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French Energy Minister: Fiscal Austerity Won’t Affect Nuclear Build
Source: NewsAs the ongoing debt crisis forces increasingly large reductions in government spending among European countries, the French government has made it clear that nuclear power will not be a target for cuts. Energy and industry…
GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy and Fluor Corporation Partner for Olkiluoto 4 – Finland’s Latest New Nuclear Power Plant
Source: NewsWith Finnish utility Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) looking to build a fourth nuclear reactor, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) today announced it has signed a project development memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Fluor Corp. Under…
NS Book Review by Randy Brich: THE DELINQUENT TEENAGER WHO WAS MISTAKEN FOR THE WORLD’S TOP CLIMATE EXPERT – IPCC EXPOSE
Source: NewsI first read about Donna Laframboise’s timely, terrific and totally transforming expose of the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) about a month ago on one of the daily blogs I follow, Matt Ridley’s The…
San Onofre Nuclear Plant Owners Complete $90 Million Coastal Mitigation Project
Source: NewsThe co-owners of California’s San Onofre nuclear plant dedicated a $90 million wetlands restoration Monday. The 150-acre project created an estuary that will significantly expand bird and fish populations. It also creates space for outdoor…
Advisory Board: Hanford Cleanup Costs May Be Higher than Expected
Source: NewsThe $115 billion forecast of the future costs to clean up the Department of Energy’s Hanford site in Washington is likely low, an advisory body has said. In a letter sent to DOE Friday, the…
B&W Wins $114.7 Million Navy Contract for Nuclear Fuel
Source: NewsContinuing its longtime position as a supplier of nuclear fuel for submarines and aircraft carriers, Babcock & Wilcox announced last week it has won a $114.7 million contract with the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program. B…
Alliant CEO: Continued Purchase of Duane Arnold Nuclear Plant Power Unlikely
Source: NewsAlliant Energy may not renew a contract with Iowa’s Duane Arnold nuclear plant when it expires in 2014. Speaking with analysts Thursday, Alliant CEO Bill Harvey said, “We believe it is unlikely that we will…
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant Weekly Review
Source: NewsA crane accident at Fukushima Daiichi, evidence of fission in one of its units and the first restart of an idled reactor elsewhere in the country were among the news from Japan this week. Developments…
Mexico’s Energy Plans Swap Nuclear for Natural Gas
Source: NewsFollowing extensive natural gas discoveries in the last year and falling prices, the Mexican government has suggested it will no longer invest in new nuclear power generation. Mexico had considered several options to expand its…
Shaw Renews Nuclear Maintenance Contract with Exelon Generation Company
Source: NewsThe Shaw Group Inc. today announced it has renewed a contract with Exelon Generation Company to provide maintenance, modifications and construction services to its fleet of nuclear generating plants. Exelon’s nuclear power fleet includes 17…
GE-Hitachi Wins Service Contract for Spanish Reactors
Source: NewsOn Wednesday, GE-Hitachi announced a deal with Iberdrola and Nuclenor to provide a range of maintenance services at two Spanish nuclear power plants. The six-year contract with a ten-year option addresses drywell and reactor pressure…
Alert Declared, Canceled Following Ammonia Leak at San Onofre Nuclear Plant
Source: NewsFor a little more than three hours, Southern California Edison declared an alert at its San Onofre Nuclear Plant Tuesday after a valve in an ammonia tank leaked. According to a Nuclear Regulatory Commission event…
More Hairline Cracks Sighted at Davis-Besse, but Nuclear Plant Owner Assures Structural Integrity Intact
Source: NewsEngineers have likely discovered more cracks in the shield building of Ohio’s Davis-Besse nuclear plant, but owner FirstEnergy remains confident the reactor’s head replacement will be finished in November. While cutting a 22-foot-wide hole in…
Fortum Moves Forward with Olkiluoto 4 and Completes Nuclear Stress Tests of Plants
Source: NewsFortum has decided to participate in the financing of the bidding and engineering phase of TVO's (Teollisuuden Voima Oyj) fourth nuclear unit at Olkiluoto, Finland, with a stake corresponding Fortum's share in TVO. Owners of…
World’s First EPR Full Scope Simulator in Use for Operator Training Exercises at Finland’s Olkiluoto 3 Nuclear Power Plant
Source: NewsL-3 MAPPS announced today that the Olkiluoto 3 (OL3) nuclear power plant full scope simulator (FSS), the first-ever FSS for an EPR™ plant, passed preliminary acceptance testing on September 9 in Olkiluoto, Finland. The September…
USEC Provides Update on American Centrifuge Project
Source: NewsUSEC Inc. announced yesterday that discussions are ongoing between the Company, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and Congress regarding the American Centrifuge project. The American Centrifuge project seeks to deploy an innovative technology developed…
Monticello and Hatch Reactors Back Online
Source: NewsTwo nuclear plants ended outages in recent days, as the Monticello plant in Minnesota restarted following a reactor trip and Georgia’s Hatch 2 reactor completed a maintenance project. At Monticello, northwest of Minneapolis, full power…
NRC Finds No Significant Environmental Impact From Proposed Fermi Reactor
Source: NewsA draft environmental impact statement released Friday indicates there are no environmental impacts that would prevent Detroit Edison from building a new reactor at its Fermi nuclear plant between Detroit, Mich., and Toledo, Ohio. The…
Canadian Regulators Declare Their Nuclear Plants Safe In Post-Fukushima Report
Source: NewsOn Friday Canadian regulators published their post-Fukushima Daiichi report on nuclear safety, concluding the country’s reactors could stand up safely to the conditions that triggered the crisis in Japan.As in the United States, the Canadian…
NRC Holds Hearing on Utah Nuclear Plant Project
Source: NewsA company seeking to built Utah’s first power reactors took another step in the licensing process Thursday. Blue Castle Holdings appeared before the Nuclear Regulatory Commission as part of the early site permit process for…