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• 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

• Nuclear news roundup for July 12, 2009

  It ain’t over until the fat lady sings A lot of people think Exelon at Victoria, TX,has taken its bat, ball,a nd glove, and hit the showers over its plans for twin GE-Hitachi 1,350 ABWR reactors there. This has been a hard luck site for the giant Chicago based utility. First, it spent tens of millions on a license application to the NRC referencing the GE-Hitachi ESBWR, but later bid that design goodbye... Posted Jul 12 2009, 06:40 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Exelon, GE Hitachi, GEH

• GE-Hitachi files with NRC for laser enrichment plant

  If licensed it will be the 4th uranium enrichment plant slated for start-up by 2014 The clock is ticking on the U.S. Russian “ Megatons-to-Megawatts ” program which ends in 2013.  Once it wraps up there could be as many as four uranium enrichment plants slated for start-up in 2014. There could not be a clearer signal that investors see the U.S. nuclear industry expanding than the commitments to... Posted Jul 05 2009, 12:39 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: NRC, GE Hitachi, laser

• GE-Hitachi briefs Congress on Prism reactor

  Objective is to turn spent nuclear fuel into an asset PRISM is GE’s proprietary name for the Integral Fast Reactor , a design that was developed in Idaho by the nuclear scientists at Argonne West (ANL-W), a field office for Argonne National Laboratory located on the Arco desert 26 miles west of Idaho Falls, ID.  In 2005 ANL-W was merged with the Idaho National Laboratory ( INL ) There has been... Posted Jun 28 2009, 11:31 AM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: INL, GE Hitachi, GEH

• NRG will move STP ahead without Austin

  Twin reactors in Texas are said to be on short list for loan guarantees NRG Energy said it would steam ahead with its plans for 2,700 MW to  be generated by two GE-Hitachi ABWR reactors for the South Texas Project ( STP ) units 3 & 4.  This is despite the fact the City of Austin, TX, which is an investor in Units 1 & 2, turned down NRG’s proposal that the city also invest in the two... Posted Feb 15 2009, 07:16 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Texas, New Nuclear Plants, 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

• GE-Hitachi to miss Turkey bid deadline

  It is the second firm to go public with concerns about Turkey's  nuclear plans GE-Hitachi is the second firm which will not meet the Sept 24 deadline for bids for a new nuclear power plant in Turkey. Bloomberg wire service reported Sept 4 that Jack Fuller, GE-Hitachi CEO, said, "We're preparing the proposal. I just don't think it can be completed before Sept 24th." Fuller... Posted Sep 07 2008, 06:18 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Turkey, GE Hitachi

• Laser enrichment gets a boost

  Cameco takes 24% stake in GE Hitachi unit GE Hitachi and Cameco Corp, ( CCO:TO ) the world's  largest uranium producer, have announced that Cameco will invest $124 million for a 24% stake in the business unit that is developing a laser enrichment technology .  Cameco will also supply uranium to the unit enabling GE Hitachi to buy and enrich uranium for sale as commercial fuel for civilian... Posted Jun 22 2008, 08:03 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: laser enrichment, GE Hitachi, Cameco