http://nuclearstreet.com/nuclear_power_industry_news/b/default.aspxNuclear Power Industry Newsen-US6.x Productionhttp://nuclearstreet.com/nuclear_power_industry_news/b/nuclear_power_news/archive/2013/05/24/fukushima-daiichi-nuclear-plant-weekly-review-052402.aspxFri, 24 May 2013 10:33:00 GMTf73e6dbf-9679-481f-8c46-b830edef8b45:29486Nuclear Street News Team0<p><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:small;"><strong><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:small;"><a href="/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-34/1362.IAEA_5F00_experts.jpg"><img style="float:left;margin:10px;border:1px solid black;" title="IAEA experts at Fukushima. Source: G. Webb/IAEA" src="/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-34/1362.IAEA_5F00_experts.jpg" alt="IAEA experts at Fukushima. Source: G. Webb/IAEA" height="80" width="120" /></a></span></strong>A 5.9 magnitude earthquake, a hydraulic oil spill and the release of an International Atomic Energy Agency report highlighted the last week at Fukushima Daiichi.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:small;">Recent developments related to the Tokyo Electric Power Co. plant blacked out following Japan&#39;s 2011 earthquake and tsunami include ...<br /></span></p>...(<a href="http://nuclearstreet.com/nuclear_power_industry_news/b/nuclear_power_news/archive/2013/05/24/fukushima-daiichi-nuclear-plant-weekly-review-052402.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://nuclearstreet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=29486&AppID=34&AppType=1&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">JapanInternational Atomic Energy AgencyTokyo Electric Power Co.Fukushima Daiichihttp://nuclearstreet.com/nuclear_power_industry_news/b/nuclear_power_news/archive/2013/05/24/westinghouse-appoints-new-americas-president-and-nuclear-plants-vp-052401.aspxFri, 24 May 2013 09:25:00 GMTf73e6dbf-9679-481f-8c46-b830edef8b45:29487Nuclear Street News Team0<p><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:small;">Westinghouse announced it will reorganized a portion of its business and made two high-level executive appointments this week.</span></p>...(<a href="http://nuclearstreet.com/nuclear_power_industry_news/b/nuclear_power_news/archive/2013/05/24/westinghouse-appoints-new-americas-president-and-nuclear-plants-vp-052401.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://nuclearstreet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=29487&AppID=34&AppType=1&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">WestinghouseMark MaranoJeffrey Benjaminhttp://nuclearstreet.com/nuclear_power_industry_news/b/nuclear_power_news/archive/2013/05/23/scana_3A00_-new-summer-reactors-on-budget-while-some-milestones-behind-schedule-052302.aspxThu, 23 May 2013 10:34:00 GMTf73e6dbf-9679-481f-8c46-b830edef8b45:29475Nuclear Street News Team0<p><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:small;">Scana and its South Carolina Electric and Gas subsidiary continue to make headway in building two new reactors at the V.C. Summer nuclear plant, reporting to state regulators that the project is on budget but has seen some milestones drop behind schedule.</span></p>...(<a href="http://nuclearstreet.com/nuclear_power_industry_news/b/nuclear_power_news/archive/2013/05/23/scana_3A00_-new-summer-reactors-on-budget-while-some-milestones-behind-schedule-052302.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://nuclearstreet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=29475&AppID=34&AppType=1&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">AP1000new nuclear plantsSCANAsummernew buildSouth Carolina Electric and Gashttp://nuclearstreet.com/nuclear_power_industry_news/b/nuclear_power_news/archive/2013/05/23/nrc-to-inspect-harris-nuclear-plant-rpv-head-052301.aspxThu, 23 May 2013 09:26:00 GMTf73e6dbf-9679-481f-8c46-b830edef8b45:29476Nuclear Street News Team0<p><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:small;"><a href="/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-34/7506.harris.jpg"><img style="float:left;margin:10px;border:1px solid black;" title="Harris nuclear plant. Source: NRC" src="/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-34/7506.harris.jpg" alt="Harris nuclear plant. Source: NRC" height="75" width="101" /></a></span>Regulators have ordered a special inspection of Duke Energy&#39;s Harris nuclear plant after ultrasound testing showed a small weakness in its reactor pressure vessel head.</span></p>...(<a href="http://nuclearstreet.com/nuclear_power_industry_news/b/nuclear_power_news/archive/2013/05/23/nrc-to-inspect-harris-nuclear-plant-rpv-head-052301.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://nuclearstreet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=29476&AppID=34&AppType=1&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">DukeNuclear Regulatory Commissionharrisreactor pressure vessel headhttp://nuclearstreet.com/nuclear_power_industry_news/b/nuclear_power_news/archive/2013/05/22/oil-pump-fire-interrupts-pilgrim-nuclear-plant-startup-052202.aspxWed, 22 May 2013 10:25:00 GMTf73e6dbf-9679-481f-8c46-b830edef8b45:29457Nuclear Street News Team0<p><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:small;"><a href="/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-34/3681.Pilgrim2.jpg"><img style="float:left;margin:10px;border:1px solid black;" title="Pilgrim nuclear plant. Source: Entergy" src="/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-34/3681.Pilgrim2.jpg" alt="Pilgrim nuclear plant. Source: Entergy" height="72" width="110" /></a></span>Workers extinguished a small fire in the turbine hall of Entergy&#39;s Pilgrim nuclear plant Monday, interrupting its startup following a refueling outage.</span></p>...(<a href="http://nuclearstreet.com/nuclear_power_industry_news/b/nuclear_power_news/archive/2013/05/22/oil-pump-fire-interrupts-pilgrim-nuclear-plant-startup-052202.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://nuclearstreet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=29457&AppID=34&AppType=1&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">Entergyoutagepilgrimfiremassachusettshttp://nuclearstreet.com/nuclear_power_industry_news/b/nuclear_power_news/archive/2013/05/22/palisades-nuclear-plant-outage-extended-for-tank-repairs-052201.aspxWed, 22 May 2013 09:33:00 GMTf73e6dbf-9679-481f-8c46-b830edef8b45:29458Nuclear Street News Team0<p><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:small;">The Palisades nuclear plant will stay offline until early summer as crews repair the bottom of a water tank.</span></p>...(<a href="http://nuclearstreet.com/nuclear_power_industry_news/b/nuclear_power_news/archive/2013/05/22/palisades-nuclear-plant-outage-extended-for-tank-repairs-052201.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://nuclearstreet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=29458&AppID=34&AppType=1&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">EntergyoutagePalisadesleakmichiganhttp://nuclearstreet.com/nuclear_power_industry_news/b/nuclear_power_news/archive/2013/05/21/osha-orders-wolf-creek-nuclear-plant-contract-worker-reinstated-052102.aspxTue, 21 May 2013 10:27:00 GMTf73e6dbf-9679-481f-8c46-b830edef8b45:29447Nuclear Street News Team1<p><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:small;">The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has ordered Enercon Services to reinstate a fired engineer, concluding that the company retaliated against him for reporting an unsafe condition at the Wolf Creek nuclear plant in Kansas.</span></p>...(<a href="http://nuclearstreet.com/nuclear_power_industry_news/b/nuclear_power_news/archive/2013/05/21/osha-orders-wolf-creek-nuclear-plant-contract-worker-reinstated-052102.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://nuclearstreet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=29447&AppID=34&AppType=1&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">ENERCONOSHAWolf Creekpipingsuithttp://nuclearstreet.com/nuclear_power_industry_news/b/nuclear_power_news/archive/2013/05/21/algerian-energy-minister-anticipates-new-nuclear-plant-by-2025-052101.aspxTue, 21 May 2013 09:26:00 GMTf73e6dbf-9679-481f-8c46-b830edef8b45:29448Nuclear Street News Team0<p><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:small;"><a href="/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-34/8780.Algeria.png"><img style="float:left;margin:10px;border:1px solid black;" title="Algeria" src="/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-34/8780.Algeria.png" alt="Algeria" height="82" width="82" /></a></span>Algerian authorities have set a new target date to build the country&#39;s first nuclear plant.</span></p>...(<a href="http://nuclearstreet.com/nuclear_power_industry_news/b/nuclear_power_news/archive/2013/05/21/algerian-energy-minister-anticipates-new-nuclear-plant-by-2025-052101.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://nuclearstreet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=29448&AppID=34&AppType=1&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">new nuclear plantsAfricanew buildAlgeriahttp://nuclearstreet.com/nuclear_power_industry_news/b/nuclear_power_news/archive/2013/05/20/nuclear-sites-unaffected-by-canadian-earthquakes-052002.aspxMon, 20 May 2013 10:25:00 GMTf73e6dbf-9679-481f-8c46-b830edef8b45:29431Nuclear Street News Team0<p><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:small;"><a href="/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-34/0317.Chalk_5F00_River_5F00_NRU.jpg"><img style="float:left;margin:10px;border:1px solid black;" title="The National Research Universal Reactor at Chalk River. Source: AECL" src="/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-34/0317.Chalk_5F00_River_5F00_NRU.jpg" alt="The National Research Universal Reactor at Chalk River. Source: AECL" height="63" width="95" /></a></span>Earthquakes in northeast Canada rattled buildings in several cities Friday but had no effect on nearby nuclear facilities.</span></p>...(<a href="http://nuclearstreet.com/nuclear_power_industry_news/b/nuclear_power_news/archive/2013/05/20/nuclear-sites-unaffected-by-canadian-earthquakes-052002.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://nuclearstreet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=29431&AppID=34&AppType=1&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">CanadaCanadian Nuclear Safety Commissionearthquakechalk riverhttp://nuclearstreet.com/nuclear_power_industry_news/b/nuclear_power_news/archive/2013/05/20/new-technology-holds-potential-for-extracting-uranium-from-seawater-052001.aspxMon, 20 May 2013 09:31:00 GMTf73e6dbf-9679-481f-8c46-b830edef8b45:29432Nuclear Street News Team1<p><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:small;">A recently published study has outlined a technology that could significantly improve the ability to extract uranium from seawater &ndash; a process that&#39;s far from commercial viability now but could provide future supplies of the reactor-powering element, should land-based resources become constrained.</span></span></p>...(<a href="http://nuclearstreet.com/nuclear_power_industry_news/b/nuclear_power_news/archive/2013/05/20/new-technology-holds-potential-for-extracting-uranium-from-seawater-052001.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://nuclearstreet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=29432&AppID=34&AppType=1&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">uraniumresearchfuelNuclear Energy University Programshttp://nuclearstreet.com/nuclear_power_industry_news/b/nuclear_power_news/archive/2013/05/17/westinghouse-and-china_1920_s-snptc-sign-mou-to-develop-and-deploy-small-modular-reactor-technology-_2D00_051703.aspxFri, 17 May 2013 17:20:00 GMTf73e6dbf-9679-481f-8c46-b830edef8b45:29429Nuclear Street News Team0<p>Westinghouse Electric Company and State Nuclear Power Technology Corp. (SNPTC) announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to establish a partnership that would enable the two companies to work together to develop a Small Modular Reactor (SMR) standard design, based on the Westinghouse Small Modular Reactor technology, that shall be licensable both in the U.S. and China.</p>...(<a href="http://nuclearstreet.com/nuclear_power_industry_news/b/nuclear_power_news/archive/2013/05/17/westinghouse-and-china_1920_s-snptc-sign-mou-to-develop-and-deploy-small-modular-reactor-technology-_2D00_051703.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://nuclearstreet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=29429&AppID=34&AppType=1&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">WestinghouseAP1000ChinaSMRMOUsnptchttp://nuclearstreet.com/nuclear_power_industry_news/b/nuclear_power_news/archive/2013/05/17/fukushima-daiichi-nuclear-plant-weekly-review-051702.aspxFri, 17 May 2013 10:34:00 GMTf73e6dbf-9679-481f-8c46-b830edef8b45:29417Nuclear Street News Team1<p><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:small;"><strong><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:small;"><a href="/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-34/4621.Monju.JPG"><img style="float:left;margin:10px;border:1px solid black;" title="Monju nuclear plant. Source: Nife via Wikipedia" src="/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-34/4621.Monju.JPG" alt="Monju nuclear plant. Source: Nife via Wikipedia" height="89" width="119" /></a></span></strong>The last week in Japan brought positive news at Fukushima Daiichi &ndash; where Tokyo Electric Power Co. said an underground tank leak was much smaller than originally thought &ndash; and bad news for two other nuclear plants, where decisions by regulators are likely to keep them offline.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:small;">Recent developments related to the 2011 nuclear accidents that followed Japan&#39;s earthquake and tsunami include ...<br /></span></p>...(<a href="http://nuclearstreet.com/nuclear_power_industry_news/b/nuclear_power_news/archive/2013/05/17/fukushima-daiichi-nuclear-plant-weekly-review-051702.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://nuclearstreet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=29417&AppID=34&AppType=1&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">JapanTokyo Electric Power Co.Japan Atomic Power Co.Fukushima Daiichihttp://nuclearstreet.com/nuclear_power_industry_news/b/nuclear_power_news/archive/2013/05/17/ernest-moniz-confirmed-as-new-head-of-doe-051701.aspxFri, 17 May 2013 09:28:00 GMTf73e6dbf-9679-481f-8c46-b830edef8b45:29418Nuclear Street News Team0<p><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:small;">The Senate has unanimously confirmed a former member of the Blue Ribbon Commission on America&#39;s Nuclear Future to head the Department of Energy.</span></p>...(<a href="http://nuclearstreet.com/nuclear_power_industry_news/b/nuclear_power_news/archive/2013/05/17/ernest-moniz-confirmed-as-new-head-of-doe-051701.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://nuclearstreet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=29418&AppID=34&AppType=1&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">department of energyBarack ObamaErnest Monizhttp://nuclearstreet.com/nuclear_power_industry_news/b/nuclear_power_news/archive/2013/05/16/duke_3A00_-catawba-tritium-release-poses-no-health-risk-051602.aspxThu, 16 May 2013 10:26:00 GMTf73e6dbf-9679-481f-8c46-b830edef8b45:29402Nuclear Street News Team0<p><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:small;"><a href="/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-34/1641.catawba.jpg"><img style="float:left;margin:10px;border:1px solid black;" title="Catawba nuclear plant. Source: NRC" src="/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-34/1641.catawba.jpg" alt="Catawba nuclear plant. Source: NRC" height="75" width="101" /></a></span><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:small;">Duke Energy said tritiated water leaked from its Catawba nuclear plant <span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:small;">on Wednesday</span>, reporting the event to regulators but emphasizing tritium levels were within safe limits.</span></span></p>...(<a href="http://nuclearstreet.com/nuclear_power_industry_news/b/nuclear_power_news/archive/2013/05/16/duke_3A00_-catawba-tritium-release-poses-no-health-risk-051602.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://nuclearstreet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=29402&AppID=34&AppType=1&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">tritiumDuke energywatercatawbahttp://nuclearstreet.com/nuclear_power_industry_news/b/nuclear_power_news/archive/2013/05/16/chinese-companies-pitch-their-reactor-designs-for-tentative-south-african-nuclear-project-051601.aspxThu, 16 May 2013 09:26:00 GMTf73e6dbf-9679-481f-8c46-b830edef8b45:29403Nuclear Street News Team0<p><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:small;">China&#39;s nuclear industry is wasting no time in wooing South Africa as it considers building several new reactors to meet its expanding energy needs.</span></p>...(<a href="http://nuclearstreet.com/nuclear_power_industry_news/b/nuclear_power_news/archive/2013/05/16/chinese-companies-pitch-their-reactor-designs-for-tentative-south-african-nuclear-project-051601.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://nuclearstreet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=29403&AppID=34&AppType=1&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">AP1000new nuclear plantsChinaEskomSouth AfricaCPR1000new buildcap1400state Nuclear Power Technology Corp.China Guangdong Nuclear PowerChina National Nuclear Corp.http://nuclearstreet.com/nuclear_power_industry_news/b/nuclear_power_news/archive/2013/05/15/at-plant-vogtle-new-construction-photos-and-good-news-from-the-court.aspxWed, 15 May 2013 10:26:00 GMTf73e6dbf-9679-481f-8c46-b830edef8b45:29388Nuclear Street News Team0<p><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:small;"><a href="/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-34/2063.9_5F00_small.jpg"><img style="float:left;margin:10px;border:1px solid black;" title="Vogtle nuclear plant construction. Source: Southern Co." src="/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-34/2063.9_5F00_small.jpg" alt="Vogtle nuclear plant construction. Source: Southern Co." height="135" width="202" /></a>Construction at Georgia&#39;s Plant Vogtle, where Southern Co. is leading a project to add two Westinghouse AP1000 reactors, continued to make visible progress in April. That work will continue unabated thanks to an appeals court decision Tuesday rejecting a suit by nine environmental groups opposed to the expansion. The Atlanta Business Chronicle reported that the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals decided not to hear the case, which sought to reopen the licensing of the AP1000 following the Fukushima Daiichi accidents in Japan.</span></p>...(<a href="http://nuclearstreet.com/nuclear_power_industry_news/b/nuclear_power_news/archive/2013/05/15/at-plant-vogtle-new-construction-photos-and-good-news-from-the-court.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://nuclearstreet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=29388&AppID=34&AppType=1&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">WestinghouseAP1000new nuclear plantsVogtlegeorgianew buildChicago Bridge &amp; IronSouthern Co.http://nuclearstreet.com/nuclear_power_industry_news/b/nuclear_power_news/archive/2013/05/15/ruling-on-songs-could-delay-restart-051501.aspxWed, 15 May 2013 09:23:00 GMTf73e6dbf-9679-481f-8c46-b830edef8b45:29389Nuclear Street News Team6<p><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:small;">A panel of experts within the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has ruled plans that could allow a reactor at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station to run under reduced power amount to a license amendment requiring a potentially lengthy hearing process that could delay the restart planned for this summer.</span></p>...(<a href="http://nuclearstreet.com/nuclear_power_industry_news/b/nuclear_power_news/archive/2013/05/15/ruling-on-songs-could-delay-restart-051501.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://nuclearstreet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=29389&AppID=34&AppType=1&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">steam generatorsan onofreNuclear Regulatory CommissionSouthern California EdisonAtomic Safety and Licensing Boardhttp://nuclearstreet.com/nuclear_power_industry_news/b/nuclear_power_news/archive/2013/05/14/exciter-vibration-shuts-down-north-anna-reactor-051402.aspxTue, 14 May 2013 10:31:00 GMTf73e6dbf-9679-481f-8c46-b830edef8b45:29374Nuclear Street News Team0<p><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:small;"><a href="/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-34/8551.north_5F00_anna.jpg"><img style="float:left;margin:10px;border:1px solid black;" title="North Anna nuclear plant. Source: NRC" src="/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-34/8551.north_5F00_anna.jpg" alt="North Anna nuclear plant. Source: NRC" height="69" width="93" /></a></span>Operators bringing North Anna unit 2 out of a refueling outage shut down the reactor again after reports of vibration and arcing in the main turbine.</span></p>...(<a href="http://nuclearstreet.com/nuclear_power_industry_news/b/nuclear_power_news/archive/2013/05/14/exciter-vibration-shuts-down-north-anna-reactor-051402.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://nuclearstreet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=29374&AppID=34&AppType=1&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">Dominionoutagevirginianorth annageneratorhttp://nuclearstreet.com/nuclear_power_industry_news/b/nuclear_power_news/archive/2013/05/14/westinghouse_2C00_-china_2700_s-snptc-form-ap1000-supplier-certification-joint-venture-051401.aspxTue, 14 May 2013 09:30:00 GMTf73e6dbf-9679-481f-8c46-b830edef8b45:29375Nuclear Street News Team0<p><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:small;">The companies building the first AP1000 reactors in China announced a joint venture Monday that will further their cooperation and potentially encourage cross-border supplier networks for the reactor&#39;s equipment. </span></p>...(<a href="http://nuclearstreet.com/nuclear_power_industry_news/b/nuclear_power_news/archive/2013/05/14/westinghouse_2C00_-china_2700_s-snptc-form-ap1000-supplier-certification-joint-venture-051401.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://nuclearstreet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=29375&AppID=34&AppType=1&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">WestinghouseAP1000ChinasanmenHaiyangstate Nuclear Power Technology Corp.http://nuclearstreet.com/nuclear_power_industry_news/b/nuclear_power_news/archive/2013/05/13/gao-releases-more-details-on-contested-y_2D00_12_2F00_pantex-contract-051302.aspxMon, 13 May 2013 10:25:00 GMTf73e6dbf-9679-481f-8c46-b830edef8b45:29352Nuclear Street News Team0<p><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:small;"><a href="/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-34/8562.Y_2D00_12_5F00_Aerial.jpg"><img style="float:left;margin:10px;border:1px solid black;" title="Y-12. Source: DOE via Wikipedia" src="/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-34/8562.Y_2D00_12_5F00_Aerial.jpg" alt="Y-12. Source: DOE via Wikipedia" width="116" height="87" /></a></span>Questionable procurement decisions at the National Nuclear Security Administration have emerged with the release of a ruling on a contested contract awarded for management of the Y-12 and Pantex sites.</span></p>...(<a href="http://nuclearstreet.com/nuclear_power_industry_news/b/nuclear_power_news/archive/2013/05/13/gao-releases-more-details-on-contested-y_2D00_12_2F00_pantex-contract-051302.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://nuclearstreet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=29352&AppID=34&AppType=1&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">Babcock &amp; WilcoxBechteldealdepartment of energyY-12pantexGovernment Accountability OfficeLockheed Martinhttp://nuclearstreet.com/nuclear_power_industry_news/b/nuclear_power_news/archive/2013/05/13/turbine-trip-shuts-down-calvert-cliffs-reactor-051301.aspxMon, 13 May 2013 09:34:00 GMTf73e6dbf-9679-481f-8c46-b830edef8b45:29353Nuclear Street News Team0<p><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:small;">Unit 2 at the Calvert Cliffs nuclear plant remained offline Friday after a turbine trip shut down the reactor automatically earlier in the week.</span></p>...(<a href="http://nuclearstreet.com/nuclear_power_industry_news/b/nuclear_power_news/archive/2013/05/13/turbine-trip-shuts-down-calvert-cliffs-reactor-051301.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://nuclearstreet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=29353&AppID=34&AppType=1&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">Constellation Energy Calvert CliffsMarylandhttp://nuclearstreet.com/nuclear_power_industry_news/b/nuclear_power_news/archive/2013/05/10/fukushima-daiichi-nuclear-plant-weekly-review-051002.aspxFri, 10 May 2013 10:29:00 GMTf73e6dbf-9679-481f-8c46-b830edef8b45:29339Nuclear Street News Team0<p><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:small;"><a href="/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-34/4431.unit1_5F00_balloon.jpg"><img style="float:left;margin:10px;border:1px solid black;" title="Fukushima unit 1 reactor building. Source: TEPCO" src="/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-34/4431.unit1_5F00_balloon.jpg" alt="Fukushima unit 1 reactor building. Source: TEPCO" height="107" width="117" /></a></span>Tokyo Electric Power Co. is drilling wells to divert groundwater around its severely damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. Meanwhile, the company also predicted a slight increase in radiation levels at the plant boundary and the demolition of a cover surrounding unit 1.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:small;">Developments this week related to the nuclear plant blacked out following Japan&#39;s 2011 earthquake and tsunami include ...<br /></span></p>...(<a href="http://nuclearstreet.com/nuclear_power_industry_news/b/nuclear_power_news/archive/2013/05/10/fukushima-daiichi-nuclear-plant-weekly-review-051002.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://nuclearstreet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=29339&AppID=34&AppType=1&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">JapanTokyo Electric Power Co.Fukushima Daiichihttp://nuclearstreet.com/nuclear_power_industry_news/b/nuclear_power_news/archive/2013/05/10/trespassing-y_2D00_12-protestors-await-sentencing-051001.aspxFri, 10 May 2013 09:30:00 GMTf73e6dbf-9679-481f-8c46-b830edef8b45:29340Nuclear Street News Team1<p><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:small;">Three anti-nuclear-weapons protesters who defaced the side of the Y-12 highly enriched uranium facility in Oak Ridge, Tenn., remained in jail Thursday following their conviction the previous day.</span></p>...(<a href="http://nuclearstreet.com/nuclear_power_industry_news/b/nuclear_power_news/archive/2013/05/10/trespassing-y_2D00_12-protestors-await-sentencing-051001.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://nuclearstreet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=29340&AppID=34&AppType=1&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">National Nuclear Security Administration department of energyoak ridgeY-12trespassinghttp://nuclearstreet.com/nuclear_power_industry_news/b/nuclear_power_news/archive/2013/05/09/nrc_2C00_-southern-co.-settle-investigation-into-radiation-exam-cheating-at-farley-nuclear-plant-050902.aspxThu, 09 May 2013 10:26:00 GMTf73e6dbf-9679-481f-8c46-b830edef8b45:29321Nuclear Street News Team0<p><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:small;"><a href="/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-34/5557.farley.jpg"><img style="float:left;margin:10px;border:1px solid black;" title="Farley nuclear plant. Source: NRC" src="/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-34/5557.farley.jpg" alt="Farley nuclear plant. Source: NRC" width="94" height="70" /></a></span><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:small;">Southern Co. and federal regulators have reached an agreement to resolve allegations that an employee helped other workers cheat on exams at the Farley nuclear plant in Alabama.</span></span></p>...(<a href="http://nuclearstreet.com/nuclear_power_industry_news/b/nuclear_power_news/archive/2013/05/09/nrc_2C00_-southern-co.-settle-investigation-into-radiation-exam-cheating-at-farley-nuclear-plant-050902.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://nuclearstreet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=29321&AppID=34&AppType=1&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">SafetyNuclear Regulatory CommissionfarleySouthern Co.http://nuclearstreet.com/nuclear_power_industry_news/b/nuclear_power_news/archive/2013/05/09/rosatom-offers-edf-cooperation_2C00_-potential-investment-in-turkish-nuclear-plant-050901.aspxThu, 09 May 2013 09:26:00 GMTf73e6dbf-9679-481f-8c46-b830edef8b45:29322Nuclear Street News Team0<p><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:small;">French nuclear firm EDF and Russia&#39;s Rosatom are in discussions to work more closely, a French publication has reported, potentially including co-ownership of Turkey&#39;s first commercial nuclear plant.</span></p>...(<a href="http://nuclearstreet.com/nuclear_power_industry_news/b/nuclear_power_news/archive/2013/05/09/rosatom-offers-edf-cooperation_2C00_-potential-investment-in-turkish-nuclear-plant-050901.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://nuclearstreet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=29322&AppID=34&AppType=1&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">new nuclear plantsEDFRosatomTurkeyVVERnew buildAkkuyu