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FPL Group CEO: Clean-Energy Investments Positioning Company for Continued Growth
Source: NewsHay details future to stock holders – By Stephen Heiser – Clean-energy investments are positioning FPL Group, Inc. for continued growth in a low-carbon future, FPL Group Chairman and CEO Lew Hay told shareholders at…
Shaw Names New Leadership in its Power Group
Topics: Industry & BusinessSource: NewsThe Shaw Group Inc. announced several changes to the executive team of its Power Group. – By Linton Levy – Monty Glover assumes the newly established position of President of Construction with the overall responsibility for…
Russia Will Build Nuclear Power Plants In Jordan
Source: NewsMany Middle Eastern countries have recently announced their intention to build nuclear power plants for civilian purposes – By Stephen Heiser – Russia and Jordan signed a 10-year nuclear cooperation agreement on Friday, under which…
FERC Gives Exelon Greenlight On NRG Acquisition
Source: NewsExelon Receives FERC Approval for Proposed NRG Acquisition, Commission’s unanimous approval considered a major step in completing the regulatory approval process – By Abby Gessner – The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has unanimously approved Exelon…
Exelon Presents Sustainability Report
Source: NewsAchievement of an average capacity factor of 93.9 percent at Exelon’s owned and operated nuclear plants – By Linton Levy – Exelon Corporation has announced that it has released its annual sustainability report. Titled Sustainable Advantage,…
Doosan Heavy Indistries and Construction Co. Ships CEDMs and Reactor Head to Palo Verde
Source: NewsDoosan Heavy Industries and Construction Co. Friday that it has sold nuclear power plant equipment to the largest nuclear energy generating facility in the United States. – By Linton Levy – The company said it has…
Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) plans to develop the Emirate’s first nuclear power plant in Abu Dhabi
Topics: New ReactorsSource: NewsEmirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) plans to develop the Emirate's first nuclear power plant in Abu Dhabi to meet the national power requirement by 2020. – Edited By Abby Gessner – The nuclear power plant…
Exelon receives FERC approval for hostile NRG bid
Source: NewsThe U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved Exelon Corp's hostile bid for independent power producer NRG Energy Inc on Thursday, even though NRG has rejected the deal. – By Stephen Heiser – FERC issued an…
Areva Congratulates UniStar On Preliminary Loan Guarantee Selection
Source: NewsAreva congratulates UniStar Nuclear Energy, and its parent companies EDF and Constellation, for its selection as one of four companies notified by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to enter the final phase of negotiations…
GE Global Research Chosen As Key Center to Help Drive U.S. Path to Energy Independence
Topics: Research & TechnologySource: NewsOnly corporate R&D facility chosen among 46 designated by the U.S. DOE as “Energy Frontier Research Centers” – By Abby Gessner – GE Global Research, the technology development arm for the General Electric Company, announced…
Nuclear EnergyHouse Stressed By Majority Whip Clyburn, Sens. Bennett, Murkowski, Nelson
Topics: Policy & RegulationSource: NewsNuclear Energy elicited support from congressional leaders on a bipartisan basis today at the Nuclear Energy Institute's annual conference here. – By Linton Levy – House Majority Whip James Clyburn and Sens. Robert Bennett, Ben…
Obama Approves Nuclear Power Deal Plans For US-UAE
Topics: Policy & RegulationSource: NewsPresident Barack Obama approved plans for the U.S. to help the United Arab Emirates become the first Arab nation with a Nuclear Power Industry. – By Abby Gessner – In a document released by the…
Mirion Technologies to Provide Russian Nuclear Power Plants Radiation Detection Equipment
Source: NewsTechnologies Health Physics Division has received orders through Mirion’s distributor RadiCo to provide over 20 body contamination monitors to Russian nuclear power plants in Smolensk and Volgodonsk. – By Abby Gessner – The Mirion equipment…
GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy Announces Ecomagination Approval Earned for Advanced Boiling Water Reactor (ABWR)
Source: NewsGE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) today announced that its Advanced Boiling Water Reactor (ABWR) technology has earned recognition as a GE ecomagination product. Ecomagination is GE’s corporate-wide initiative to aggressively bring to market new technologies…
GE Hitachi To Develop New Nuclear Power Plants with Larsen & Toubro
Source: NewsGE Hitachi Nuclear Energy, advanced reactors and nuclear services provider, today said it will develop nuclear plants in India in collaboration with engineering and construction company Larsen & Toubro. – By Stephen Heiser – GE…
NEI Elects Omaha Public Power’s Gates as Chairman, Progress Energy’s Johnson as Vice Chairman
Topics: Industry & BusinessSource: NewsThe Nuclear Energy Institute has elected W. Gary Gates, president and chief executive officer of the Omaha Public Power District, as chairman of its board of directors. Gates succeeds John W. Rowe, chairman, president and…
Uranium Enrichment: AREVA and USEC Sign Amicable Agreement
Source: NewsAREVA and USEC Inc. have signed an agreement to end their seven year litigation concerning French enrichment services in the United States ("Trade case"), as well as USEC's dumping allegations, which AREVA had always denied.…
DOE Loan Guarantees Update for Calvert Cliffs, Vogtle, South Texas Porject, and V.C. Summer Nuclear Plants
Source: NewsThe Energy Department has narrowed its list of the most likely recipients of $18.5 billion in government loan guarantees for building the first new nuclear power plants. – By Stephen Heiser – The department recently…
Nuclear Street Announces New Pricing for Nuclear Job Posting and Resume Searches
Topics: Industry & BusinessSource: NewsNew Job Board Features to Locate Nuclear Qualified Personnel or Land a Nuclear Job Nuclear Street announced today new subscription based pricing for UNLIMITED job postings and resume searches on their popular nuclear jobs board.…
URS wins EPC Contract For New Nuclear Plants At Victoria County Site
Source: NewsOn Thursday, URS Corp. stated that it had been chosen by Hitachi for an engineering, procurement and construction contract for a new nuclear project in Victoria County, Texas. – Edited By Stephen Heiser – The…