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NRC’s Jaczko: Evaluate Agency Activities On Buried Pipes At Nuclear Reactors
Source: NewsAlthough they have not jeopardized public health and safety, leaks from buried pipes continue to occur and we need to assess – By Abby Gessner – NRC Chairman Gregory B. Jaczko has tasked the agency’s…
Uranium Resources Reports Management Changes
Source: NewsDonald C. Ewigleben Appointed as Successor – By Stephen Heiser – Uranium Resources, Inc. (URI) Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors, Paul K. Willmott, announced today that David N. Clark has stepped down as…
Solomon Technologies Supplies Key Nuclear Power Application
Source: NewsTechnipower has been delivering systems like these for critical safety related applications for years – By Stephen Heiser – Solomon Technologies, Inc. has announced that its Technipower subsidiary shipped several orders for power systems to…
Hollysys Automation Technologies Provides Automation And Control To Ningde Nuclear Power Station
Source: NewsNingde nuclear power station in Fujian province is funded and constructed by a consortium of power corporations – By Abby Gessner – Hollysys Automation Technologies, Ltd., a leading provider of automation and control technologies and…
NNSA Highlights Efforts To Minority Serving Institutions
Source: NewsAgency has awarded roughly $90 million in grants over past five years – By Abby Gessner – The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has announced that it has provided roughly $90 million in grants to promote…
Atlantis Systems Transfers Listing to NEX
Topics: Industry & BusinessSource: NewsSuccessfully transferred it's listing to the NEX, another Canadian Stock Exchange – By Linton Levy – Atlantis Systems Corp. (NEX BOARD: AIQ.H) has announced that it has successfully transferred it's listing to the NEX, another Canadian…
Shaw Gets Nuclear Power Maintenance Contract by Southern California Edison
Source: NewsShaw will provide routine maintenance/modifications, refueling maintenance/modifications and facilities services – By Stephen Heiser – The Shaw Group Inc. has announced it has been awarded a new three-year contract with Southern California Edison, an Edison International…
Splitting Hairs and Atoms with Randy Brich: The Great Technology Race – Part II
Source: NewsPart II of The Great Technology Race builds on last week’s piece which focused on the Secretary of Energy’s recent Energy Challenge to the national labs. Part I described the goals, guidelines and need for…
AREVA Completes VFD Installation And Commissioning At Quad Cities
Source: NewsCommissioning of two Siemens Robicon Perfect Harmony Variable Frequency Drive (VFD) systems for reactor recirculation pump speed control at Exelon plant – By Stephen Heiser – AREVA recently successfully completed installation and commissioning of two…
Babcock Power Buys Assets of Welding Technologies
Topics: Industry & BusinessSource: NewsWelding Technologies provides field welded repair, replacement and refurbishment of plant equipment and fabrication of ASME parts and pressure vessels for the power generation – By Linton Levy – Babcock Power Inc. (“BPI”) has announced that…
Cameco Comletes Previously Announced Public Offering Of $500 million
Source: News– By Abby Gessner – Cameco Completes Bought Deal Offering of 5.67% Senior Unsecured Debentures, Series D Cameco Corporation has announced that it has completed its previously announced public offering of $500 million principal amount 5.67%…
General Physics Corporation Releases EtaPRO Performance and Condition Monitoring System
Source: NewsSystem features advanced power plant modeling technology – By Abby Gessner – Global performance improvement solutions provider General Physics Corporation (GP), the operating subsidiary of GP Strategies Corporation, has announced the latest release of EtaPRO,…
Flowserve Names Mark A. Blinn New President And CEO
Topics: Industry & BusinessSource: NewsKling Elected Vice Chairman of the Board – By Abby Gessner – Flowserve Corporation, a leading provider of flow control products and services for the global infrastructure markets, has announced that its Board of Directors has…
Team At Sandia National Lab Working To Develop Right-Sized Reactor
Source: NewsAn exportable, proliferation-resistant “right-sized reactor” was conceived by a Sandia research team led by Tom Sanders – By April Murelio – A smaller scale, economically efficient nuclear reactor that could be mass-assembled in factories and…
Bruce Power’s Business Improvement Group Seeks To Maximize Employee Assets
Source: NewsBruce recognize and reward employees for their business improvement ideas – By: Razor Suleman, CEO and Founder, I Love Rewards – Bruce Power is the only private nuclear generation company in Canada and the source…
PA Health Department Distributing Potassium Iodide to People Living, Working Near Nuclear Power Plants
Topics: Safety & EnvironmentSource: NewsPreviously Distributed Tablets Expire Aug. 31; New Tablets Available Beginning Sept. 1 – By Abby Gessner – The Department of Health will provide free potassium iodide, or KI, tablets to people who live or work…
Bruce Unit 4 Returns To Service
Topics: Plant OperationsSource: NewsUnit was offline for brief work – By Linton Levy – Unit 4 at the Bruce A generating station has returned to service following an outage that began Aug. 26 to perform maintenance on a governor…
NRC Will Hold Public Meeting On Palo Verde
Source: NewsNRC staff will meet with APS officials Next Month – By Stephen Heiser – U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff will meet with Arizona Public Service Co. officials on Sept. 10 to discuss the status of performance improvements…
Atlantis Gets Cdn$700,000 Bridge Financing
Topics: Industry & BusinessSource: NewsCompany customers in military aviation, civil aviation and nuclear energy ensure the feasibility, capability, and effective utilization of their complex assets – By Abby Gessner – Atlantis Systems Corp. has announced that it has secured a…
Administrator Highlights NNSA’s Safety Record
Source: NewsRemarks made to 2009 Integrated Safety Management Conference – By Abby Gessner – National Nuclear Security Administration Administrator Thomas D’Agostino addressed the 2009 Department of Energy Integrated Safety Management (ISM) Conference in Knoxville, Tenn., on…