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• AREVA DZ Teams With TVA On Services

  Under the terms of the agreement, AREVA DZ, a joint venture between AREVA and Day & Zimmermann, will provide boiling water reactor (BWR) and pressurized water reactor (PWR) refueling services, outage optimization, specialized non-destructive examination services, parts and materials and PWR refueling... Posted Oct 13 2009, 08:58 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: TVA, AREVA, contract services , pressurized water reactor, boiling water reactor, steam generator, refueling, outage, contract, joint venture, PWR, BWR, JV, tennesse valley authority, Day & Zimmermann, nondestructive, services, non-destructive, examination

• CSC Gets $50 Million in Contracts From UK Atomic Energy Authority and Civil Nuclear Police Authority

  Six contracts, which each have a five-year term, have a total estimated value of $50 million - By Stephen Heiser - CSC has announced that it has signed information technology (IT) outsourcing contracts with five UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) companies and the Civil Nuclear Police Authority (CNPA... Posted Jun 11 2009, 08:17 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: contract services , UK, CSC

• EMCOR'S Comstock Canada Gets Major Bruce A Refurbishment Contract

  EMCOR Group, Inc. Subsidiary Awarded Contracts for Bruce Nuclear Generator Station - By Linton Levy - EMCOR Group, Inc. has reported that as previously noted on its 2/26/09 Fourth Quarter Earnings Call, its Comstock Canada subsidiary has received contracts from Bruce Power in connection with a major... Posted Mar 24 2009, 08:30 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: contract services , Bruce Power, EMCOR

• Alstom Wins $161.4 Million Turbine Contract With Eskom

  France's Alstom has inked agreement with South African utility to retrofit Koeberg nuclear power station - By Linton Levy - Alstom has announced that it has signed a contract worth approximately EUR 125 Million (USD $161.4 Million) with South Africa’s state-owned utility Eskom to retrofit the... Posted Mar 16 2009, 07:59 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: contract services , Eskom, turbines, Alstom

• GSE Systems Wins $18 Million Contract For New Nuclear Plant Simulator

  GSE Systems Announces $18 Million Contract for a New Nuclear Plant Simulator in Slovakia with Associated Digital Control System - By Linton Levy - GSE Systems, Inc. (GSE), a leading global provider of real-time simulation and training solutions to the power, process, manufacturing and Government sectors... Posted Mar 13 2009, 08:32 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: contract services , GSE, simulator

• SPX Awarded Over $100 Million In Contracts From Westinghouse Electric Company

  Company to provide squib valves for new nuclear power facilities - By Linton Levy - SPX Corporation has announced that its flow technology business has reached an agreement with Westinghouse Electric Co. to provide highly specialized squib valves for up to twelve new AP1000tm nuclear power plants in... Posted Feb 26 2009, 08:00 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: Westinghouse Electric Company LLC, contract services , maintenance, SPX

• Mirion Technologies Gets Contract For The Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant

  Contract will ensure the safe monitoring and inspection of spent fuel for the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant in Lithuania - By April Murelio - California's Mirion Technologies Imaging Systems Division has been awarded a contract to supply Nuvia Ltd. with visual systems for the new Interim Spent Fuel... Posted Feb 16 2009, 09:02 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: contract services , nuclear waste, Contracts, spent fuel

• GE Energy Will Extend Reliable Operating Life of Hydro-Québec’s Gentilly-2 Nuclear Generating Station

  GE Energy will replace and enhance key steam turbine and generator components - By Stephen Heiser - Hydro-Québec, one of the largest electric utilities in North America, has selected GE Energy to perform a turbine island refurbishment that will extend the reliable operating life of the 675-megawatt... Posted Feb 13 2009, 12:03 PM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: GE, contract services , generation, forecast, Canada, maintenance, turbines, steam generator, GE Energy

• India’s Largest Power Producer May Finally Enter Into Nuclear Power Business

  NTPC PSU signing a joint venture (JV) agreement with Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) - By Linton Levy - India’s largest power producer National Thermal Power Corporation’s (NTPC) may finally enter into nuclear power business with the PSU signing a joint venture (JV) agreement... Posted Feb 12 2009, 10:33 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: new nuclear plants, contract services , joint venture, investment, India

• GSE Systems Wins Over $7 Million Of New Work In Nuclear Power Simulation

  Contract Includes a major upgrade to the Leningrad nuclear power plant simulator - By Linton Levy - GSE Systems, Inc. (GSE), a leading global provider of real-time simulation and training solutions to the power, process, manufacturing and Government sectors, announced today it was recently awarded contracts... Posted Feb 09 2009, 10:07 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: China, Engineering, contract services , nuclear power plant services, new designs, Europe, Russia, investment, Upgrades, Contracts, India, automation, GSE, simulator

• Parsons Wins Contract To Work On National Enrichment Facility

  Company awarded contract for expansion phase of project - By Mark McFadden Parsons has been awarded a two-year contract by Louisiana Energy Services (LES) to provide engineering, construction management, and construction services for the expansion phase of the National Enrichment Facility (NEF) in Eunice... Posted Feb 06 2009, 12:28 PM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: uranium enrichment , uranium, contract services , nuclear fuel fabrication, nuclear fuel, centrifuge, Contracts, Parsons

• B&W Receives More Than $1 Billion In New Nuclear Contracts, Announces New Jobs In Three States

  Nuclear Operations Group Captures More Work under $2.66 Billion Government Contracts Awarded in 2007, 2008 - By April Murelio – Babcock & Wilcox Nuclear Operations Group, Inc. (B&W NOG), a major operating unit of The Babcock & Wilcox Company (B&W), has received awards in excess... Posted Feb 06 2009, 10:09 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: contract services , Babcock & Wilcox, nuclear power plant services, Contracts, politics, jobs

• MHI and COMEX NUCLEAIRE Consortium Receives Order From EDF For Six Replacement Steam Generators For Nuclear Power Plants In France

  Venture will supply six replacement steam generators (RSG) for pressurized water reactors (PWRs) - By Linton Levy - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) and COMEX NUCLEAIRE has received an order from EDF (Electricite De France S.A.) to supply six replacement steam generators (RSG) for pressurized... Posted Jan 29 2009, 09:55 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: contract services , generation, joint venture, pressurized water reactor, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, EDF, Japan, Contracts, steam generator

• AREVA Wins Longterm Uranium Conversion Contract With EDF

  Uranium conversion agreement worth several hundred million euros - By Stephen Heiser - The contract, due to come into force in 2009, will be fulfilled initially by output from AREVA's Comurhex plants, then from 2012 onwards by the new Comurhex II conversion facilities. This investment, for which... Posted Jan 28 2009, 01:46 PM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: uranium enrichment , uranium, AREVA, contract services , nuclear fuel fabrication, nuclear fuel supplier, nuclear fuel, Nuclear Fuel Services, EDF, France

• Diablo Canyon Outage Will Add New Turbines, Steam Generators, and 2,000 Jobs

  Project will generates a large number of contract jobs - By Stephen Heiser – Operators at California’s Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant have begun a shutdown of one of the facility’s two reactors in order to install new fuel rods and replace the unit’s four steam generators.... Posted Jan 27 2009, 04:42 PM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: contract services , generation, nuclear fuel, nuclear power plant services, Upgrades, Diablo Canyon, PG&E, maintenance, jobs, turbines, Replacement Steam Generators