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Safety Reinforcement at Fukushima Daiichi to Include Dike, Unit 4 Support
Source: NewsTo safeguard against further damage from aftershocks following Japan’s devastating March 11 earthquake, Tokyo Electric Power Co. announced it will build a dike around part of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. Over the weekend, TEPCO…
Luminant CEO Reaffirms Plans for New Comanche Peak Reactors
Source: NewsAt a conference Friday, Luminant Energy CEO David Campbell reaffirmed his company’s plans to add two reactors to the Comanche Peak nuclear plant near Dallas. “You may want to ask, will the plant get built?”…
TEPCO: Fukushima Water Treatment/Reuse Slated for June
Source: NewsTokyo Electric Power Co. recently released a more detailed schedule to install a water treatment system at its severely damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. The company also released further details on an earlier explosion at…
Three Browns Ferry Reactors Lose External Power, Shut Down Following Storms
Source: NewsWednesday night’s extreme winds in the southern U.S. cut power to the Tennessee Valley Authority’s Browns Ferry nuclear plant, causing all three units to shut down. Two units were operating at full power and another…
For Sale – Kewaunee Nuclear Power Plant
Source: News“Without the other units, the strategic rationale for continuing to own Kewaunee is diminished and we believe it is time to pursue a sale of the plant,” said Thomas Farrell II, chairman, president and CEO…
Energy Powerhouses – Exelon and Constellation Energy Announce Merger
Source: NewsThe boards of directors of Exelon Corporation and Constellation Energy announced today that they have signed a definitive agreement to combine the two companies in a stock-for-stock transaction. The agreement brings together Exelon's large, environmentally-advantaged generation fleet…
Proposed Colorado Nuclear Site Fails to Win County Vote
Source: NewsA proposal to build a new nuclear plant in rural Colorado failed to win an essential zoning change this week from Pueblo County authorities. County commissioners voted 3-0 Monday night to deny a special designation…
NRC Proposes Changes to Part 26 Fitness for Duty Regulations
Source: NewsThe NRC published in the Federal Register today a call for public comments on a proposed amendment to its fitness-for-duty rule that would allow nuclear power plants to use a different method to determine when…
American Centrifuge Plant Loan Guarantee Moving Forward
Source: News“Deployment of this innovative American technology will support thousands of U.S. manufacturing and operations jobs and will contribute to our energy security and national security at a pivotal time for our country.” said USEC President…
TEPCO Cuts Exec Pay, Finds Agreement with Government on Sea Contamination Data
Source: NewsThe Japanese government on Monday accepted Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s measurements of radioactive material that escaped into the sea from the tsunami-damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. Japanese regulators released a summary of samples taken in…
Salem Reactor Back Online After Weedy Intake Forces Outage
Source: NewsUnit 1 at New Jersey’s Salem nuclear plant came back online Saturday after river vegetation blocking water intakes halted generation for about 37 hours. As is occasionally an issue for the plant on the Delaware…
Containment Flooding Ongoing, Groundwater Barrier Proposed at Fukushima Daiichi
Source: NewsOn Friday, Tokyo Electric Power Co. representatives told reporters that crews will continue to flood not only the pressure vessels within damaged reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, but also their containment vessels. The…
Palo Verde Nuclear Plant Licenses Renewed
Source: NewsOn Thursday the Nuclear Regulatory Commission granted 20-year license extensions to all three reactors at Arizona’s Palo Verde nuclear plant – the largest power plant in the United States. First brought online in the mid-1980s,…
NS Book Review – THE HOCKEY STICK ILLUSION: CLIMATEGATE AND THE CORRUPTION OF SCIENCE by AW Montford
Source: NewsThe United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (UN IPCC) relied on flawed historical global temperature reconstructions to make the case that unprecedented warming occurred in the latter half of the last century. Furthermore, the…
Reactor Trip at Vogtle Brings U.S. Nuclear Generation to Lowest Level Since 2006
Source: NewsUnit 1 at Georgia’s Vogtle nuclear plant went offline unexpectedly Wednesday, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission reported.At 5:34 p.m. EST safety systems in the reactor tripped, shutting it down from full power, according to the NRC.…
EDF Makes Nuclear Plant Safety Recommendations
Source: NewsEDF has issued its first set of recommendations to the French Nuclear Safety Authority (ASN) commission for improvements to safety and management of its nuclear power fleet. Existing facilities, along with new ones, are constantly…
Water Moving, Evacuation Enforcement Pending at Fukushima Daiichi
Source: NewsAfter a day of pumping, the level of radioactive water flooding unit 2 of the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant dropped 2.3 centimeters – a modest start to pumping efforts expected to take at least…
NRC Grants Final EIS for New Reactors at V.C. Summer Plant
Source: NewsTwo new AP1000 reactors planned for South Carolina’s Virgil C. Summer plant received environmental approval from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Army Corps of Engineers Tuesday. The federal agencies granted the proposed units 2…
AREVA and Veolia Water to Decontaminate Water at Fukushima Nuclear Station
Source: NewsAREVA is targeting to process highly contaminated water at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant by late next month, with an installation that can remove radioactive material from 50 tons of water an hour. Chief Executive…
Plans to Manage Radioactive Water Advancing at Fukushima Daiichi
Source: NewsOperators at the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan have begun pumping highly radioactive water from unit 2 into a waste storage building 800 meters away.Of an estimated 25,000 tons of water accumulated in…