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The agreement lays down the conditions for applying the framework agreement of December 19, 2008, which sets the principles of a long-term partnership for operations of treatment-recycling of used fuel, and reprocessed fuel fabrication (MOX1) - By Stephen Heiser - AREVA and EDF have reached an agreement covering the transportation, treatment and recycling...
The public, including NRC employees, can use the tool to easily share ideas and comments on how the agency can work better with others inside and outside government, improve the availability and quality of information, and be more innovative and efficient - By Linton Levy - The Nuclear Regulatory Commission today launched an Open Government Web page...
Under the terms of the agreement, KEPCO will take an indirect 10 % stake in the Imouraren SA mining company, jointly owned by AREVA and the Nigerien state - By Linton Levy - AREVA CEO Anne Lauvergeon and Ssang-Soo Kim, CEO of the Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO), met in Paris to sign an agreement for the Korean group to join the Imouraren mine...
With the commissioning of this unit, number of nuclear power reactors in commercial operation has increased to 18 with a total installed capacity 4340 MW - By April Murelio - According to the Nuclear Power Corporation (NPCIL), Unit - 5 of Rajasthan Atomic Power Project (RAPP-5&6) has commenced commercial operation with effect. The unit was earlier...
The report shows the current size and share of nuclear energy as well as short-term and long-term targets indicating a demand ranging anywhere between USD 80 bn to USD 200 bn over the next twenty years - By Mark McFadden - According to a new study by Companiesandmarkets.com the Indo-US nuclear deal and waiver granted to India from the Nuclear Suppliers...
Hartman joined the NRC in Region III as a reactor engineer in 2009, he graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with a bachelor’s of science degree in nuclear engineering - By Chris Smith - The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has selected Thomas Hartman as the new Resident Inspector at the Perry Nuclear Power Plant in Perry, Ohio, roughly...
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Green groups must scale back baiting the public because the fact don’t support their claims ( NucNet ) There are “no significant differences” between radioactive strontium 90 ( Sr-90 ) levels in fish caught near the Indian Point nuclear power plant compared to fish caught further upstream in the Hudson River, a new report shows. The 31-page report from...
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Engineering consultation work is to be carried out by Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd (AECL) towards the completion of two units at Romania's Cernavoda nuclear power plant.
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France's nuclear company Areva is to launch a solar power business on the basis of the acquisition of US-based Ausra, a specialist in concentrated solar power. The move "reflects Areva's strategic objective to be the world leader in concentrated solar power and will further strengthen and diversify its renewables portfolio," said the...
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Engineering to move two new steam generators to the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant has been recognised with an award.
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At least five people were killed on Sunday, February 7, 2010 at a natural gas fired power plant nearing construction completion. You can read more details including the names of the men who were killed at Middletown Explosion's Victims Were Fathers, Grandfather . Additional Reading Wall Street Journal - The 411 on the Kleen Power Plant and its PE...
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I just had a BFO (Blinding Flash of the Obvious) moment. I have figured out why Chairman Jaczko seems to be working at cross purposes to the Secretary of Energy and the President by insisting that his job as an independent regulator of nuclear energy does not include efforts to encourage its growing use. The fundamental problem is that he does not understand...
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It has been one really strange winter here in Annapolis, Maryland. We have already had two snowstorms that each dumped something close to 20" of snow. My wife and I just finished digging out from the most recent one yesterday afternoon, but we are now under a winter weather watch with a prediction for another double digit snowfall starting this...