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GEH Nuclear Energy Deploys First Marathon Ultra Technology as Nuclear Power Plant Operators Seek Greater Reliability
Source: NewsExelon Nuclear Installs GEH’s Innovative Control Rod Blade Technology at Peach Bottom Atomic Power Plant in Pennsylvania – By Stephen Heiser – With energy companies worldwide seeking new technologies to improve the operational reliability of…
Entergy Report Contends That Vermont Yankee Did Not Intentionally Mislead Anyone
Source: NewsIn a 114-page report filed last week, Entergy Corp. said its agents and representatives gave incomplete answers to questions by the state Public Service Board and should have corrected them later, but that they never…
NNSA Gives Radiation Training To Iraqi First Responders
Source: NewsMore than 40 Representatives Attend Course in Baghdad – By April Murelio – The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has announced that it recently completed radiation medical emergency training in Baghdad, Iraq, as part of…
Apostolakis Sworn In As Latest NRC Commissioner
Source: NewsI’m looking forward to the Commissioner joining our discussions about important policy issues facing the agency and the nation – Source NRC – Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Gregory B. Jaczko has administered the oath of…
Tom Dougherty Named Site Vice President At Peach Bottom Nuclear Power Station
Source: NewsAs the new site vice president, Dougherty’s primary responsibility will be to oversee the safe and reliable operation of Peach Bottom Station and to ensure the public is kept informed of the operation of the…
Entergy Nuclear Partnership With T.R.E.E. Gets Students Into The Great Outdoors
Source: NewsWaterford 3 Provides Environmental Experience for St. Charles Parish Schoolchildren – By Mark McFadden – Seeing is believing, but experience provides true understanding. Through a new partnership between Entergy’s Waterford 3 Steam Electric Station and…
AREVA: First Concrete Poured For Second Taishan EPR Reactor In China
Source: NewsOn November 26, 2007, AREVA and CGNPC signed a series of agreements worth an overall €8 billion to construct two third-generation EPR reactors, as well as supply all necessary equipment and services, and create an…
Susquehanna Nuclear Power Plant Unit 1 Back In Service
Source: NewsIn addition to replacing about 40 percent of the uranium fuel, workers completed a large number of equipment maintenance tasks and upgrades, all of it aimed at further improving plant safety, reliability and performance -…
3W Power Holdings/AEG Power Solutions Releases First Quarter 2010 Interim Statement
Source: NewsNew contracts signed for nuclear power plant, Power Control system – Edited by Mark McFadden – 3W Power Holdings (formerly Germany1 Acquisition Ltd. -Euronext: 3WP) is the holding company of AEG Power Solutions (Amsterdam:GAL1S), a…
NRC Committee On Reactor Safeguards Will Meet Next Month
Source: NewsNRC Advisory Committee On Reactor Safeguards To Meet May 6-8 In Rockville, Md. – Source NRC – The Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) will hold a public meeting May 6-8 in…
Entergy Nuclear and Entergy Mississippi Receive National Award for Community Outreach
Source: NewsCompany Receives National Award for Community Outreach in Claiborne County Communitas Award recognizes leadership in community service – By Linton Levy – Entergy Nuclear and Entergy Mississippi, Inc. have been named recipients of a national…
Westinghouse Reorganizes Research And Technology Unit
Source: News– Three Key Areas of R&T Focus: Strategy, New Business Creation, R&T Operations – Carlos Leipner – Director of Research and Technology Strategy – John Goossen – Director of Nuclear Energy Innovation Leadership (NEIL) -…
AREVA Inaugurates First Seawater Desalination Plant In Namibia
Source: NewsI am honored that Dr Hage Gein-gob accepted to inaugurate the desalination plant AREVA built in Namibia. It shows the country’s trust in AREVA’s expertise and I have no doubt that our sound partnership will…
NRC’S Jaczko Remarks At International Forum on Nuclear Safety Challenges in the Flat, Mixed, And Open World
Source: NewsSession Remarks As Prepared The Honorable Gregory B. Jaczko, Chairman U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, at the International Forum on Nuclear Safety Challenges in the Flat, Mixed, and Open World – Seoul, South Korea – Source…
Nigeria: Ohakim Signs MOU On Small, Modular Nuclear Reactors
Source: NewsThe good thing about this technology of nuclear modular reactor is that it is a short time measure that you don't require fuel until after seven years of its use and it can be deployed…
Japan Intends To Build Over 14 New Nuclear Power Plants By 2030
Source: NewsJapan currently has 54 nuclear power plants nationwide. The ministry also proposed that the country raise the operating rate of the facilities to the world’s top level of some 90% in 20 years’ time -…
Fairbanks Morse Engine to Supply Emergency Diesel Generator Sets For STP
Source: NewsFairbanks Morse Engine is a leading supplier of diesel generator sets to the nuclear power industry, with a history reaching back to 1968. At present, 39 commercial nuclear reactors in North America depend on Fairbanks…
AREVA CEO Lauvergeon Participates In Nuclear Security Summit
Source: NewsAs part of the Summit activities, Anne Lauvergeon on April 14 has participated in a panel with industry leaders to discuss the security of highly enriched uranium and plutonium. – By Stephen Heiser – AREVA…
Argonne National Laboratory Discovers Material That Traps Nuclear Waste Like Venus Flytrap
Source: NewsThe name of the game in cleaning up nuclear waste is to concentrate the dangerous isotopes as efficiently as possible," Kanatzidis said. "That's where this new material does its job – By Louise Lerner -…
UniStar Nuclear Energy Provides Calvert Cliffs 3 (CC3) Project Update
Source: NewsThe DEIS is the NRC’s independent evaluation of the environmental impacts of the CC3 project, performed by the NRC under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) – By April Murelio – The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory…