant customers worldwide. The first order of 56 CEAs will…
$724 Million Grand Gulf Nuclear Plant Uprate Will Soon Create 4,000 Jobs
Source: NewsEntergy is preparing for a 13 percent power uprate that will make Grand Gulf the most powerful single-reactor nuclear plant in the country. In the process, the $724 million project in Port Gibson, Miss., is…
Russia Dedicates New Reactor at the Kalinin Nuclear Plant
Source: NewsRussia dedicated a new 1,000 megawatt VVER-1000/320 pressurized water reactor at the Kalinin nuclear plant north of Moscow Monday. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin attended the event, saying that it marked the beginning of a…
Westinghouse Signs MOU with DBD Limited for AP1000 Reactor Design in UK
Source: NewsWestinghouse Electric Company today announced a signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with DBD Limited relating to the future development of the Westinghouse AP1000 reactor design in the UK. The agreement covers a range of topics…
Exelon Hired as Consultant on Lithuanian Nuclear Project
Source: NewsOn Friday Exelon Nuclear Partners announced a deal with the agency responsible for building a new nuclear plant in Lithuania. Under the contract with Visagino Atomine Elektrine UAB, Exelon will consult on technical matters and…
EDF Awards AREVA Digital Upgrade Contract for 20 Nuclear Power Plants
Source: NewsEDF has awarded AREVA with a contract worth more than €600m to upgrade the monitoring and control systems which will improve the safety features of its 1300MW power plants (Paluel, Flamanville, Saint-Alban, Cattenom, Belleville, Nogent…
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant Weekly Review
Source: NewsThe last week at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant brought more water woes and actions by Tokyo Electric Power Co. and the Japanese government alike to shore up the utility’s finances.Recent developments at the plant…
Kalahari Accepts China Guangdong Takeover Offer
Source: NewsAfter an earlier deal fell apart in the wake of the Fukushima Daiichi crisis, Kalahari Minerals agreed Thursday to accept a smaller takeover offer from China Guangdong Nuclear Power Corp. Australian regulations also require that…
Energy Steel & Supply Awarded Contracts for Westinghouse AP1000 Units Under Construction
Source: NewsTwo orders were awarded by Westinghouse Electric Company to Graham Corporation’s subsidiary Energy Steel & Supply Co. for the supply of structural supports and assemblies at two nuclear power plant sites in the Southeastern United…
RPV Head From Decommissioned Zion Nuclear Plant Arrives in Utah
Source: NewsAs part of the largest commercial nuclear plant decommissioning to date in the U.S., EnergySolutions has successfully moved a reactor pressure vessel head from the Zion site in Illinois to a landfill in Utah. The…
TVO Starts Bidding Today for Finland’s Newest Nuclear Power Plant – Olkiluoto 4
Source: NewsTVO (Teollisuuden Voima Oyj) has today decided to commence the bidding and engineering phase of the company's fourth nuclear unit at Olkiluoto, Finland. TVO said it expected the cost of the phase to be up…
B&W and Bartlett Holdings Win Progress Energy Nuclear Maintenance Contract
Source: NewsProgress Energy has awarded a contract for a range of services at its nuclear plants to a joint venture created by Babcock & Wilcox and Bartlett Holdings.The joint company, called BWB Maintenance Services, will provide…
Staff Squeeze May Delay Nuclear Plant Relicensing, Even as NRC Asks Congress for Less Funding in 2012
Source: NewsWith 14 applications pending, the head of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Tuesday that a shortage of manpower at the agency may delay nuclear plant license renewals. Citing “resource limitations,” Gregory Jaczko warned it may…
Curtiss-Wright Acquires Nuclear NDT Businesses Anatec International and LMT
Source: NewsCurtiss-Wright Corporation announced that it has acquired the assets of Anatec International, Inc. and Lambert, MacGill, Thomas, Inc. (LMT). Anatec and LMT perform testing and inspection services for commercial nuclear power plants. Both businesses will…
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Approves Step in Duke-Progress Merger
Source: NewsOn Friday the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said it will allow Progress Energy to transfer indirect control of its nuclear plants to Duke Energy as part of their proposed merger. The license transfer doesn’t affect day-to-day…
Greenpeace Protesters Arrested After Entering Grounds of French Nuclear Plant
Source: NewsProtesters scaled a reactor building at the Nogent nuclear plant near Paris Monday, unfurling a banner before being arrested by national police. Early in the morning, nine Greenpeace activists entered the site, and plant owner…
NRC: Cracks Do Not Pose Safety Risk at Davis-Besse Nuclear Plant
Source: NewsShield building cracks discovered during replacement of a reactor pressure vessel head will not prevent the Davis-Besse nuclear plant from restarting, the NRC has determined. In a release Friday, the NRC said FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating…
Prairie Island Nuclear Plant Uprate On Hold
Source: NewsCiting diminished projections for power demand, Xcel Energy executives said Thursday they will postpone projects that include a power uprate at the Prairie Island nuclear plant in Minnesota.The NRC granted the plant’s reactors a 20…
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant Weekly Review
Source: NewsThe last week at the severely damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan saw the departure of the plant’s leader and new estimates of fuel damage that suggest unit 1’s core may have melted through…
Shaw Group Signs 3-Year Service Agreement with Palo Verde Nuclear Plant
Source: NewsThe Shaw Group announced Thursday that it signed a maintenance contract with the largest nuclear plant in the United States. The contract with Arizona Public Service Co. covers maintenance, modifications, construction and radiological protection services…