Nuclear Power Industry News

As negotiations continue to sour between Candu Energy and the union representing its workers, the Society of Professional Engineers and Associates said Wednesday that its members would refuse overtime and may strike.

Tennessee facility will train as many as 700 welders annually in both nuclear and non-nuclear operations - Edited by Abby Gessner - According to a report by the World Nuclear News, Westinghouse will next week open its second WEC Welding Institute in the USA, as well as a training center for maintaining and refuelling boiling water reactors (BWRs). The new welding institute - based at Westinghouse's...

The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (UN IPCC) relied on flawed historical global temperature reconstructions to make the case that unprecedented warming occurred in the latter half of the last century. Furthermore, the UN IPCC preached that carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels most likely caused the warming. When the Canadian Government’s mass mailing to...

Originally published in the Hawaii Reporter - By Michael R. Fox Ph.D., - If this scandal of November 20, 2009 continues in the horrendous path it’s taken, it should be the end of the man-made CO2 global warming hypothesis. Beyond the warmers inability to prove their simple hypothesis after more than 20 years and $80 billion dollars, has been their collective bullying behavior patterns....

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission approved the combined license for two new AP1000 reactors at Georgia's Vogtle nuclear plant Thursday afternoon -- the first time since 1978 a new nuclear plant has been licensed in the U.S. Southern Company has made substantial progress since obtaining an early site permit in 2009, and the final COL is critical to the construction schedule. The approval was...

One of the most difficult jobs in running an outage services business is locating good quality temporary workers. They come from all different types of backgrounds. Some are seasonal workers that are in construction, landscaping, etc. that need to work when there are not busy doing their local seasonal job. Some are looking for a career change but they are not sure exactly what they want to do, so...

The Society of Professional Engineers and Associates (SPEA) is holding an information picket this morning in front of Bruce Power and Ontario Power Generation nuclear facilities to warn that critical technical expertise may not be available to support their long term operations. "Ontario's nuclear operators are facing a potentially serious situation and must call on SNC-Lavalin to settle...

Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) plans to develop the Emirate's first nuclear power plant in Abu Dhabi to meet the national power requirement by 2020. - Edited By Abby Gessner - The nuclear power plant will be located at Al Bayyaa, next to the frontier with Saudi Arabia. The plant will be built in three phases and will have a capacity of 5000 MW upon completion. Each phase will...

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. Elevated Radiation readings of 8,217 microsievert per hour were recorded near the plant, per a Tepco...

Steve Milloy provides the only antidote strong enough to stop a plague of ignorance: a liberal dose of education - A Nuclear Street Book Review by Randy Brich - Sometimes a guy has to step back, take a long deep breath and reassess everything he thought he knew as fact. Some people conduct this exercise without even thinking, critically examining all that floats their way with the dispassionate...

The change means company stock is now being traded under the symbol AEHI:OB, but it also involves moving the company into a fully reporting entity on its way to the NASDAQ, which should also attract larger investment opportunities - By Linton Levy - Alternate Energy Holdings, Inc. (AEHI:OB) is pleased to announce it received approval from National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) to...

An Exclusive Nuclear Street Interview with Dr. James Mahaffey, author of ATOMIC AWAKENING: A NEW LOOK AT THE HISTORY AND FUTURE OF NUCLEAR POWER - By Randy Brich - Dr. James Mahaffey synergistically merges education, experience and philosophy into a rational approach toward thinking about nuclear power. Dr. Mahaffey’s writing skill, together with his engineering acumen provides a thoroughly...

The following Southern Company pictures are showing the construction progress of the new nuclear power plants at Vogtle. Click the picture below to view more.

As Connecticut legislators mull two bills to tax the company’s power generation, Dominion Resources has said either of them would prompt the utility to pull its Millstone nuclear plant offline. If one of the tax proposals – an earlier $335 million tax on the plant or a more recent $33 million measure supported by Connecticut Governor Dannel P. Malloy – becomes law...

As promised, Florida Power & Light’s $766 million Turkey Point uprate project has provided a much-needed boost to the South Florida communities around it. In the last year, the work has already created 3,200 construction jobs in Miami-Dade County, where the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics pegged the unemployment rate at 11.5 percent in September. In addition to the plant’s...

UPDATED 11:18 PM EST -- Video footage from an NHK TV helicopter showed either smoke or steam billowing from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Press conferences for two Japanese government agencies held just before 11 p.m. EST indicate the steam may be coming from unit 3. Radiation levels are too high for workers to approach the reactor building, so it is unknown whether if smoke and/or vapor...

Statement by FPL Group Chairman and CEO Lew Hay on Waxman-Markey Climate and Energy Bill - Edited by April Murelio - Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif.), chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), chairman of the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, released a discussion draft of a climate and energy bill today. Lew Hay,...

An accelerated schedule for spent fuel removal, high thyroid doses among workers and more revelations from the early days of the crisis marked the news from Fukushima Daiichi this week. Recent developments at the Japanese nuclear plant blacked out following last year's earthquake and tsunami include ...

Progress Energy Florida's Crystal River 3 nuclear plant will not return to service, the company announced Tuesday. The reactor has languished offline since crews discovered damage to its containment building after a 2009 steam generator replacement, and the cost of repairs became a serious point of contention in the recent merger between Progress and Duke Energy.

Since its airing at the Sundance Film Festival, a new documentary by Robert Stone has raised a contentious question among environmentalists: If global warming poses the greatest environmental threat of our time, shouldn't we make use of existing nuclear technologies that can meet growing global energy demand without greenhouse gas emissions? The film, structured around environmentalists who've...

Details continue to emerge on an industrial accident that killed a worker at Arkansas Nuclear One and cut off-site power to a reactor at the plant on Sunday.

Southern California Edison (SCE) has determined that San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) staffing and costs are significantly higher than other similar dual unit, non-fleet nuclear power plants. Indicators also show there are opportunities to reduce operating and maintenance costs by improving plant processes while fully maintaining all safety commitments. As a result, SCE announced this...

International Beryllium update for Its Beryllium Oxide Nuclear Fuel Research Project with Purdue University - By April Murelio - International Beryllium Corporation (IBC) is pleased to provide an update on its collaborative research with Purdue University to develop a new type of longer lasting, more efficient and safer beryllium oxide nuclear fuel. The objective of the research is to develop...

TEPCO video taken on May 8th in the Spent Fuel Pool of Unit 3 at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station

Nine Mile workers went on strike Friday night (midnight) after the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 97 members voted 425-49 on Thursday to reject Constellation Energy Nuclear Group’s contract offer primarily because of concerns about changes in the pension plan for future retirees, union negotiator Martin Currier said.