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• Exelon still thinking about Texas

  But that’s about all The citizens of Victoria, Texas , could be forgiven if they do not take kindly to questions about Exelon’s ( NYSE:EXC ) intentions to build two nuclear reactors there. After a whirlwind courtship, the nation’s largest utility backed out of the relationship and said it just wanted to be friends. Part of the reason is a bad case of parental disapproval. Exelon had hitched up with... Posted Feb 22 2010, 11:39 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: ESBWR, Exelon, Victoria Texas

• Dominion weighs choice of reactor design

  Utility will review responses from the industry for third reactor at North Anna site With billions of dollars weighing in the balance, Dominion ( D:NYSE ) is following the principles of the “prudent investor” in making up its mind which nuclear reactor design to reference in a license application to the NRC. At one time the utility said it preferred the ESBWR design from GE-Hitachi, but the two firms... Posted Jan 10 2010, 07:20 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Dominion, ESBWR

• GE Hitachi makes progress on new reactor

  An exclusive post at CoolHandNuke After high profile setbacks, and false starts, some bright spots point to potential for success for ESBWR Tractor pull anyone? Bringing a new nuclear reactor design to market is like competing in a county fair tractor pull. A lot of horsepower is applied in a very short period of time to move a huge dead weight over a short but very significant distance. The parallel... Posted Dec 19 2009, 04:06 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: ESBWR, GE Hitachi

• Entergy bids goodbye to ESBWR

  Utility asks NRC to stop reviews for Grand Gulf and River Bend Platts reports that Entergy has asked the NRC to suspend review  of the utility's two COL applications - one for Grand Gulf, MS , and the other for River Bend, LA .  According to Platts, Entergy asked the NRC to stop billing time at $250/hr for the safety review on both applications and to temporarily suspend the environmental... Posted Jan 09 2009, 10:58 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: ESBWR, Entergy, Grand Gulf, New Nuclear Plants, GE Hitachi, River Bend

• Exelon bids goodbye to GE Hitachi ESBWR

  Advanced reactor design is out of the running for Victoria, TX, site GE Hitachi's latest product offering, an "economic simplified  boiling water reactor" ( ESBWR ) was dropped this week from further consideration for Exelon's planned greenfield nuclear reactor site at Victoria, Texas , 118 miles southeast of San Antonio. The Wall Street Journal had a snappy lead in its coverage... Posted Nov 28 2008, 10:46 AM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: ESBWR, Exelon, New Nuclear Plants, GE Hitachi, Victoria County

• Calvert Cliffs advances Areva's EPR

  NRC accepts UniStar's COL for a third reactor at Constellation Energy's site in Southern Maryland Record high temperatures along the U.S. east coast this week, along with the threat of brownouts from soaring demand for electricity to cool people off, have some thinking that a new nuclear reactor to provide more juice to the region could not come soon enough. To those unfamiliar with the names... Posted Jun 11 2008, 11:11 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: UniStar, Areva, Constellation, ESBWR, DTE Energy, NuStart, Calvert Cliffs

• Dominion Files COL with NRC

  New plant will use GE's ESBWR Reuters reports that Virginia-based utility Dominion Resources Inc has submitted an application to build a new nuclear reactor. Dominion's application is the third request by a U.S. utility to build a new nuclear reactor this year, The NRC has already approved an early site permit to allow Richmond-based Dominion to build a new reactor at its North Anna Power Station... Posted Nov 28 2007, 05:13 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Dominion, General Electric, ESBWR, North Anna