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• Clinton's cobalt campaign

  The Clinton nuclear power plant in the USA will begin producing cobalt 60 for medical and industrial use, according to plant owner Exelon and GE Hitachi. Posted Jan 20 2010, 12:35 PM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Exelon, GE Hitachi, isotopes, medial, clinton, GEH, c60, cobalt 60

• Cooling tower requirement for Oyster Creek

  US utility Exelon said that it might have to close its Oyster Creek nuclear power plant after New Jersey officials issued a draft permit requiring cooling towers to be constructed. Posted Jan 08 2010, 11:32 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Exelon, Oyster Creek, permit, cooling, new jersey, requirement, cooling towers

• Work paused at Three Mile Island

  Refuelling and steam generator replacement was disturbed on 21 November by the sounding of an airborne radiation alarm at Three Mile Island 1. About 150 workers went home early and some were checked for contamination after one of three detectors registered heightened levels of radioactivity. Plant owner Exelon said the levels remained below regulatory limits, while one worker was exposed to 16 mrem (0.16 mSv), less than 1% of the annual occupational dose limit of 2000 mrem (20 mSv). The alarm was one placed near a temporary opening in the containment building, made to allow the large steam generators to be moved inside, but a radiological survey showed the contamination was confined to internal surfaces only. Posted Nov 23 2009, 07:33 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: NRC, Exelon, safety, Three Mile Island, tmi, alarm, leak, limits

• Steam generators delivered to TMI

  Areva has delivered two steam generators for unit 1 of Exelon's Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Philadelphia. It took eight weeks to transport the components from the manufacturing site in France. Posted Oct 06 2009, 11:38 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Nuclear Energy, Exelon, Steam Generators, nuclear power, Three Mile Island, News, AREVA North America, AREVA Inc.

• Utilities object to business group’s climate stance

  Exelon will not be renewing its membership in the US Chamber of Commerce in protest at the organization's opposition to climate change legislation. The company is the biggest US operator of nuclear power plants and the third energy company to take such a stance. Posted Sep 29 2009, 11:09 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Exelon, climate change, legislation, Politics, protest, US Chamber of Commerce

• NRG rejects improved Exelon offer

  Having said it would consider a revised offer from Exelon, the board of NRG Energy has determined that Exelon's revised proposal still significantly undervalues the company and is not in its shareholders' interest. Posted Jul 09 2009, 09:29 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Exelon, acquisition, NRG

• Exelon increases offer to buy NRG

  Exelon has today increased its offer to acquire NRG Energy by 12.4%. Yesterday, NRG had again recommended that its shareholders reject Exelon's original offer, saying that it undervalued the company, but said that it would consider an increased offer. Posted Jul 02 2009, 11:32 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Exelon, acquisition, NRG

• Victoria nuclear build put back

  Exelon's plans for new nuclear build at the Victoria site have been put back. The company is not continuing with its application to build. Posted Jul 01 2009, 12:05 PM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Exelon, Victoria County, construction

• US court rejects NRG's Exelon claims

  NRG Energy's lawsuit alleging that Exelon Corporation had no intention of completing its exchange offer for the company has been rejected by a US court. Posted Jun 23 2009, 08:55 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Exelon, NRG Energy, court

• Exelon cuts 500 to save costs

  Jobs are being lost at one of the world's largest nuclear utilities in a search for efficiency during "today's difficult economic and business circumstances." Posted Jun 19 2009, 11:44 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: jobs, Exelon, labor

• Exelon to add ‘new reactor’ through uprates

  US utility Exelon has launched a series of power uprates of its reactors, which in total will add between 1300 and 1500 MW of additional generating capacity, equivalent to a new reactor, within eight years. An uprate at the Quad Cities plant is the first of many planned. Posted Jun 12 2009, 12:03 PM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Exelon, uprates, efficiency

• Further US supply contract for Tenex

  Exelon - operator of the largest fleet of nuclear power plants in the USA - has signed a long-term contract with Russia's Techsnabexport (Tenex) for the supply of enriched uranium. The contract is similar to those with other US utilities announced last week. Posted Jun 05 2009, 11:36 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Exelon, contract, tenex

• Oyster Creek licence renewed to 2029

  Exelon's Oyster Creek nuclear power plant - the oldest operating in the USA - can continue operating after the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) renewed the plant's operating licence. Posted Apr 09 2009, 10:23 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: NRC, Exelon, Oyster Creek

• Exelon opts for ABWR

  BREAKING NEWS A GE Hitachi reactor should be built by Exelon at Victoria after all. The utility dropped the ESBWR design in November last year, but will now use the ABWR design instead. Posted Mar 26 2009, 01:29 PM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Exelon, ABWR, GE

• Struggle continues for Exelon and NRG

  The atmosphere between Exelon and its takeover target NRG has further soured with a new lawsuit over Exelon's strategy and statements. Posted Mar 20 2009, 01:07 PM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Exelon, NRG Energy, acquisition