Nuclear Power Industry News

Unit 1 at Plant Farley returned to service early Friday morning after an unplanned shutdown earlier in the week.

After pump issues forced Hope Creek 1 to shut down last week, a walkdown of the plant Thursday revealed a small leak in the residual heat removal system.

In response to the Fukushima Daiichi accidents, the European Union recently put forth new reactor safety rules, while in Japan Tokyo Electric Power Co. has revised its schedule for removing fuel from damaged reactors. Recent developments related to the TEPCO units blacked out following Japan's 2011...

EDF, one of the largest utilities in Europe, will equip its French nuclear plants with American software that can prevent problems by detecting subtle changes in equipment behavior.

In October, the Tennessee Valley Authority plans to cut its budget for completion of a reactor at the Bellefonte nuclear plant by nearly two-thirds, dismissing 400 workers in the coming months.

Lockheed Martin on Wednesday announced a deal to help develop instrumentation and control systems for indigenous Chinese reactors.

The first half of this year has seen some of the largest components and structures come together at the V.C. Summer nuclear plant's project to add two Westinghouse AP1000 reactors ...

Exelon announced Tuesday that it will cancel extended power uprates that had been deferred at four of its reactors.

Operators aborted a reactor restart at the Susquehanna nuclear plant last week after a problem with the unit's turbine bypass valves, according to a report filed with regulators.

The Canadian government has proposed a more than tenfold increase in the liability cap applied to producers of nuclear power.

NuScale Power, LLC, announced today it has received US patent #8,437,446 for its Steam Generator Flow By-Pass System which relates to a system for removing decay heat from its reactor.

A project to complete the second reactor at the Watts Bar nuclear plant received a critical environmental approval Friday.

Two reactors under construction at South Carolina's V.C. Summer nuclear plant will come online later than expected, Scana executives said last week.

Southern California Edison (SCE) has decided to permanently retire Units 2 and 3 of its San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS). “SONGS has served this region for over 40 years,” said Ted Craver, Chairman and CEO of Edison International, parent company of SCE, “but we have...

U.S. regulators have completed new requirements for hardened vents at boiling water reactors in response to the Fukushima Daiichi accidents, while in Japan the plant reported another small tank leak and surveys found reduced doses in the surrounding countryside. Recent developments related to the Tokyo...

The discovery of radioactive material beneath a bird's nest stopped work at parts of the Hanford vitrification plant Wednesday.

The Shearon Harris nuclear plant in North Carolina is preparing to restart following repairs related to a reactor pressure vessel head flaw.

Regulators have cited the Tennessee Valley Authority for several violations related to the federal utility's Tennessee River flood preparations.

MidAmerican Energy has decided that a proposal to build some of the country's first small modular reactors in Iowa is too far ahead of its time.

Nuclear power's biggest trade group in the U.S. has announced its yearly honors for leaders in the industry, with Constellation Energy's Calvert Cliffs plant earning high praise for an innovation that cuts nozzle installation time by more than 75 percent.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has determined a rule violation related to rebar at new V.C. Summer reactors is less severe than inspectors first thought.

Westinghouse has plans to shutter part of a former Combustion Engineering facility producing nuclear fuel components in Connecticut.

The head of energy policy for the European Union said recently that the continent will not be able to reach its climate goals without nuclear energy.

As expected following its final shutdown May 7, the Kewaunee nuclear plant laid off 202 workers Friday as a clearer picture emerged of the schedule for cutting the plant's remaining workforce.

The steel frame of an enclosure for unit 4 was completed at Fukushima Daiichi this week. Meanwhile, the government has suggested that Tokyo Electric Power Co. freeze soil around the plant to help prevent groundwater intrusion. Recent developments related to the nuclear plant blacked out following Japan's...