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AREVA Bimonthly Report On Processing Spent EDF Fuel
Source: NewsAREVA's campaign processing of spent fuel for EDF is underway and progressing well – By Stephen Heiser – Since the beginning of the year, 776 tons have been processed for recycling. In the vitrification facilities 46…
Finland Approves New Nuclear Power Plants
Source: NewsThe new nuclear power company Fennovoima improves Finland's security of supply as the power plant is to be located to a new site, dozens of new nuclear power owners will enter into the market and…
IAEA Nuclear Safety Peer Review Examines Human Aspect of Plant Operations
Source: NewsInternational Atomic Energy Agency's Operational Safety Review Team (OSART) Program Looks at Human Aspect of Plant Operations – By Dana Sacchetti, IAEA Division of Public Information – Nuclear safety is a never ending quest for improvement,…
Uranium Resources, Inc. Will Move To The NASDAQ Capital Market
Source: NewsIn accordance with NASDAQ Marketplace Rules, the Company has been granted until January 4, 2011 to demonstrate compliance with the minimum $1.00 bid price requirement of The NASDAQ Capital Market. If compliance with the $1.00…
Two Seperate Counties In Idaho Competing For New Nuclear Reactor
Source: NewsElmore County and Payette County Are Both Moving The Zoning Approval Forward In Hopes of Being Selected. Final selection will bring jobs and economic growth to the county that builds the plant. – By Linton…
IAEA Hosts Conference On Strengthening Nuclear Power Plant Safety
Source: NewsLearning From Experience is theme for International Atomic Energy Agency's Operational Safety Review Team (OSART) Program Conference – By Sasha Henriques, IAEA Divison of Public Information – An old proverb says, a smart man learns from his…
National Nuclear Security Administration Appoints Kevin W. Smith as Los Alamos Site Office Manager
Source: NewsThe NNSA Los Alamos Site Office is responsible for administering the management and operations contract for Los Alamos National Laboratory as well as managing federal activities at the laboratory – By Linton Levy – The…
Southern Company Announces Executive Management Changes
Source: NewsRonnie L. Bates, president and CEO, Southern Power, and Jerry L. Stewart, chief production officer for Southern Company and senior vice president, Alabama Power, have decided to retire effective Oct. 1. Fanning said the retirements…
Fission Energy And KEPCO Sign MOU To Accelerate Exploration At Waterbury Lake
Source: NewsIn January 2008, Fission entered into an earn-in agreement with a group led by Korea Electric Power Corporation under the newly created Korea Waterbury Uranium Limited Partnership (the "KEPCO Consortium"), for the joint development of…
Congressman Doc Hastings’ Applauds Yucca Mountain Decision
Source: News“Today’s decision affirms what I have been saying all along – Yucca Mountain remains the legally designated national repository for spent nuclear fuel and high level defense waste, and the Department of Energy has no…
Davis-Besse Nuclear Plant Comes Back Online
Source: NewsIn addition to the successful modification of the nozzles, major work included exchanging 76 fuel assemblies, replacing underground cables and several valves, reinforcing welds on plant equipment and performing in-depth equipment inspections and testing –…
Locus Technologies To Host EPRI And Nuclear Energy Institute Workshops
Source: NewsThe EPRI workshop focuses on the innovative technologies for groundwater protection, monitoring, and remediation. The NEI RETS/REMP workshop focuses on monitoring radioactivity in effluent releases from nuclear power plants, and on assessing the environmental consequences…
NRC’s Ostendorff: “Small Modular Reactors – Challenges and Opportunities”
Source: News“Small Modular Reactors – Challenges and Opportunities”/Commissioner William C. Ostendorff,United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Keynote Address: Platts Small Modular Reactors Conference, Washington, DC – Source NRC – Introduction Good afternoon. I am very pleased to…
Arthur D. Little Study: Is Nuclear New Build more a Management than a Technology Challenge?
Source: NewsThe study concludes that, besides its technical complexity, the management issues of a nuclear new build are often underestimated and call for professional management of the venture – By Mark McFadden – Global management consultancy…
U.S. Senator George V. Voinovich’s Speech At The DOE Small Modular Reactor Conference
Source: NewsEnabling a nuclear renaissance in the U.S. is a real passion of mine and has been for quite some time. And our country does need nuclear power. I like to tell people nuclear is a…
Comanche Peak Considers Adding Two New Reactors
Source: NewsEarlier this month, the DOE agreed to a $3.4 billion guarantee for the expansion of a nuclear facility in Georgia, and the Obama administration recently asked Congress for more funds to help out more plants.…
NRC’s Jaczko At The 55th Annual Meeting Of The Health Physics Society
Source: News“Regulatory Perspective”, Prepared Remarks for The Honorable Gregory B. Jaczko, ,Chairman U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission; at the 55th Annual Meeting of the Health Physics Society Salt Lake City, Utah – Source NRC – Good morning.…
Japan And India Begin Talks On Civil Nuclear Cooperation
Source: NewsThe talks are exploratory in nature and are aimed at evolving a framework for bilateral civil nuclear cooperation pact that will address Tokyo's non-proliferation concerns and facilitate the transfer of Japanese civil nuclear technology to…
Blue Castle Nuclear Power Project Inks $30 Million Private Equity Agreement
Source: News"This agreement provides Blue Castle with a flexible financing option that allows Blue Castle to raise and deploy capital when necessary and only under optimum conditions. The structure of this capital is very complimentary to…
European Nuclear Energy Forum Confirms competitiveness Of Nuclear Energy As EU Baseload
Source: NewsThe Forum was created by the European Commission in 2007. It represents a unique platform for a broad discussion within European Union on all nuclear energy issues. It gathers all relevant stakeholders in the nuclear…