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The Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. (EPRI), an independent, public-focused nonprofit research and development organization and Newton Research Labs, Inc., a Seattle-based manufacturer of machine vision, robotics and optical automation, have teamed together to develop an underwater laser scanning...

EWI announced that its silicon carbide (SiC) joining samples have emerged stable from six months of aggressive irradiation and water flow testing in the core of MIT's research nuclear reactor in Cambridge, MA. Silicon carbide fuel cladding is an emerging technology that has the potential for orders...

The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) announced today the results of the nuclear fuel procurement competition launched in July 2011. The goal of the fuel competition is to create a strategy to cover supply for the first 15 years of operations. A portfolio of leading international nuclear...

USEC Inc. announced yesterday that they have entered into a multi-party arrangement with Energy Northwest, the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) and the U. S. Department of Energy (DOE) to extend uranium enrichment operations at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion...

The Executive Board of Energy Northwest voted Thursday to spend $711 million to buy fuel to supply its Columbia nuclear power plant . While the fuel will not be used until 2021 to 2028, the company believes it is in a unique position to get a below-market price for fuel and potentially stabilize fuel...

A federal court ruled last Friday to award Energy Northwest more than $48.7 million in damages for the construction and licensing of a used fuel storage area at Columbia Generating Station. The ruling came nearly five years after the court determined the U.S. Department of Energy was in breach of contract...

Xcel Energy announced today it has reached a settlement with the federal government regarding costs incurred by Northern States Power Co. and its customers because of the Department of Energy’s failure to begin removing used fuel from the company’s nuclear plant sites by a 1998 deadline....

Westinghouse Electric Company has developed an emergency fuel pool cooling system (EFPCS) to keep spent nuclear fuel cool in emergency situations, including the loss of all plant power. The system consists of a permanently installed “primary” cooling loop located inside the reactor building...

Global Nuclear Fuel-Americas (GNF-A) has announced it has received a $300 million dollar contract from Baltimore, Md.-based Constellation Energy Nuclear Group, LLC (CENG) to supply fuel and associated engineering reload licensing services to the utility’s Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station in central...

Tennessee Valley Authority employees at Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant have been honored by the Nuclear Energy Institute for co-developing a monitoring system to improve nuclear fuel rod performance. The TVA team won the institute's B. Ralph Sylvia "Best of the Best" Top Industry Practice...

This TEPCO video shows the condition of the Unit 4 spent fuel pool at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant. Significant debris is shown on the spent fuel racks. (Please visit the site to view this video)

Video of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station – Unit 4 Spent Fuel Pool. (Please visit the site to view this video) On April 22 nd , TEPCO collected a 150ml water sample from the Unit 4 spent fuel pool for nuclide analysis of radioactive materials. The test results are attached to the...

French energy group Areva has entered tentative talks with the Tennessee Valley Authority that could pave the way for TVA’s nuclear plants to use fuel made from retired weapons. On Friday, the company announced it signed a letter of intent with TVA to initiate discussions on the use of fuel...

GE Hitachi has discovered unexpected cracking and material distortion in some of the companies' control-rod blades, according to a report made public Wednesday by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. GE Hitachi reported to the NRC that the problems could present a safety hazard, and the design...

Areva will shuffle the CEOs at three of its subsidiaries, the French energy group announced Wednesday, with Transnuclear Inc. chief operating officer Bob Grubb stepping in as acting president and CEO at that company starting March 1. Grubb holds a master's in science in civil engineering...

- Edited By Tom Lamar – Westinghouse Electric Company today announced that it has entered into a long-term agreement with South Carolina Electric & Gas Company (SCE&G), the principal subsidiary of SCANA Corporation, to provide nuclear fuel fabrication services for the V.C. Summer nuclear...

“We are pleased that NFS is continuing its work in support of the nation’s critical defense programs.” - Edited By Tom Lamar - The Babcock & Wilcox Company (B&W) announced today that its subsidiary Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc. (NFS) has been awarded a contract extension...

"This collaborative nuclear fuels R&D work with Purdue and TEES is developing technology that could positively affect both the nuclear industry and consumers of alternative energy," said Anthony Dutton, President and CEO of IBC Advanced Alloys. - Edited By Tom Lamar - IBC Advanced...

“Westinghouse is committed to conducting business in a 'win-win' manner,” said Joe Belechak, Westinghouse Sr. Vice President, Nuclear Fuel - Edited By Chris Reed - Westinghouse Electric Company has announced that it has reached agreement with China Baotou Nuclear Fuel (CBNF...

- Edited By Chris Reed – It will take at least a decade for China to start the large-scale industrial application of spent nuclear fuel reprocessing technology, which may be the solution to the uranium supply shortage, the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) said on Monday. Earlier...

- Edited By Tom Lamar - As a national panel studies permanent solutions to nuclear waste disposal, the operators of Plant Vogtle are planning new facilities that could store waste safely in Burke County for more than a century. "Our plans are actually to build two new storage facilities: a...

- Edited By Chris Reed - Larsen and Toubro (L&T) an engineering and construction company said today that it has delivered its first four dry shielded canisters for Transnuclear Inc as part of orders for three American nuclear power plants. These canisters will be used to store spent nuclear fuel...

- Edited By Chris Reed - According to news reports, China has made a breakthrough in nuclear fuel reprocessing technology that could effectively end any uranium supply concerns. This latest breakthrough could provide fuel for those plants for years to come. Chinese scientists have apparently...

- By Greg Webb, IAEA More than 8 000 highly radioactive nuclear fuel elements arrived safely on 22 December at a secure Russian facility as part of an IAEA-coordinated effort to transfer the material from a Serbian nuclear research reactor. The fuel repatriation mission used trucks, trains and...

- Edited By Chris Reed - Kansai Electric Power Co. started Unit No. 3 at the Takahama nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture, Japan on Wednesday. It is the nation's fourth nuclear power plant using plutonium-uranium mixed oxide, or MOX, fuel. The reactor is expected to reach criticality soon...