August, 2009

Shaw Group will take over the contract - By April Murelio - According to a report in Union Tribune, Southern California Edison, has terminated its long-standing maintenance San Onofre contract with Bechtel a month before it plans to undertake one of the largest construction jobs in the plant's history. The Shaw Group will take over the contract. Nuclear power plant maintenance entails...

Bruce recognize and reward employees for their business improvement ideas - By: Razor Suleman, CEO and Founder, I Love Rewards - Bruce Power is the only private nuclear generation company in Canada and the source of nearly 25 per cent of Ontario’s electricity. Ranked 156th on the Financial Post’s list of Canada’s 500 largest companies, Bruce Power employs more than 3,800 people...

Previously Distributed Tablets Expire Aug. 31; New Tablets Available Beginning Sept. 1 - By Abby Gessner - The Department of Health will provide free potassium iodide, or KI, tablets to people who live or work within a 10-mile radius of Pennsylvania's five nuclear power plants beginning next month. The KI tablets that were distributed previously by the commonwealth will expire on Aug....

Unit was offline for brief work - By Linton Levy - Unit 4 at the Bruce A generating station has returned to service following an outage that began Aug. 26 to perform maintenance on a governor valve on the conventional side of the station. Units 3,5,6,7 and 8 all remain at high power. Bruce Power is Canada’s first private nuclear generating company and the source of more than 20 percent...

NRC staff will meet with APS officials Next Month - By Stephen Heiser - U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff will meet with Arizona Public Service Co. officials on Sept. 10 to discuss the status of performance improvements at the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station. APS operates the plant, located 55 miles west of Phoenix, Ariz. The meeting, which will be open to public observation,...

Company customers in military aviation, civil aviation and nuclear energy ensure the feasibility, capability, and effective utilization of their complex assets - By Abby Gessner - Atlantis Systems Corp. has announced that it has secured a Cdn$700,000 bridge financing for the purposes of providing additional working capital from CEO Capital Corp., a corporation controlled by Mark Rivers, the Chairman...

Remarks made to 2009 Integrated Safety Management Conference - By Abby Gessner - National Nuclear Security Administration Administrator Thomas D’Agostino addressed the 2009 Department of Energy Integrated Safety Management (ISM) Conference in Knoxville, Tenn., on Wednesday, August 26. In his remarks, Administrator D’Agostino highlighted the NNSA’s track record of developing...

No open items that would preclude license renewal for an additional 20 years of operation - By Stephen Heiser - The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued its final safety evaluation report (SER) for the proposed renewal of the operating licenses for the Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Units 1 and 2, and concluded that there are no open items that would preclude license renewal for an additional...

Major step in the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's new, streamlined licensing process - By Stephen Heiser - The Nuclear Regulatory Commission today issued an Early Site Permit (ESP) for the two new units of the Vogtle Electric Generating Plant in Waynesboro, Ga. Plant Vogtle is owned by Georgia Power, Oglethorpe Power Corporation, the Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia [MEAG Power] and...

Other units remain at normal power - By Stephen Heiser - Unit 4 at the Bruce A generating station has been taken offline for what is expected to be a brief outage to allow workers to perform maintenance on a governor valve on the conventional side of the station. Units 3,5,6,7 and 8 remain at high power. Bruce Power is Canada’s first private nuclear generating company and the source...

Grants total nearly $20 million to 70 institutions to boost nuclear education and expand the workforce - By Abby Gesssner - The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has awarded nearly $20 million to 70 institutions to boost nuclear education and expand the workforce in nuclear and nuclear-related disciplines. Congress provided the NRC funding for a $5 million Educational Curriculum program and an additional...

An initial cash payment of $850,000 for Sheep Mountain and for the Hollie claims; followed by a payment of US$2,000,000 if the month-end spot uranium price - By Abby Gessner - Titan Uranium Inc. has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement (with Uranium One Inc. to acquire the 50% interest held by Uranium One in the Sheep Mountain property, Fremont County, Wyoming. This will...

The next two weekly columns focus on the Secretary of Energy’s recent Energy Challenge to the national labs and consists of two parts detailing a race among various energy producing technologies. Part I describes the goals, guidelines and need for the race. Part II conceptualizes the race. The Great Technology Race – Part I - By Randy Brich - After winding its way up from Keystone...

An impressive resume in nuclear at a time when we are considering building two new stations - By Stephen Heiser - Duke Energy's board of directors increased its size from 10 to 12 members with the election today of John H. Forsgren and E. James Reinsch. Forsgren is the retired vice chairman, executive vice president and chief financial officer of Northeast Utilities. He brings 35 years...

To illuminate its main employee parking areas, Edison is equipping the site with solar-powered LED lights - By Abby Gessner - One of California’s largest state utilities, Southern California Edison (SCE), is lighting up the night with solar technology at its San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS). To illuminate its main employee parking areas, Edison is equipping the site with solar...

New Video Now Available for Download on Web Site - By Linton Levy - Flowserve Corporation, a leading provider of flow control products and services for the global infrastructure markets, today announced the availability of a valve and actuator technology video for the nuclear power industry. The video highlights the design features and qualification program of the Flowserve Edward Main Steam...

Court grants en banc rehearing to determine jurisdiction for key underground injection permit - By Abby Gessner - Uranium Resources, Inc. (URI) a uranium exploration, development and production company, announced today that the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit has approved its June 1, 2009 petition for an en banc review of the court’s April 17, 2009 ruling that URI’s...

Plant will now be known as NextEra Energy Seabrook - Edited by April Murelio - According to a report in The Gloucester Times, The NRC gave its official approval last week: Seabrook's nuclear power plant will now be known as NextEra Energy Seabrook. Known as Seabrook Station since the day it opened nearly 20 years ago, the power plant has changed names and owners more than once over the years...

Company will provide an update in reference to the second quarter 2009 earnings report - By Stephen Heiser - Thorium Power, Ltd. (OTCBB: THPW), a leading developer of non-proliferative nuclear fuel technology and provider of comprehensive advisory services for civil nuclear energy programs, today announced that it will host a conference call on August 25, 2009 at 11:00 AM ET. The company will...

Shaw preparing for the future by providing services in all electric generation markets, including coal, natural gas, nuclear and renewables - By Stephen Heiser - Ron Barnes, president of Shaw Power Group’s Fossil & Renewables Division, recently discussed the opportunities and challenges facing the U.S. coal-fired electric power industry, telling a gathering of industry leaders that...

USEC Inc. announced today that Christine M. Ciccone, Esq., has been appointed senior vice president of external relations . - By Abby Gessner - Ciccone will lead the Company’s public policy efforts with the U.S. government, media and other external stakeholders as well as develop and implement strategic communication plans companywide. She will report to John K. Welch, president and chief...

Administrative law judges for the New York Public Service Commission have proposed a schedule under which regulators would make a final decision in January - Edited by Linton Levy - According to a report by the AP, New York utility regulators likely will not decide the fate of Entergy Corp.'s plan to spin off its wholesale nuclear power generators into a separate company until at least early...

Strathmore Minerals Corp. announces its wholly owned subsidiary Strathmore Resources (US) Ltd. has completed a binding Letter of Intent (LOI Agreement) with NCA Nuclear Inc. (NCA), a wholly owned subsidiary of Bayswater Uranium Corporation for the sale of its properties known as "Pine-Tree Reno Creek" for US $30,000,000 (Thirty Million) in cash. - By Abby Gessner - The total land package...

Nuclear power must be a major part of a solution to global warming - Edited by April Murelio - According to a report in The Coloradoan, Senators Mark Udall and John McCain have declared climate change a major threat to national parks, Udall, D-Colo., and told reporters that nuclear power must be a major part of a solution to global warming. After touring Rocky Mountain National Park's...

Two-unit facility has operated the past two years without a restricted-duty or lost-time injury - By Stephen Heiser - The STP Nuclear Operating Company has reached another significant safety milestone. The two-unit facility, one of the nation’s largest nuclear power plants, has operated the past two years without a restricted-duty or lost-time injury among its approximately 1,200 employees...