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The filing was made under the New Nuclear Incentive Rule established by the Louisiana Public Service Commission in 2007 to provide the LPSC regulatory oversight of new nuclear plant construction in the state
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Entergy Louisiana, LLC and Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, L.L.C. has submitted a filing to the Louisiana Public Service Commission asking for approval to continue the early development activities necessary for the future construction of a new nuclear plant (River Bend 3) at the River Bend site in St. Francisville, La. No decision has been made to build a new nuclear plant, and in the filing, the companies are not asking for approval to construct one.
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Cascade of Production-Ready AC100 Machines Begins Operation. USEC expects to operate the machines at commercial plant conditions obtaining data on machine-to-machine interactions, system performance and plant design.
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USEC Inc. has announced a major step in the American Centrifuge program with the operation of a cascade of AC100 centrifuge machines in a commercial-plant configuration in Piketon, Ohio. USEC refers to its production centrifuge machine design as the AC100 series centrifuge machine.
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Davis-Besse, which generates 908 megawatts of FirstEnergy's total output of 14,200 megawatts, was scheduled to be out of action now for routine maintenance. But testing revealed 13 of 52 nozzles of its control-rod mechanism showed cracks or fatigue, forcing an extended outage until they are repaired
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According to a report in the Toledo Blade, If the repairs under way at FirstEnergy Corp.'s Davis-Besse nuclear power plant near Oak Harbor are completed before summer, it shouldn't affect the utility's bottom line.
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Conference on Human Resource Development to be Held in United Arab Emirates
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Many countries have big plans for the introduction of nuclear power or the expansion of their current programmes in the near future. But do they have the right people with the right expertise to do the job?
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“A Firm Foundation, A Strong Regulatory Future” - Prepared Remarks for The Honorable Gregory B. Jaczko, Chairman, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, at the
NRC Regulatory Information Conference
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Good morning. I am pleased to address the 22nd Annual Regulatory Information Conference. The RIC is the largest annual gathering sponsored by the NRC. It brings together a broad range of participants – members of the international community; local, state, and federal officials, national laboratories, non-government organizations, industry, media; and – of course – the public. The RIC provides all of us with a unique opportunity to interact with – and learn from – colleagues with different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We would not have this opportunity without the hard work of the staff who organize the RIC.
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Group sought insights into River Bend’s successful online maintenance program
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A group of Japanese utility experts interested in improving the performance of their country’s nuclear power fleet recently visited River Bend Station to learn about the plant’s online maintenance program.
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Sometimes I pine for the days when America's decision making bodies included more engineers. If that is too far a stretch, perhaps we can at least get back to a situation where there are more people in decision making positions who have been exposed to some of the training associated with building and manufacturing high quality products. While not all engineers are licensed professional engineers...
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ROTTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS--(Marketwire - March 18, 2010) - The Applus RTD Group (Rotterdam, Netherlands), the world's leading multinational company in non-destructive testing & inspection (NDT&I) and asset integrity management, today announced the acquisition of two companies specializing in NDT&I: Quality Inspection Services Incorporated (QISI), headquartered in Buffalo, New York, and Staveley Services Canada Incorporated, located in Burlington, Ontario. These operations, together with the acquisition of U.S.-based JanX Integrity Group in 2008 and New Brunswick-based Technico in 2009, reinforce the company's commitment to the North American market, where the company has been present for two decades with a large workforce.
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Over half of Swedes think that the country should continue to use nuclear power plants and that Sweden's existing reactors should be replaced with new ones, a new opinion poll has found.
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USEC is operating a cascade of centrifuges in a commercial configuration at its Piketon, Ohio, plant. The company hopes that reaching the milestone will improve its chances of receiving a loan guarantee.
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A UK manufacturer will be able to supply ultra-heavy forgings for nuclear power plants after a strategic government loan announced today. Sheffield Forgemasters said it could supply reacor pressure vessels within three years of installing the press.
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Business and labor groups supported the legislation. Illinois has six operating nuclear plants with 11 reactors
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The Illinois Senate has voted to drop 23-year-old ban on building nuclear power plants in Illinois. The measure was sent to the House on a bipartisan 40-1 vote, with two lawmakers voting present.
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High-Level Liquid Waste
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One of the most controversial topics regarding nuclear power is the issue of storing radioactive liquid waste. As a result of America’s decades-long processing of nuclear material, a fairly large amount of radioactive liquid waste has been generated and remains with us to this day. Some of this radioactive liquid waste is a result of once secret programs stemming back to the days of the Manhattan Project.
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The U.S.-India High Technology Cooperation Group (HTCG) was conceived in November 2001 by President George W. Bush and then-Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Both countries agreed to take cooperative steps to create the requisite political, economic, and legal structures to enable successful high-technology commerce
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The U.S.-India Business Council (USIBC) this week convened leading executives from U.S. and Indian industry, joined by top government officials, for the 7th Meeting of the U.S.-India High Technology Cooperation Group (HTCG).
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The new substation will improve power transfer capacity and reliability from eastern Uttar Pradesh, the regional power generation hub, to the western part of the state where it is consumed massively
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AREVA’s Transmission and Distribution (T&D) division has been awarded a 60-million euro contract in India by state utility Uttar Pradesh Power Transmission Corporation Limited. AREVA will build an Extra High-Voltage substation at the Anpara “D” thermal power plant1 in the state of Uttar Pradesh (North of India).
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