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Exelon Generation Will Sell $1.5 Billion In Bonds
Topics: Industry & BusinessSource: NewsOffering is being led by Barclays Capital Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Goldman, Sachs & Co., and UBS Securities LLC – Stephen Heiser – Exelon…
CEZUS Takes Stake In Zirco To Better Serve Growing Worldwide Nuclear Demand
Source: NewsZirco Products is a jointly owned company by Sumitomo Metal Industries and Kobe Special Tube – By Linton Levy – Zirco Products, Japan's largest manufacturer of Zirconium cladding tubes for nuclear power plants, and CEZUS…
Outgoing Director General Sees Challenges And Opportunities For IAEA
Source: NewsIAEA Helps Ensure Development and Security – Larger Investment Needed – By April Murelio – Tremendous challenges and opportunites lie ahead for the world´s top nuclear organization, IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei said today in…
Entergy Nuclear Expects To Save As Much As $1 Million Per Day With Dassault Systemes PLM
Source: News3D Modeling and Simulation for Nuclear Plant Maintenance – By Stephen Heiser – Dassault Systèmes (DS), a leader in 3D and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, has announced that Entergy Corp., the second largest nuclear power operator…
AREVA: Olkiluoto 3: EPR Dome Installed
Source: NewsSteel component weighing 210 tons and measuring almost 47 meters across was hoisted by two of the most powerful cranes in the world – By Stephen Heiser – Construction by AREVA of the Olkiluoto 3…
GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms Gets $1 Million Order From KSG For Simulator Subsystem
Source: NewsReflective Memory technology enables solution to be faster, more robust – By Linton Levy – GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms, a unit of GE Enterprise Solutions, has announced that it had won an order valued at $1…
Westinghouse Nuclear Subsidiary Completes JV With Hutchinson
Source: NewsWestinghouse Subsidiary PaR Nuclear Completes Joint Venture With Hutchinson Manufacturing – By Stephen Heiser – Westinghouse Electric Company subsidiary PaR Nuclear, Inc. of Shoreview, Minn. has partnered with Hutchinson Manufacturing (HMI) of Hutchinson, Minn. to…
IAEA Conference Confirms Yukiya Amano As New Director General
Source: Newsappointment is for a term of 4 years – until November 2013 – By Abby Gessner – The 53rd IAEA General Conference has confirmed the appointment of Mr. Yukiya Amano of Japan, a Japanese career diplomat,…
NNSA Launches Blog to Highlight Administrator’s Work At IAEA Conference
Topics: Policy & RegulationSource: NewsPhotos, video, updates and related press releases posted to NNSA website – By Stephen Heiser – The National Nuclear Security Administration has launched a travel blog for online visitors to follow Administrator Thomas D’Agostino and…
Mitsubishi Gets Instrumentation And Control Systems Order For Chinese Nuclear Plants
Source: NewsMitsubishi Electric Wins Order to Manufacture Digital Instrumentation and Control Systems for Nuclear Power Plants in Guangdong Province, China – By Stephen Heiser – Mitsubishi Electric Corporation and consortium partner China Techenergy Corporation Ltd. (CTEC) jointly…
Senator Voinovich On NRC Announcement On Davis-Besse Safety Improvements
Source: NewsSuccessful completion of their five-year period of enhanced administrative protocols – Edited by Linton Levy – U.S. Senator George V. Voinovich (R-OH) has released the following statement after the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) announcement that FirstEnergy Nuclear…
DOE’s EIA Launches Energy And Financial Markets Initiative
Source: NewsMoving forward EIA must also assess other influences, such as speculation, hedging, investment, and exchange rates – By Mark McFadden – EIA's new Administrator, Dr. Richard Newell, has launched an Energy and Financial Markets Initiative to…
Locus Launches Environmental Data Management System For Nuclear Facilities
Source: NewsLocus Expands Its Offering to Meet Demand From Nuclear Industry – By Linton Levy – Locus Technologies (Locus), a web-based environmental software, has announced that it has expanded its flagship product EIM to include a module…
Nuclear Street Exclusive Q&A With SNOC Vogtle’s Beth Thomas
Source: NewsExclusive interview gives insights to Vogtle project objectives – Edited by Stephen Heiser – Southern Nuclear Operating Co., a sister company to Alabama Power, Mississippi Power Co. and other subsidiaries under the Southern Company wing,…
New NRC Guidelines Will Lead To Better Defended Nuclear Plants
Source: NewsNew guidelines are first step toward allowing security personnel to possess enhanced weapons at nuclear facilities – By Linton Levy – The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued new guidelines making effective a section of the…
NNSA Participates In White House Briefing On Climate And National Security
Source: NewsThomas P. D’Agostino highlighted the role of key NNSA assets in addressing global climate change – By Abby Gessner – The nation’s leading nuclear security official today participated in a White House briefing on the…
Khan Provides Update On Mongolian Developments
Source: NewsOn July 16, 2009, the Mongolian Parliament passed a new Nuclear Energy Law – By April Murelio – Khan Resources Inc. is providing a further update concerning the new Nuclear Energy Law that was approved by…
IBC Appoints Exelon VP To Nuclear Fuels Board
Source: NewsIBC Advanced Alloys Appoints Exelon Generation Vice President James Malone to its Nuclear Fuels Advisory Board – By Linton Levy – IBC Advanced Alloys Corp. is pleased to announce that it has appointed James P. Malone,…
AREVA Nuclear Plant Earns ANS Award
Topics: Industry & BusinessSource: NewsAREVA’s Chalon/Saint-Marcel plant has received the American Nuclear Society’s Nuclear Historic Landmark Award – By Abby Gessner – This honor is given by the American Nuclear Society (ANS) in recognition of sites that have greatly…
Exelon To Purchase SWU From USEC’s American Centrifuge Plant
Source: NewsContract worth $1.2 billion – By Linton Levy – USEC Inc. has announced that Exelon Generation Company LLC has signed a contract to purchase SWU (separative work units) from USEC’s American Centrifuge Plant to fuel its…