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Westinghouse Announces MOU with Czech Firm For AP1000 Reactor
Source: NewsWestinghouse Electric Company today announces the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Czech company Vitkovice a.s., in preparation for the potential construction of Westinghouse AP1000 nuclear power plants in the Czech Republic. According…
Challenge to Pilgrim Nuclear Plant Relicensing Rejected
Source: NewsThe Atomic Safety and Licensing Board has refused to suspend the relicensing of a Massachusetts nuclear plant following a contention by the state attorney general that the Fukushima Daiichi accident called for a delay. The…
Shaw and AVANTech Have Success Implementing New Water Treatment System at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station
Source: NewsThe Shaw Group Inc. today announced that support services contracted by its subsidiary, Shaw Global Services, LLC, are performing as designed to help recovery at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station in Japan. After a…
Lightbridge Signs Korean Nuclear Fuel Research Agreement
Source: NewsLightbridge, a nuclear fuel technology firm based in Virginia, announced it will explore research projects with the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute. Their memorandum of agreement seeks joint research of fuel designed by Lightbridge –…
French President Firmly Behind Nuclear Power, New Reactor at Penly
Source: NewsIn a speech Friday, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said he was committed to nuclear research and new plant construction, including a third reactor for the Penly plant in Normandy. While his opponents in the Socialist…
South Korea Announces Plans to Become a Top Three Nuclear Power Generator
Source: NewsSouth Korea announced today a plan to become one of the world's top three nuclear power generators by expanding the country's global market share of nuclear reactors to 20 percent by 2030. The "Nu-Tech 2030"…
Turkey Point Uprate Brings 5,000 Construction Jobs, Business to South Florida
Source: NewsAs promised, Florida Power & Light’s $766 million Turkey Point uprate project has provided a much-needed boost to the South Florida communities around it. In the last year, the work has already created 3,200 construction…
Slow COL Approval May Delay New Vogtle Reactor Completion
Source: NewsCiting the drawn-out licensing process, Georgia Power officials told state regulators Monday that completion of the third reactor at the Vogtle nuclear plant could be delayed by as much as five months. The Southern Co.…
Shareholder Votes Bring Constellation-Exelon Merger Closer
Source: NewsFollowing a shareholder vote, Exelon and Constellation moved closer to their goal of merging by early next year. Exelon currently owns the largest reactor fleet in the U.S., and Constellation Energy Nuclear Group has five…
Plutonium Vault Demolition Begins at Hanford
Source: NewsA 20,000-square-foot Hanford complex that once housed plutonium is coming down. Last week the Department of Energy and its contractor CH2M Hill began demolishing the vault complex within Hanford’s Plutonium Finishing Plant. The demolition work…
Regulators: French Nuclear Plants Safe but Need Upgrades
Source: NewsIn their post-Fukushima review of reactors’ emergency preparedness, French regulatory agencies said their country’s plants are safe but should be made more so by enhancing a number of safety systems. The document stresses improvements to…
Merrick & Company Names David G. Huelskamp as President
Source: NewsThe Board of Directors of Merrick & Company announced yesterday that David G. Huelskamp has been selected as President of the firm, effective January 3, 2012. Merrick & Company is a global, employee-owned, multidisciplinary professional services…
Australian Prime Minister Urges Uranium Sales to India
Source: NewsAustralia – home to the world’s largest uranium reserves – should end a ban on exporting the reactor fuel to India, the Australian prime minister argued in an editorial Tuesday. The country has long barred…
Davis-Besse and Brunswick Nuclear Plants Experience Problems Wednesday Morning
Source: NewsThe Davis-Besse nuclear plant in Ohio declared an alert for just over two hours Wednesday morning following a small fire on site. An event notification report from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said that a leaking…
GE-Hitachi ESBWR Certification Now Scheduled for May
Source: NewsFinal approval of the Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactor design should come in May, federal regulators said in a letter to GE-Hitachi released Monday.The Final Safety Evaluation Report for the Generation III+ design was complete…
Global Nuclear Fuel Fined for Near-Critical Amount of Uranium in Air Filters
Source: NewsEnough uranium accumulated in air filters at a North Carolina nuclear fuel plant earlier this year to pose a risk of criticality, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has determined. While no one was harmed, regulators announced…
Southern Co. Assembling 4,000 Acres in Fla. Panhandle for Power Plant, Possibly Nuclear
Source: NewsA Southern Company subsidiary is buying up land near Pensacola, Fla., to build a new power plant, local media reported. And while a decision is well in the future, the company said it may use…
B&W Sues Over Condenser Replacement Delays at Wash. Nuclear Plant
Source: NewsCharging that it was provided with incomplete design documents and unexpected plant conditions, Babcock & Wilcox has sued Energy Northwest over a delayed condenser replacement at the Columbia nuclear plant. The Tri-City Herald reported Saturday…
Regulators OK Green Mountain-Seabrook Nuclear Plant Deal
Source: NewsUtility regulators in Vermont have signed off on an electricity purchase by Green Mountain Power that effectively moves its nuclear-sourced generation from the Vermont Yankee to the Seabrook plant out of state. Green Mountain and…
IAEA: Iodine-131 Detected in Europe Not From Fukushima
Source: NewsOn Friday, the International Atomic Energy Agency reported the Czech government had detected radioactive iodine in air samples above the Czech Republic. An IAEA release confirmed that similar measurements had been taken elsewhere in Europe,…