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Shaw And Westinghouse Complete First Nuclear Concrete Placement At Sanmen Nuclear Site In China
Source: NewsShaw is under contract with SNPTC for two Westinghouse AP1000s – By Stephen Heiser – The Shaw Group Inc. today announced the Nuclear Division of its Power Group and Westinghouse Electric Company, its AP1000 Consortium partner,…
AREVA Poised To Advance Smart Grid Initiatives
Source: NewsCompany commitment to nuclear, renewables, and new grid technologies will create jobs – By Linton Levy – AREVA congratulated the Administration on its announcement yesterday to fund "smart grid" initiatives to develop a more efficient and…
Mirion Technologies to Showcase Technologies At 8th International Exhibition On Nuclear Power Industry In China
Source: NewsChina is pursuing an ambitious nuclear power capacity expansion – By Abby Gessner – Mirion Technologies, a leader in providing radiation detection, measurement, and analysis solutions, will showcase its products at China’s Eighth International Exhibition on…
Beaver Valley Refueling In Process
Source: NewsAs part of the process, 62 of the 157 fuel assemblies will be exchanged and numerous safety inspections will be conducted – By Abby Gessner – FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (FENOC), a subsidiary of FirstEnergy…
China To Construct Five Nuclear Power Stations This Year
Source: NewsThe five projects will be constructed in the coastal Zhejiang Province, Shandong Province and southern Guangdong and Hainan provinces – Edited by Mark McFadden – China plans to build five nuclear power stations in the…
China: AREVA Wins Two CNPEC Contracts Worth Over $196 Million US Dollars.
Source: NewsThrough its subsidiary AREVA DONGFANG, AREVA has won two contracts worth over $196 million US dollars to supply Chinese utility CNPEC with 18 reactor coolant pumps. – By Abby Gessner – These pumps, essential components…
TVA Urged To Increase Power At Bellefonte
Source: NewsU.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., urges TVA to increase output by finishing or building a total of four reactors at the Bellefonte Nuclear Plant site – Edited by Stephen Heiser – According to a report…
Centrica Is Considering Selling Belgium’s SPE for EDF Nuclear Stake
Topics: Industry & BusinessSource: NewsCentrica today confirmed that they are still in discussions with Electricité de France S.A (‘EDF') on the possibility of Centrica taking an equity stake in British Energy and that these discussions extend to the possible…
UK Boasts ”Thousands Of Jobs” From Nuclear Power
Source: NewsThousands of potential new jobs have been claimed by the generation of new nuclear power stations in the UK. – By Abby Gessner – Secretary of State for the Department of Energy and Climate Change…
IAEA Training Nuclear Professionals For The Next Generation
Source: NewsAs early as 2000 the OECD identified the ageing of this very specialized workforce as one of the major challenges to knowledge retention in the nuclear industry – By Abby Gessner – The average nuclear…
Entergy Refueling Affects Q1 Numbers
Source: NewsEntergy Provides Preliminary First Quarter Earnings Guidance – By Linton Levy – Entergy Corporation today indicated that it expects first quarter 2009 as-reported earnings of approximately $1.19 per share and operational earnings of approximately $1.28 per…
Constellation Energy’s Nine Mile Point Completes Record Refueling
Source: NewsConstellation Energy’s Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station Unit 1 Completes Record Refueling Outage Key Generator of Emission-Free Electricity Poised to Continue Safe, Reliable Operations – By Abby Gessner – Constellation Energy today announced that its Nine…
Russia To Build 26 New Nuclear Power Plants
Source: NewsPrime Minister Vladimir Putin Supports $1.5Bln for Rosatom – Edited by Stephen Heiser – According to a report in The Moscow Times, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that Russia would stand by its plans…
Westinghouse Nominations Welcomed For New Nuclear Build Sites
Source: NewsWestinghouse Electric Company UK Ltd today begins the Government consultation process on the nominated sites for new nuclear power stations as an important stage in moving towards real projects beginning in the UK. – By…
L&T Inks MoU With Atomstroyexport For Nuclear Reactors
Source: NewsCo-operation between the two companies for Russian design reactors VVER 1000 – By Stephen Heiser – Larsen & Toubro (L&T) and Atomstroyexport (ASE) of Russia have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for co-operation between the…
Intergraph And SightLogix Deliver Integrated Geospatial Surveillance For Nuclear Plants
Source: NewsIntegration of Intelligent Video Sensors Within Scalable Decision-Support System Enables Comprehensive Detection, Assessment, and Response to Plant Security Threats and Incidents – By Stephen Heiser – Intergraph, a leading global provider of geospatially powered software,…
IAEA Director: Economic Crisis Will Not Change Nuclear Power Industry Drivers
Source: NewsThe expansion of energy demand, the need of improving energy security, the requirement of environment protection not changed – By Linton Levy – According to Deputy Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)…
A Review Of Direct Conversion of Nuclear Power to Electricity and Powerplant Efficiency
Source: NewsFluorescer compounds, a possible method to eliminate radiation damage problem. – By Abby Gessner – Two-Step Photon Intermediate Direct Energy Conversion (PIDEC) method uses the efficient generation of photons from the interaction of particulate radiation…
UK Government Names Sites Of New Nuclear Power Stations
Source: NewsPotential and likely sites to serve as the eleven new nuclear power stations in England and Whales have been named this morning, all of which have historic links to the nuclear industry. – By Abby Gessner…
GE Hitachi Nuclear Inks Key Component Manufacturing Agreement with ENSA
Source: NewsGE Hitachi Nuclear Signs Key Component Manufacturing Agreement with ENSA to Meet Growing Global Demand for New Nuclear Power Stations – By Stephen Heiser – GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) today announced a strategic agreement…