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IAEA Faults Tsunami, Tsunami Preparedness in Fukushima Report
Source: NewsIn a brief summary of its investigation of the Fukushima Daiichi crisis, the International Atomic Energy Agency faulted the March 11 tsunami, rather than the earthquake that preceded it, for precipitating reactor accidents at the…
NRC Delays Diablo Canyon Relicensing at PG&E’s Request
Source: NewsThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission agreed Tuesday to delay its relicensing process for California's Diablo Canyon nuclear plant as PG&E conducts further seismic studies. Like the San Onofre plant in San Diego County, Diablo Canyon 180…
TEPCO Starts Spent-Fuel Cooling System at Fukushima Unit, Reports Oil Leak
Source: NewsIn a development that should improve working conditions and the stability of the unit, TEPCO announced Tuesday that a new cooling system for the spent-fuel tank of Fukushima Daiichi unit 2 is now fully functional.…
NRC Chairman Reiterates Safety of U.S. Nuclear Plants
Source: NewsBefore congressional panels, during interviews and in speeches, Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Gregory B. Jaczko has spent the better part of three months defending the safety record of U.S. nuclear plants and their regulators in…
Oconee Nuclear Station Going Digital
Source: NewsThe Oconee Nuclear Station located on Lake Keowee near Seneca, South Carolina, will be the first of 104 US reactors to go digital. Oconee's new system will be implemented at Reactor 1 during this refueling…
Mitsubishi Nuclear Energy Systems to Open Engineering Center in NC – Hiring 135 Engineers
Source: NewsMitsubishi Nuclear Energy Systems announced today that it has plans to open an engineering center in Charlotte and create 135 high-paying jobs over the next five years. Mitsubishi plans to invest about $4.1 million in…
Japanese Government Critical of TEPCO’s Inconsistent Account of Events at Fukushima
Source: NewsAlthough the injection helped cool the damaged reactor, the Japanese government has recently taken Tokyo Electric Power Co. to task for reporting that it paused seawater injection into unit 1 at Fukushima Daiichi when in…
Westinghouse Develops a System to Keep Spent Nuclear Fuel Cool in Emergency Situations
Source: NewsWestinghouse Electric Company has developed an emergency fuel pool cooling system (EFPCS) to keep spent nuclear fuel cool in emergency situations, including the loss of all plant power. The system consists of a permanently installed…
Nine Mile Point Awards Nuclear Fuel Contract to Global Nuclear Fuel-Americas
Source: NewsGlobal Nuclear Fuel-Americas (GNF-A) has announced it has received a $300 million dollar contract from Baltimore, Md.-based Constellation Energy Nuclear Group, LLC (CENG) to supply fuel and associated engineering reload licensing services to the utility’s…
TEPCO: Possible Water Leak Detected at Fukushima Storage Building
Source: NewsA building converted to hold tons of contaminated water at the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant may be leaking. On Wednesday plant owner Tokyo Electric Power Co. said water levels in the former waste storage…
Swiss to Phase Out Nuclear Power
Source: NewsThe Swiss government announced Wednesday that it will cancel reactor projects and gradually phase out existing plants, making it the second European country after Germany to constrain its nuclear industry in the aftermath of the…
TEPCO Reveals Fukushima Operator Actions Following Earthquake
Source: NewsMore details have emerged from a report to Japanese regulators on the chain of events at Fukushima Daiichi following the devastating March 11 earthquake and tsunami. The report Tokyo Electric Power Co. submitted to the…
Shaw to Provide Engineering Services on Holtec’s Small Modular Reactor Design
Source: NewsSMR, LLC, a subsidiary of Holtec International, has awarded a contract to the Shaw Group Inc. to provide phase one engineering support services for a new 140-megawatt small modular nuclear power reactor, the Holtec Inherently…
TEPCO Says Fuel Damage at Two Fukushima Reactors Worse Than Originally Thought
Source: NewsAfter gauges repaired last week revealed that fuel in Fukushima Daiichi's unit 1 reactor had melted completely and settled at the bottom of its pressure vessel, Tokyo Electric Power Co. announced today that the damage…
Energy Organization Head: German Reactor Closures Would Affect Whole of Europe, Increase Power Prices
Source: NewsThe head of the International Energy Agency said Germany's plans to abandon nuclear power should consider the consequences to Europe’s tightly interconnected power market. Absent a joint decision on nuclear power among European nations, IEA…
Contaminated Water Storage Reaching Capacity at Fukushima Daiichi
Source: NewsA makeshift storage area for contaminated water at Japan's badly damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant will reach capacity in the next week, Japanese media reported Monday. Tokyo Electric Power Co. officials told reporters that a…
Browns Ferry Unit Back Online After Recent Tornado Damage to Grid
Source: NewsIn the three weeks since a string of tornadoes swept across much of the South, the Tennessee Valley Authority has made progress in repairing its power distribution network – enough so that it brought unit…
NRC Chairman Gregory B. Jaczko’s Statement on Westinghouse AP100 Review Issues
Source: NewsThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s efforts to confirm its review of Westinghouse’s amended AP1000 reactor design have resulted in the uncovering of additional technical issues. The NRC will always place its commitment to public safety and…
Ruling Made on Siemens’ Exit from AREVA NP
Topics: Industry & BusinessSource: NewsOn May 19, 2011, an arbitral tribunal of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) ruled on the modalities of Siemens’ exit from the nuclear power joint venture Areva NP. According to the tribunal’s ruling, Siemens…
Westinghouse President and CEO Stresses Necessity of Nuclear Energy
Source: NewsNuclear energy is a clean, cost-effective and reliable source of baseload power, said Westinghouse President and CEO Dr. Aris S. Candris Westinghouse Electric Company President and CEO Dr. Aris S. Candris addressed the company's 15,000…