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Mirion Technologies To Provide Dosimetry System For Swiss Nuclear Plant
Source: NewsThe Swiss plant will be replacing its existing TLD system with DIS-1 and EDIS-1 – By Stephen Heiser – The Mirion Technologies Health Physics Divisionannounced it has received an order to supply a complete passive…
Cameco To Host Investor Webcast
Source: NewsALL AMOUNTS ARE STATED IN CDN $ (UNLESS NOTED) – By Linton Levy – Cameco Corporation will webcast proceedings from its investor workshop on Tuesday, September 15, 2009 at 3:00 p.m. Eastern. Cameco's president and CEO…
L&T Wins Nuclear Power Order For Steam Generators
Source: NewsLargest steam generators built in India to date – By April Murelio – Larsen & Toubro, one of India’s largest manufacturer of equipment for the nuclear power sector, has won a repeat order for design,…
NNSA Testifies Before House Panel On The Shortage Of Medical Isotopes
Source: NewsTestified on the role the American Medical Isotopes Production Act of 2009 can play – By April Murelio – Dr. Parrish Staples, the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) Director of European and African Threat Reduction,…
GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy Leads With Highly Advanced Nuclear Reactor
Source: NewsAchieving U.S. Milestone is Key in Deploying New Reactors Globally – By Stephen Heiser – GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) has announced that it has achieved a key milestone in deploying the world’s most advanced nuclear reactor…
Splitting Hairs and Atoms with Randy Brich: The End of Environmentalism? Science, Facts and the Future of Reason
Source: NewsGalileo Galilei: All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them. – By Randy Brich – History books are filled with examples of mass mania, baseless beliefs that…
Tantaline Joins Forces With Alloy Engineering
Source: NewsAlliance provides nuclear industrial markets with higher performing, lower priced corrosion resistant thermowells – By Stephen Heiser – Tantaline, a leading producer of tantalum surface alloys for valves, fittings, instrumentation, and custom products in hot acid…
Deputy Secretary of Energy Reviews Leading Nuclear Counterterrorism Assets at Andrews Air Force Base
Source: NewsThe Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration Highlights Emergency Operations, Nuclear Counterterrorism Capabilities – By Linton Levy – Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman toured the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) emergency operations facility…
Ux Consulting Releases Forecasts For Global Nuclear Power And Uranium Fuel Requirements
Source: NewsReport forecasts worldwide nuclear reactor growth through 2030 – By Abby Gessner – The Ux Consulting Company, LLC (UxC), one of the nuclear industry’s leading provider of information services, announces the release of its latest…
NRC Accepts Application For New Reactors At Turkey Point
Source: NewsFPL is seeking approval to build and operate two AP1000 reactors at the site – By Stephen Heiser – The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has accepted for review the combined license (COL) application for two Advanced…
IAEA Revises Nuclear Power Forecast Upward
Source: NewsLargest growth seen to be in the Far East – By Abby Gessner – The IAEA has released the latest update of its annual projections for the future of nuclear power, and both its low…
NNSA Official To Testify Before House Subcommittee Medical Isotope Crisis
Source: NewsNNSA Official to Testify Before House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment on “Solving the Medical Isotope Crisis” – By Linton Levy – Dr. Parrish Staples, the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA)…
AEHI’s Idaho Nuclear Plant Would Generate Medical Isotopes
Source: NewsShortage of medical isotopes having widespread consequences – By Abby Gessner – A critical worldwide shortage of nuclear isotopes has forced doctors to forgo lifesaving tests and increased testing cost — underscoring the need for…
Uranium Resources Cancels Agreement To Acquire New Mexico Properties
Source: NewsUnresolved issues key to termination of contract – By Linton Levy – Uranium Resources, Inc. (URI) has announced that it has terminated the agreement for the acquisition of certain assets in New Mexico from NZ Uranium,…
NNSA Administrator to Address Stockpile Stewardship at National Academy of Science Panel on the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
Source: NewsPlans for managing a safe, secure and reliable stockpile without nuclear testing – By Stephen Heiser – National Nuclear Security Administrator Thomas P. D’Agostino will address Administration plans for managing a safe, secure and reliable…
SCE To Launch One Of Southern California’s Largest Construction Projects; 1,000 New Jobs
Source: NewsUtility will begin replacing steam generators inside the two concrete domes at its San Onofre Nuclear Generating St – By Stephen Heiser – Southern California Edison (SCE) will launch, at the end of this month,…
Canada’s Cameco Opens Office In India
Source: NewsALL AMOUNTS ARE STATED IN CDN $ (UNLESS NOTED) – By Linton Levy – The Cameco Corporation has announced that it is opening an office in India and has appointed Dr. Chaitanyamoy Ganguly president. Dr. Ganguly, who…
Obama: D’Agostino To Remain NNSA Administrator
Source: NewsUnder Secretary for Nuclear Security of the Department of Energy and Administrator for Nuclear Security of the National Nuclear Security Administration, will continue – By April Murelio – President Barack Obama has announced that Thomas…
NNSA Holds Radiological Counterterrorism Exercise At Baylor College Of Medicine
Source: NewsExercises illustrate how our investment in nuclear security has provided the technical knowledge – By Stephen Heiser – The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) held a table-top counterterrorism…
Shaw CEO Will Present at J.P. Morgan Conference
Source: NewsAudio webcast of this presentation and accompanying slides will be available – By Linton Levy – The Shaw Group Inc. has announced that J.M. Bernhard Jr., chairman, president and chief executive officer, Brian K. Ferraioli, executive vice…