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Nuclear Plant Information Among Targets in Mitsubishi Cyberattack
Source: NewsAt least eight viruses infected servers at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, the company acknowledged Tuesday, with nuclear plant data believed to be among the targets of a coordinated cyberattack. MHI is a leading defense contractor in…
IAEA: Nuclear’s Share of Energy Generation May Decline Despite New Build
Source: NewsAlthough the number of power reactors worldwide is expected to grow significantly, the International Atomic Energy Agency predicts rapid development in all forms of power generation will shrink nuclear’s share in the coming decades. On…
German Energy Giant Siemens to Withdraw from Nuclear Industry
Source: NewsA German magazine has reported that Europe’s largest engineering firm will no longer do work in nuclear energy. In an interview with Der Spiegel published Sunday, Siemens CEO Peter Loescher said his firm will withdraw…
Leaky Air Conditioner Prompts Alert Notification at Callaway Nuclear Plant
Source: NewsMissouri’s Callaway nuclear plant declared an alert Sunday after a leaking air conditioner disrupted access to part of an auxiliary building. Ameren Missouri declared the alert at 10:56 a.m. and exited it at 5:37 p.m.,…
Energy Minister: Brazil Will Build More Nuclear Plants
Source: NewsBrazil will continue to bank on new nuclear generation to support its rapidly growing economy, Energy Minister Edison Lobao said Thursday. Despite the Fukushima Daiichi accident in Japan, which prompted Brazil to evaluate its two…
World’s Leading Nuclear Companies Negotiate Principles of Conduct
Source: NewsThe world’s top nuclear companies, including Westinghouse, Areva, GE-Hitachi, Mitsubishi, and Atomstroyexport, have agreed to a voluntary set of principles negotiated over three years with the assistance of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. The…
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant Weekly Review
Source: NewsSix months after the magnitude 9 earthquake and tsunami blacked out the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, crews continue the painstaking task of cooling three damaged reactors, isolating four spent fuel tanks and treating tons of…
Areva To Conduct Range of Work For Bellefonte 1 Reactor Completion
Source: NewsOn Thursday, Areva announced it will provide services that include engineering, construction, component replacement and fuel design to the Tennessee Valley Authority as it completes the long-mothballed Bellefonte unit 1 reactor in Alabama. Among the…
NRC Denies Petitions to Delay Licensing for Nuclear Plants, AP1000 and ESBWR Reactor Designs, Pending Fukushima Studies
Source: NewsThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission has rejected efforts by environmental groups and the state of Massachusetts to stop licensing activities for more than 30 new and proposed reactors, as well as the Westinghouse AP1000 and GE-Hitachi…
IAEA Board Adopts Post-Fukushima Action Plan
Source: NewsThe 35-nation board of the International Atomic Energy Agency adopted a broad framework for more international coordination in assessing safety at nuclear power plants following the Fukushima Daiichi crisis in Japan. The voluntary measures, adopted…
IAEA Vows to Restore Faith in Nuclear Power and Sees Further Growth in China, India
Source: NewsThe United Nations' nuclear agency announced it will work to restore faith in nuclear power following the Fukushima Daiichi accident in Japan, noting that the agency still forecasts robust reactor construction in Asia despite a…
1 Dead, 4 Injured in Furnace Explosion at French Nuclear Waste Treatment Center
Source: NewsFrench regulators have confirmed that no radiation was released and no employees received excessive doses following an explosion at a nuclear waste treatment plant in France that killed one worker and injured four others Monday.…
Rolls-Royce and Russia’s Rosatom Will Work More Closely on Civilian Nuclear Projects
Source: NewsAs part of a wider bid by the countries' leaders to encourage more business cooperation between the UK and Russia, Rolls Royce and Rosatom announced Monday that they will ramp up their collaborative efforts in…
Reactors Trip at San Onofre Nuclear Plant Amid Southwest Blackouts
Source: NewsA grid disturbance that led to widespread blackouts across Southern California, southwest Arizona and Baja Mexico caused both reactors at the San Onofre nuclear plant to shut down automatically Thursday. According to a Nuclear Regulatory…
Dominion to NRC – North Anna Nuclear Generating Station Shows No Significant Damage from Earthquake
Source: News– Hundreds of tests and inspections have revealed no damage to safety-related equipment – Analysis in 1990s showed North Anna could withstand quake much greater than its design basis – Restart of units expected to…
Flooding in Northeast Not Expected to Shut Down Nuclear Plants
Source: NewsThe remnants of Tropical Storm Lee have caused widespread flooding in Pennsylvania and New York, forcing an estimated 100,000 people from their homes but failing to reach levels that would endanger the states' nuclear plants.…
NRC, Dominion Meet Today Regarding Earthquake’s Effects on North Anna Nuclear Plant
Source: NewsAs Dominion Resources and inspectors from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission analyze data from the Aug. 23 earthquake centered 12 miles from the North Anna nuclear plant, the NRC has scheduled a meeting today to assess…
German Paper: RWE and E.ON Consider Urenco Sale
Source: NewsReports indicate two German utilities are preparing to sell their stake in Urenco, a uranium enrichment company that recently opened a new centrifuge plant in New Mexico. Handelsblatt, a German business newspaper, quoted unnamed sources…
GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy Expands Workforce Training Collaboration with Poland
Source: NewsGE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Krakow-based engineering school AGH University of Science and Technology to collaborate in the training of a skilled nuclear engineering workforce that will…
The Shaw Group Sells Westinghouse Investment back to Toshiba
Source: NewsThe Shaw Group Inc. announced today its special purpose subsidiary, Nuclear Energy Holdings L.L.C., intends to exercise put options to sell its investment in Westinghouse back to Toshiba Corporation. Nuclear Energy Holdings received the put…