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Another reactor at South Korea's Yeonggwang nuclear plant will see an extended outage after a routine inspection found microscopic cracks in the control rod tubing of a reactor pressure vessel. Units 5 and 6 at the plant were taken offline a week ago as part of an investigation into nearly 7,700...

Units 5 and 6 at South Korea's Yeonggwang nuclear plant will remain shut down until at least the end of the year as Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power Co. replaces thousands of components with suspect documentation. The two OPR 1000 pressurized water reactors were shut down Monday following a government...

The Canada Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Republic of Korea’s Nuclear Safety and Security Commission (KSSC) Tuesday in order to strengthen safety standards through technical cooperation and information exchange in nuclear regulatory matters...

I n a press release Tuesday, Aveva announced the opening of a new office in Charlotte, NC to support the growing global nuclear energy market. Aveva specializes in delivering design and information management solutions with strategic value to leading companies in the plant and marine industries. ...

Korea Electric Power Co. has hooked two new reactors up to the grid. World Nuclear News reported Thursday that Shin Kori 2 and Shin Wolsong 1 were connected to the grid last month and will enter into commercial service by the middle of the year. Construction began on both units in 2007, according to...

Korea’s largest power company plans to ramp up exports to as much as half of its business, from 3 percent now. Korean Electric Power Co. CEO Kim Joong-kyum announced the move in a statement Monday, without giving specifics or a timeframe. He said the company intends to grow through merger activities...

Korea remains committed to nuclear power. On Sunday Minister of Knowledge Economy Hong Suk-woo told Yonhap News that the country's nuclear energy policy would remain unchanged. Korea plans to boost reactors' share of power generation from 14 percent to 40 percent. Seven reactors are under construction...

KWN, a company jointly owned by Westinghouse Electric Company and KEPCO Nuclear Fuel, has begun production of control element assemblies (CEAs) for Combustion Engineering-designed nuclear plant customers worldwide. The first order of 56 CEAs will be delivered in February 2012 to the Yonggwang Nuclear...

Lightbridge, a nuclear fuel technology firm based in Virginia, announced it will explore research projects with the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute. Their memorandum of agreement seeks joint research of fuel designed by Lightbridge – specifically, pre-irradiation testing in advance of loop...

“This success marks the first time a CANDU 6 reactor has had all of the fuel channels removed and replaced,” says Hugh MacDiarmid, AECL’s President and CEO - Edited By Chris Reed – Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) has reached an important milestone with the first successful...

"This week's talks went well, and the target of the two countries is to sign the inter-governmental agreement during the G-20 summit in Seoul in mid-November," said one source. - Edited By Chris Reed - According to a news report,Turkey and South Korea are planning in mid-November...

"The U.S. has shown some confidence in Korea's pledge to reuse the spent nuclear fuel peacefully. Concrete technical matters will be reviewed by scientists and engineers of the two countries in negotiations." By Tom Lamar Korea and the United States have agreed to start talks about...

“We hope to sign the agreement with Washington soon and Jordan is on the way to sign an agreement with the Japanese government,” Hassan said, according to a Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation statement. - Edited by April Murelio - According to a report in The Jordan...

Washington and Seoul are in talks on a new civilian atomic accord that would replace the 1974 cooperation pact that is scheduled for a 2014 expiration date. Under the current agreement, the South is prohibited from reprocessing nuclear fuel a processs that can also produce fissile material for a nuclear...

In January 2008, Fission entered into an earn-in agreement with a group led by Korea Electric Power Corporation under the newly created Korea Waterbury Uranium Limited Partnership (the "KEPCO Consortium"), for the joint development of the Waterbury Lake Property in the Athabasca Basin. The...

Seoul's Ministry of Education, Science and Technology says that that a consortium led by Korea Electric Power Corp. and comprised of 13 local companies, including POSCO and STX Heavy Industries Co., will inject 100 billion won (81.8 million U.S. dollars) into a project to complete design work and...

Turkey already has deals in the works with Russia and South Korea and is also open to other proposals for construction and finance of the nuclear power plant, and will assess if new proposals came from other countries - By Stephen Heiser - According to the Turkish energy minister, Turkey is working...

"Nuclear energy is the only viable option towards our long-term energy needs. Our energy generation mix is rather unhealthy at the moment because we are using too much gas and coal." - By April Murelio - The government of Malaysia has approved the construction of a nuclear power plant...

Ceremony Marks Safeguards Lab´s Extension - By David Cardenas-Mazurkiewicz,IAEA Division of Public Information - The IAEA broke new ground in Seibersdorf, Austria on 31 March 2010. Braving spring showers, representatives from IAEA Member States, the Agency´s host country, Austria, and...

The deal lays the foundation for the two countries to work together to build a new Korean type of nuclear power plant, the APR1400. Turkey is still open to partnering with other companies from other nations - By Linton Levy - The Korea Electric Power Company (KEPCO) and the Turkish state power...

South Korean Nuclear Companies Target to Obtain 20% of Global Nuclear Construction Market Share by 2030 - Edited by April Murelio - South Korean nuclear industry players foresee a potential market in the global nuclear power plant construction. The growing demand for energy driven by developing...

Under the terms of the agreement, KEPCO will take an indirect 10 % stake in the Imouraren SA mining company, jointly owned by AREVA and the Nigerien state - By Linton Levy - AREVA CEO Anne Lauvergeon and Ssang-Soo Kim, CEO of the Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO), met in Paris to sign an...

The government said that along with private entities, it would invest a total of 400 billion won ($355.7 million) in research and development, between 2011 and 2017, to improve domestic nuclear reactor technology - By April Murelio - The South Korean government has said that it is targeting a 20...

Prime Minister Chung expressed his own interest in following through on a potential agreement with Alternate Energy Holdings as soon as possible - By Linton Levy - Alternate Energy Holdings, Inc. CEO Don Gillispie remains in negotiations with Korean officials over the importing of Korean-made nuclear...

Seoul's deputy foreign minister Lee Yong-joon will meet with Jordanian officials in a three-day visit to the country starting on Saturday to discuss the construction project - Edited by April Murelio - According to a report by Xinhua, South Korea and Jordan will discuss Jordan's nuclear power...