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The construction of the EPR nuclear plant at Taishan in China, coordinated by EDF, CGNPC1 and AREVA, has passed a key stage in its development with the lowering of the reactor pressure vessel (RPV) into the Unit 1 reactor building, after which it was installed in its final location in the reactor pit...

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...

GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) will host a nuclear industry suppliers conference in West Cumbria, England to meet face-to-face with potential U.K. business partners in support of GEH’s proposal to offer its PRISM technology to help address the country’s plutonium waste management challenges...

The Next Generation Nuclear Plant Industry Alliance Limited (NGNP Industry Alliance) announced today that it has selected the AREVA Generation IV reactor concept as the optimum design for next generation nuclear plants (decision paper attached below). The AREVA design is a high-temperature gas-cooled...

The ATMEA1 reactor was designed and developed jointly by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and AREVA, in their joint company ATMEA. It is intended for all types of networks, especially mid-power electrical networks. ATMEA1 is a Generation III+ model, and has properties similar to those of the EPR reactor...

TEPCO released the following video of i nside the Reactor Building of Unit 3, Fukushima Daiichi Nuclaer Power Station. (Please visit the site to view this video)

"For the first time in history, we've entirely rebuilt a CANDU reactor core and are now fuelling up." said Duncan Hawthorne, Bruce Power's President and Chief Executive Officer Bruce Power has been given the go-ahead from its regulator, the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, to...

SMR, LLC, a subsidiary of Holtec International, has awarded a contract to the Shaw Group Inc. to provide phase one engineering support services for a new 140-megawatt small modular nuclear power reactor, the Holtec Inherently Safe Modular Underground Reactor (HI-SMUR). Shaw will develop the conceptual...

This spring the Idaho National Laboratory’s Advanced Test Reactor enters its fourth year as a National Scientific User Facility, a designation that lets academic and private scientists run experiments within the federally owned reactor’s unique clover-leaf fuel configuration. (Please visit...

The Tennessee Valley Authority made the case Friday that safety systems at its seven reactors could withstand a string of natural disasters and plant emergencies like those encountered by Japan’s severely damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. In a rare plant tour, reporters from several...

In a CBS News Poll released Tuesday, more than two thirds of Americans surveyed considered U.S. nuclear plants to be “generally safe,” but support for new reactors fell to its lowest level in ten years. During the telephone survey of 1,022 adults nationwide conducted between March 19...

For the first time in more than a week, outside power illuminated the control room Tuesday at unit 3 of Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, where operators have struggled with overheating in reactors and spent fuel pools since an earthquake hit the country March 11. (Please visit the site...

Work at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant to restore electricity and refill spent fuel tanks wore on Monday, with workers briefly evacuated while smoke or steam was observed above two reactors. A team of water trucks continued to spray water on reactors 3 and 4. The amount sprayed in unit 3 in recent...

This weekend saw a few positive developments at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, where crews continue to spray spent fuel tanks and work to restore power to damaged reactors. Japan’s Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency reported Sunday that units 5 and 6 are now in cold shutdown. Additionally...

UPDATED 6:20 P.M. – The Tokyo Electric Power Company has confirmed that a kilometer-long AC power line has been connected to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, a positive development following a weeklong station blackout and multiple reactor emergencies. In the coming hours, engineers will...

UPDATED 11:44 a.m. -- A Japanese TV station has obtained this video of the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant taken from a nearby helicopter: (Please visit the site to view this video) ------------- Japanese defense forces enlisted lead-shielded helicopters to drop water into the damaged...

Japan has lost a fifth of its nuclear power generating capacity, forcing utilities to impose periodic blackouts and electricity rationing in much of the country. Nuclear plants provide 30 percent of Japan’s electricity, according to a report in the Los Angeles Times. A significant portion...

As the world’s attention has focused on station blackouts and radiation releases from two earthquake-damaged Japanese power plants, politicians here and abroad have begun to weigh in on the future of nuclear power. Through a spokesman, President Barack Obama stood behind his support for...

UPDATED 8:06 P.M. -- Multiple news agencies on Friday evening reported a third explosion at the Fukushima Daichi nuclear plant, this time at unit 2. Kyodo News, quoting Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency, reported that the reactor's pressure-suppression system may be damaged. ...

Of 104 commercial reactors in the United States, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has given 98 its top two safety ratings in annual assessment letters. According to an NRC release, 89 reactors performed at the highest level within the agency’s inspection program during 2010. Reactor sites...

Old Dominion Electric Cooperative announced it will no longer join Dominion Virginia Power in building a third reactor at Virginia’s North Anna power plant. The companies will still share ownership of the plant’s existing two units, in which ODEC has an 11.6 percent stake. In a statement...

Areva Group will spin off its uranium mining unit in a deal between Areva and Electricite de France (EDF) brokered by France’s nuclear policy council. The French government owns 80 percent of EDF and about 90 percent of Areva. In an effort to smooth over disputes between the two companies, the...

M ore than a dozen Greenpeace protestors scaled a cooling tower in Spain Tuesday, breaching security and creating an emergency alert at one of the country's six nuclear power plants. With a Spanish regulatory agency considering whether to extend the plant's operating permit in the coming...

Hotelc launches new type of nuclear power plant - Edited By Chris Reed - Holtec International has announced that the proof-of-principle studies on Holtec's 140 MWe (Min.) modular reactor that began a year ago have been successfully completed. The new reactor is named HI-SMUR 140, derived from...

“When we started the refurbishment project we always knew the retube of the reactors would be a major undertaking and represented one of our most significant challenges,” said Duncan Hawthorne, President and Chief Executive Officer of Bruce Power. - Edited By Chris Reed - In a speech...