Nuclear Power Industry News

OSHA Orders Wolf Creek Nuclear Plant Contract Worker Reinstated

2013-05-21T10:27:00Z

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has ordered Enercon Services to reinstate a fired engineer, concluding that the company retaliated against him for reporting an unsafe condition at the Wolf Creek nuclear plant in Kansas.

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Algerian Energy Minister Anticipates New Nuclear Plant By 2025

2013-05-21T09:26:00Z

Algerian authorities have set a new target date to build the country's first nuclear plant.

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Nuclear Sites Unaffected by Canadian Earthquakes

2013-05-20T10:25:00Z

Earthquakes in northeast Canada rattled buildings in several cities Friday but had no effect on nearby nuclear facilities.

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New Technology Holds Potential for Extracting Uranium from Seawater

2013-05-20T09:31:00Z

A recently published study has outlined a technology that could significantly improve the ability to extract uranium from seawater – a process that's far from commercial viability now but could provide future supplies of the reactor-powering element, should land-based resources become constrained.

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Westinghouse and China’s SNPTC Sign MOU to Develop and Deploy Small Modular Reactor Technology

2013-05-17T17:20:00Z

Westinghouse Electric Company and State Nuclear Power Technology Corp. (SNPTC) announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to establish a partnership that would enable the two companies to work together to develop a Small Modular Reactor (SMR) standard design, based on the Westinghouse Small Modular Reactor technology, that shall be licensable both in the U.S. and China.

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Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant Weekly Review

2013-05-17T10:34:00Z

The last week in Japan brought positive news at Fukushima Daiichi – where Tokyo Electric Power Co. said an underground tank leak was much smaller than originally thought – and bad news for two other nuclear plants, where decisions by regulators are likely to keep them offline.

Recent developments related to the 2011 nuclear accidents that followed Japan's earthquake and tsunami include ...

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Ernest Moniz Confirmed as New Head of DOE

2013-05-17T09:28:00Z

The Senate has unanimously confirmed a former member of the Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future to head the Department of Energy.

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Duke: Catawba Tritium Release Poses No Health Risk

2013-05-16T10:26:00Z

Duke Energy said tritiated water leaked from its Catawba nuclear plant on Wednesday, reporting the event to regulators but emphasizing tritium levels were within safe limits.

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Chinese Companies Pitch Their Reactor Designs for Tentative South African Nuclear Project

2013-05-16T09:26:00Z

China's nuclear industry is wasting no time in wooing South Africa as it considers building several new reactors to meet its expanding energy needs.

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At Plant Vogtle, New Construction Photos and Good News From the Court

2013-05-15T10:26:00Z

Construction at Georgia's Plant Vogtle, where Southern Co. is leading a project to add two Westinghouse AP1000 reactors, continued to make visible progress in April. That work will continue unabated thanks to an appeals court decision Tuesday rejecting a suit by nine environmental groups opposed to the expansion. The Atlanta Business Chronicle reported that the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals decided not to hear the case, which sought to reopen the licensing of the AP1000 following the Fukushima Daiichi accidents in Japan.

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Ruling on SONGS Could Delay Restart

2013-05-15T09:23:00Z

A panel of experts within the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has ruled plans that could allow a reactor at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station to run under reduced power amount to a license amendment requiring a potentially lengthy hearing process that could delay the restart planned for this summer.

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Exciter Vibration Shuts Down North Anna Reactor

2013-05-14T10:31:00Z

Operators bringing North Anna unit 2 out of a refueling outage shut down the reactor again after reports of vibration and arcing in the main turbine.

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Westinghouse, China's SNPTC Form AP1000 Supplier Certification Joint Venture

2013-05-14T09:30:00Z

The companies building the first AP1000 reactors in China announced a joint venture Monday that will further their cooperation and potentially encourage cross-border supplier networks for the reactor's equipment.

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GAO Releases More Details on Contested Y-12/Pantex Contract

2013-05-13T10:25:00Z

Questionable procurement decisions at the National Nuclear Security Administration have emerged with the release of a ruling on a contested contract awarded for management of the Y-12 and Pantex sites.

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Turbine Trip Shuts Down Calvert Cliffs Reactor

2013-05-13T09:34:00Z

Unit 2 at the Calvert Cliffs nuclear plant remained offline Friday after a turbine trip shut down the reactor automatically earlier in the week.

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