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Uranerz Inks Contract With Exelon For Sale Of Uranium
Source: NewsAgreement is a long term contract with deliveries over a five year period – By Stephen Heiser – Uranerz Energy Corporation has announced that it has entered into a uranium sales agreement with Exelon Generation Company,…
AEHI’s CEO Meets Vice Minister of China’s NEA; Support Given For Strategic Nuclear Power Partnerships
Source: NewsDon Gillispie, during a recent trip to Beijing to open AEHI China's new office in the Fortune Plaza, met with Sun Qin, Vice Minister of China's National Energy Administration – By Abby Gessner – Alternate…
A Total Of 60 Countries Now Considering Nuclear Power
Source: NewsIAEA Helping Developing Countries Assess Readiness for Nuclear Power – By Stephen Heiser – A total of 60 countries are now considering nuclear power AS part of their future energy mix, while 20 of them…
Svinicki: Agreement State Program An Important Element Of NRC’s Regulatory Structure
Source: NewsPrepared Remarks of Commissioner Kristine L. SvinickiU.S. Nuclear Regulatory CommissionU.S. WIN and WIN Global 2009 ConferenceWashington, DCJuly 22, 2009 – Edited by Abby Gessner – Thank you. I am very pleased to be here. I must…
Khan Resources Comments On New Nuclear Energy Law
Source: NewsThe Mongolian parliament passed new legislation which will regulate the nuclear industry in that country – By Abby Gessner – Khan Resources Inc. has reported that it has received unofficial reports that, in a surprise move…
Transportable Nuclear Power Module Maker Hyperion Names Captain Mark Campagna As New COO
Source: NewsDeveloper of New Small, Transportable Nuclear Power Module Continues to Attract World-Class Talent – By Stephen Heiser – John R. Grizz Deal, CEO of Hyperion Power Generation, Inc., has announced the addition of Mark Campagna,…
Exelon Drops Offer To Acquire NRG
Source: NewsExelon redoubles focus on stand-alone growth opportunities Exelon Corporation has announced that, effective immediately, it is terminating its pending offer to acquire all of the outstanding shares of NRG Energy, Inc. common stock at a fixed…
Argonne Researchers Earn Four R&D 100 Awards
Topics: Research & TechnologySource: NewsResearchers from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory received four R&D 100 awards as judged by R&D Magazine – By Stephen Heiser – Researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne…
AREVA Names ANSYS Corporation As A Certified Supplier
Source: NewsInternational Nuclear Energy Leader Recognizes ANSYS as an Organization with Key Assets – By Linton Levy – ANSYS, Inc., a global provider of simulation software and technologies designed to optimize product development processes, has been awarded…
A Lack Of Performance On Nuclear Waste Storage
Source: NewsMore than a quarter century after those contracts were signed, and more than a decade after the 1998 deadline passed, nuclear utilities have provided the DOE nearly $30 billion – By Kimberly R. Reome and…
Experts Found Wanting By Stephen Heiser: Sierra Club Says Nuclear Storage Impossible, CO2 Storage Pricey
Source: NewsSierra Club says we can’t store nuclear waste for 10,000 years but we can store CO2 forever – By Stephen Heiser – Well it seems that our friends at the Sierra Club have a bit…
B&W Delivers Reactor Head To Areva For Diablo Canyon
Source: NewsBabcock & Wilcox Nuclear Power Generation Group, Inc. (B&W NPG) completed the manufacture of the first of two nuclear reactor closure heads as part of a contract to AREVA NP for Pacific Gas & Electric’s…
U.S. and Russian Governments Approve Contract For Megatons to Megawatts
Source: NewsUSEC Inc. announced that an amendment to its contract with the Russian government entity JSC “Techsnabexport” (TENEX) implementing the U.S.-Russian HEU-LEU agreement, known as the Megatons to Megawatts program, has been approved by both the…
Contract Let For Construction Of NNSA’s Waste Solidification Building At SRS
Source: NewsWSB will process waste streams from the NNSA’s plutonium disposition efforts at SRS – By Linton Levy – The National Nuclear Security Administration today announced that a team led by Baker Concrete Construction, Inc., of…
Dr. Dale Klein: Nuclear Supply Chain Very Different Today Than When Plants Were Built
Source: NewsPrepared Remarks of Dr. Dale E. Klein ICONEBrussels, Belgium – Edited by April Murelio – Thank you, I am very pleased to be here. Let me begin by congratulating the ASME for again organizing this…
AREVA And Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding Preparing For Ground Breaking At Newport News Facility
Source: NewsAREVA and Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, will break ground on new manufacturing and engineering facility located in Newport News, Virginia, north of the Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding property located. – By Abby Gessner – With this joint…
Wiznucleus Announces New IT Platform For Nuclear Plants
Source: NewsPlatform will reduce plants' operational and licensing risks by more than 50% – By Thomas Cheplick – New York City-based Wiznucleus, a provider of next-generation technology solutions to the energy industry, has announced that it…
NRC Investigates Oyster Creek Plant’s Thunderstorm Shutdown
Source: NewsInvestigators are being sent to the plant to investigate equipment safety concerns – By Thomas Cheplick – The Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station's decision to shutdown on July 12th because of a severe thunderstorm has…
British Report Warns London To Refocus On Nuclear Energy
Source: NewsBusiness group's report says present British government policy will not lead to lower carbon emissions for the country – By Thomas Cheplick – Britain needs to build more nuclear reactors and cleaner coal plants while…
India’s Announcement Next Week Seen As Important To U.S. Nuclear Energy Sector
Source: NewsIndia likely will be awarding over $20 billion in nuclear energy-related contracts to American companies next week – By Thomas Cheplick – GE's Hitachi Nuclear Energy and Westinghouse Co., a subsidiary of Tokyo’s Toshiba Corp.,…