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DOE to Pay $48.7 Million for Used Nuclear Fuel Storage Costs to Energy Northwest
Source: NewsA federal court ruled last Friday to award Energy Northwest more than $48.7 million in damages for the construction and licensing of a used fuel storage area at Columbia Generating Station. The ruling came nearly…
Furnaces Nuclear Applications Grenoble to Develop Technologies for Safe Disposal of Irradiated Graphite
Source: NewsAMG Advanced Metallurgical Group N.V., (AMG) through its nuclear engineering business unit, Furnaces Nuclear Applications Grenoble (FNAG), Grenoble, France, announces a joint development project with Empresa Nacional de Residuos Radiactivos, S.A. (ENRESA) and Centro de…
Lithuania Selects Hitachi GE for Nuclear Power Plant
Source: NewsAccording to news reports, Lithuania has picked Hitachi Ltd. together with Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy Ltd. over Westinghouse Electric Corporation to continue talks on building a new nuclear power plant by 2020, the Energy Ministry said…
Congressman Doc Hastings Statement on Recommendation for Preservation of Hanford’s B Reactor
Source: News“I agree with the recommendation to include facilities at Hanford, Oak Ridge and Los Alamos as part of this effort and I will continue leading efforts in Congress to authorize preservation activities. Anyone who has…
NNSA and INL will Train IAEA Nuclear Safeguards Inspectors
Source: NewsThe National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), in partnership with Idaho National Laboratory (INL), announced the completion of a new course aimed at strengthening the training of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors from the United…
Jacobs Engineering Group Awarded Contract to Support New Nuclear Plants in the UK
Source: NewsJacobs Engineering Group Inc. announced today that it has been awarded a consultancy agreement for the provision of professional services to EDF's NNB Generation Company Ltd (NNB GenCo). NNB GenCo is the prospective licensee for…
University of South Carolina to Lead Research Expedition to Fukushima to Study the Effects of Radiation on Plants and Animals
Source: NewsA new international scientific expedition led by the University of South Carolina and supported by the biotechnology company QIAGEN is seeking to measure the genetic impact of radioactivity on animals and plants in areas surrounding…
AREVA Opens Chattanooga TN Office
Topics: Industry & BusinessSource: NewsAREVA announced today the opening of a new office in Chattanooga, Tenn., to increase its regional engineering, project and service support to customers in the Southeastern United States. Located in downtown Chattanooga, the new AREVA…
L-3 MAPPS to Upgrade Callaway Simulator with Alternate Emergency Power System Models
Source: NewsL-3 MAPPS announced today that it has earned follow-on orders from Ameren Missouri to upgrade the full scope simulator for the Callaway Energy Center in Callaway County, Missouri, USA. One order will provide for the…
Nine Mile Workers Go on Strike
Source: NewsNine Mile workers went on strike Friday night (midnight) after the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 97 members voted 425-49 on Thursday to reject Constellation Energy Nuclear Group’s contract offer primarily because of concerns…
DOE to Pay $100 Million for Used Nuclear Fuel Storage Costs to Xcel Energy
Source: NewsXcel Energy announced today it has reached a settlement with the federal government regarding costs incurred by Northern States Power Co. and its customers because of the Department of Energy’s failure to begin removing used…
SNC-Lavalin to Buy ACEL’s Commercial Reactor Division
Source: NewsCANDU Energy, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SNC-Lavalin Group Inc., is pleased to announce that it has agreed with the Government of Canada to acquire certain assets of Atomic Energy of Canada’s (AECL) commercial reactor division…
Susquehanna Nuclear Plant Unit 2 Returns To Service after Turbine Repair
Source: NewsUnit 2 at the Susquehanna nuclear plant near Berwick, Pa., resumed generating electricity on Wednesday (6/29) after a planned refueling and maintenance outage that was extended to replace damaged turbine blades discovered during a routine…
CNSC Renews Operating License for Gentilly-2 Nuclear Generating Station and its Waste Management Facility
Source: NewsThe Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) announced last week that they have decided to renew for a five-year period the operating license issued to Hydro-Québec for its Gentilly-2 Nuclear Generating Station, and to merge it…
NRC Approves 20-Year License Renewal for Salem Nuclear Plant
Source: NewsThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) approved PSEG Nuclear’s request to extend the operating licenses of Salem Generating Station Units 1 and 2 an additional 20 years. “The license renewal of Salem is part of our…
USEC Enters into Standstill Agreement with Toshiba and B&W to Obtain DOE Loan Guarantee
Source: NewsUSEC Inc. announced that it has entered into a standstill agreement with its strategic investors Toshiba Corporation (Toshiba), acting through its U.S. subsidiary Toshiba America Nuclear Energy Corporation, and Babcock & Wilcox Investment Company (B&W)…
AREVA DZ Signs Services Agreements with Entergy Nuclear
Source: NewsAREVA DZ, LLC, a joint venture of AREVA and Day & Zimmerman ECM, has signed agreements with Entergy Nuclear for future upgrades at all nine Entergy nuclear plant sites. The five-year agreements include full-scope Engineering,…
Boaters Rescued Near Perry Nuclear Plant
Source: NewsThe U.S. Coast Guard pulled three Ohio men from Lake Erie Tuesday after their disabled boat was pushed into a breakwater near the Perry nuclear plant. A Coast Guard news release cited by the News…
DOE Awards Decommissioning Services Contract to CH2M Hill-B&W West Valley
Source: NewsThe Department of Energy (DOE) today awarded a contract to CH2M Hill-B&W West Valley of Englewood, Colorado, for the Phase I Decommissioning and Facility Disposition activities at the West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP). The contract…
TEPCO Restarts Fukushima Water Treatment After Fixing More Leaks
Source: NewsCrews have restarted a system to decontaminate and reuse water for core cooling at the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant after another set of leaks forced it to shut down. Fukushima's new treatment system started…