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Sr. Nuclear Project Manager-Fukushima Upgrade Projects Location: Two Rivers, WI (POINT BEACH) Duration: 1 year + Description: The Point Beach Projects Group is recruiting for a Lead Project Manager for the Fukushima project. Responsibilities:...

Coates International, Ltd. Stockholders Update: The Coates Water Splitting Hydrogen Reactor Was Coupled to 35 KW Coates CSRV Electric Power Generator and Operated on Hydroxy Gas (Hydrogen) as Its Sole Fuel Supply Split From Water

Power companies in Japan now know the regulations they are required to meet in order to restart nuclear reactors idled as a result of the 2011 Fukushima accident. The first units could potentially come back online before the end of this year. ...read...

19 Jun (NucNet): Higher concentrations of the radioactive isotopes tritium and strontium-90 have been found in the groundwater below units 1 to 4 of the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear power plant, operator Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) has confirmed...

Political turmoil could impact the tender process for the planned construction of two new reactors at the Czech Republic's Temelin plant. The winning bid was due to be decided in September. ...read more

Opening Reviews? Mixed, with a tilt to the positive. Manohla Dargis in the New York Times grabbed a little harder than I did at the drubbing of Dr. Helen Calidicott got in the picture and said it showed the movie’s one-sided view of nuclear energy. This...

RAE Systems and Fire Smoke Coalition Team Up to Educate Seattle-Area Firefighters on the "Toxic Twins"

RAE Systems to Demonstrate Real-Time Gas Detection Data on iPads(R), Smartphones at ASSE Safety 2013

RenuEn Corp Announces Update to Expansion of Energy Solutions in Florida

With current CEO Jim Rogers leaving at the end of the year, per a settlement with North Carolina regulators, Duke Energy Tuesday named Lynn Good as the next leader of the country's largest electric utility.

Joe Romm, the lead thinker at Climate Progress, has once again exposed the fact that he is not terribly serious about fighting climate change. In fact, he is so casual about the effort that he wants everyone to dismiss nuclear energy out of hand as being...

19 Jun (NucNet): Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) today approved safety guidelines for nuclear power plants that reflect the lessons learned from the March 2011 Fukushima-Daiichi accident, the Japan Atomic Industrial Forum (JAIF) has confirmed...

As the National Nuclear Security Administration reconsiders an award to manage two of its biggest sites, Babcock & Wilcox has levied a second challenge to the bid process that threatened to strip the company of the sizable contract.

Dr. James Conca has published another important post about the aftermath of Fukushima and the efforts of the people opposed to the use of nuclear energy to spread fear, uncertainty and doubt about imaginary health effects of low dose radiation. The article...

Ever since last week's announcement of the closure of San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station , we've been seeing a spate of stories in the press questioning whether or not nuclear energy has a future as part of the nation's energy mix. Here...

A lease agreement has been signed for land on which the pilot heavy metal-cooled SVBR-100 reactor will be built in Dimitrovgrad in Russia's Ulyanovsk region. ...read more

The reactor pressure vessel for unit 3 of Russia's Rostov nuclear power plant is in the process of installation. The component has been put in place ready for circulation pipes to be connected. ...read more

Work has begun on two collaborative research programs to develop new forging and casting techniques for nuclear components, while UK manufacturers are invited to apply for funding to help them compete in the nuclear industry. ...read more

18 Jun (NucNet): With wind and solar power still contributing only three to four percent of total electricity generation in Austria, the country is still a long way from self-sufficiency without nuclear energy, Austrian Nuclear Society president Helmuth...

18 Jun (NucNet): A Russian-led consortium bidding to construct two new nuclear reactor units at the Temelín nuclear plant in the Czech Republic has established a new company which would be responsible for preparing and carrying out the project. ...read...

Scott Burnell Public Affairs Officer   The NRC’s first few Chats have focused on the present or past, but this week we’re going to look ahead a couple years by talking about Small Modular Reactors, or SMRs. These reactor concepts are much smaller than...

Currently seeking AOV Senior Testers for an up coming outage for this 2013 fall season. Please send your most recent and up to date resume to be consider. Division/Department : Ames Click job title to apply and see more details of the job. ...read more

Currently seeking MOV Senior Testers for an up coming outage for this 2013 fall season. Please send your most recent and up to date resume to be consider. Division/Department : Ames Click job title to apply and see more details of the job. ...read...

A coolant leak shut down an Ohio reactor last weekend, one month after an earlier refueling outage.

CO2 alarms forced workers to temporarily evacuate a turbine building at Pennsylvania's Beaver Valley nuclear plant Friday morning.