China Guangdong Nuclear Power Group (CGNPC) has changed its name to China General Nuclear Power Group to reflect the group's ambitions to grow outside of Guangdong and China itself. ...read more

When I read John Funk’s post about a pair of goldfish found in a steam tunnel at a nuclear power plant, the first things that came to mind were Homer Simpson and PETA. Apparently, the same thing happened for many other people, too.  But not the NRC, the ...read more

15 May (NucNet): Nuclear vendors should ensure that the appropriate infrastructure is in place in any country that is considering their technologies and should also carry out “due diligence” on risks associated with the supply chain, the chairman of the ...read more

Used nuclear fuel management is a topic that comes up frequently in the world of politics and anti-nuclear activists. The U.S. used fuel policy has been dominated by the once-through cycle concept, which resulted in used fuel being labeled as a waste product—a waste product with up to 96% recoverable and reusable energy. To best [...] ...read more

Neil Sheehan Public Affairs Officer, Region I   It’s easy to imagine the sense of distress that must have washed over a portable nuclear gauge user one recent morning when he realized the device he had stowed in the back of his truck was missing. The gauge had apparently tumbled from his vehicle as he […]

14 May (NucNet): Opponents of Southern Company’s plan to build two reactors at subsidiary Georgia Power’s Vogtle nuclear site have failed to persuade a federal appeals court to revoke the construction and operating licences (COLs) and the reactor design ...read more

Westinghouse and China's State Nuclear Power Technology Corp have formed a joint venture to develop the global AP1000 supply chain. ...read more

A four-year process is planned to rebuild the cover over Fukushima Daiichi 1, equipping it to remove used reactor fuel still stored there. ...read more

Uranium production has begun at North Butte, a satellite facility to Cameco's Smith Ranch-Highland in situ leach uranium project in Wyoming, in a step described as a significant milestone for the company's US operations. ...read more

14 May (NucNet): South Africa will continue preparing for the roll-out of a nuclear energy programme, including reaching a final investment decision on procurement for the plants, the energy ministry has said. ...read more

A letter in the Baltimore Sun suggests the paper  had featured an interesting op-ed recently. First, the letter : Dan Ervin's commentary on lifting restrictions on U.S. companies supplying nuclear power equipment abroad is completely misleading ("A nuclear opportunity," May 6). Nuclear energy is not, as Mr. Ervin says, pollutant free ...read more

Residents will be able to repair tsunami damage in the town of Futaba after the Japanese government decided to prepare for the removal of parts of the town from the Fukushima evacuation zone. ...read more

EnBW Kernkraft has formally applied to the state of Baden-Wurttemberg for permission to decommission and demolish two nuclear units forced to close by German politicians in response to the Fukushima nuclear accident. ...read more

On Saturday, May 11, 2013, the Tampa Bay Times published a lengthy piece by Ivan Penn titled Levy nuclear plant more costly than a natural gas facility that uses a detailed analysis with substantial “error bars” around cost estimates to show that under nearly all scenarios considered, the two reactor installation that has been proposed [...] The post Is Levy County nuclear plant too expensive ...read more

12 May (NucNet): The UK government today renewed its “firm commitment” to establishing a national geological disposal facility for higher-activity radioactive waste and called for suggestions on how to make progress choosing a site. ...read more