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An electrical accident in the switchyard of a Missouri nuclear plant sent three workers to the hospital Tuesday. According to an event report filed with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, an arc flash occurred at about 5 p.m. while a crew placed ground straps on a safeguards transformer under maintenance...

Next week, Westinghouse and Ameren will host an event for potential suppliers to a proposed small modular reactor project in Missouri. The companies have applied for a share of $452 million in the Department of Energy budget for 50-50 cost sharing toward the design certification and licensing of SMRs...

Since Westinghouse teamed up with Ameren to compete for federal funding supporting small modular reactor development, Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has found no shortage of local support for the potential project at the Callaway nuclear plant. In a speech this weekend at the University of Missouri in Columbia...

Westinghouse Electric Company and the Missouri Electric Alliance led by Ameren Missouri today announced the formation of a utility participation group called the NexStart SMR Alliance. The Alliance is a consortium of current and prospective nuclear plant owners and operators and includes cooperative...

Westinghouse and Ameren Missouri have entered into an agreement to respond collaboratively to the United States Department of Energy (DOE) Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) for developing and licensing the Westinghouse Small Modular Reactor (SMR). Under the terms of the agreement, Ameren Missouri...

A bill that would allow Ameren to charge ratepayers for licensing a proposed second reactor at its Callaway nuclear plant is again before state legislators in Missouri. HB 1316 received a hearing before the House Committee on Utilities Tuesday after a similar measure languished last year. The bill would...

L-3 MAPPS announced today that it has earned follow-on orders from Ameren Missouri to upgrade the full scope simulator for the Callaway Energy Center in Callaway County, Missouri, USA. One order will provide for the addition of an alternate emergency power system (AEPS) model and in the other order L...

Software platform based on Enterprise Informatics' eB for Nuclear application suite - By April Murelio - Enterprise Informatics, a leading developer of enterprise information management software, announced a joint marketing agreement with Excel Services Corporation to deliver a comprehensive...

Ameren Announces First Quarter 2009 Earnings; 2009 EARNINGS GUIDANCE UPDATED - By Abby Gessner - Ameren Corporation has announced first quarter 2009 net income in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) of $141 million, or 66 cents per share, compared to first quarter 2008...

Corporate level external and internal communications teams will report to Foss - By Stephen Heiser - The board of directors of Ameren Corporation has elected Karen Foss as Senior Vice President, Communications and Brand Management. She will report to Thomas R. Voss, who assumes the title of Chief...

L-3 MAPPS to Upgrade Callaway Plant Simulator with Orchid software suite - By April Murelio - L-3 MAPPS has received an order from AmerenUE to enhance the Callaway nuclear plant simulator with its Orchid suite of software tools. In 2008, L-3 successfully replaced the simulator’s reactor core...