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First reported 27 mins ago - Updated 27 mins ago - 1 reports

Entergy Corporation

Nuclear foes seek day in court

PLYMOUTH ? The Cape Downwinders could finally get their day in court.Ten members of the Cape-based watchdog group that has long called for the closure of the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Plymouth were arrested Sunday and arraigned in Plymouth District ... [Published Cape Cod Online - 27 mins ago]

Entities: Entergy Corporation, John Rogers, Nuclear, Power Plant

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Garoña licence renewal option sought

Spanish utility Nuclenor has requested a partial revocation of a ministerial order allowing an extension to the operating licence application deadline for the shut Garoña nuclear power plant, enabling a possible restart.Garoña was disconnected from the ... [Published World Nuclear News - May 17 2013]

Entities: Deadline, Nuclear Power Plant, Boiling Water Reactor, Taxes, Reformism

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Hitachi Ltd

Contract to lay out new Wylfa plant

Work to develop the design of Horizon Nuclear Power's proposed new plant at Wylfa in the UK is set to start.Horizon, which was acquired by Hitachi of Japan in November 2012, plans to build between four and six Advanced Boiling Water Reactor (ABWRs) in ... [Published World Nuclear News - May 16 2013]

Entities: Boiling Water Reactor, Nuclear, Hitachi Ltd

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

General Electric Company

Laser scanner deployed during Nine Mile Point outage

In-vessel underwater laser scanning has been used during a recent outage at to at Nine Mile Point 1, one of the oldest reactors in the United States, to inspect the steam dryer assembly and support brackets.Newton Labs, which manufactured the NM200UW ... [Published Nuclear Engineering International - May 15 2013]

Entities: Laser, Boiling Water Reactor, General Electric Company, Reactor, Nuclear

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 2 reports

AREVA Group

Limerick orders dry storage casks

Transnuclear, Inc., an AREVA company has won a contract to supply eight NUHOMS 61BTH dry shielded canisters (DSC) for the storage of used nuclear fuel to Exelon's Limerick nuclear power plant.The canisters, which can safety store up to 61 used fuel assemblies ... [Published Nuclear Engineering International - May 15 2013]

Entities: Exelon Corporation, AREVA Group, Boiling Water Reactor, Nuclear Fuel, Nuclear Power Plant

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Exelon Corporation

Exelon nuclear power plant to use Transnuclear fuel storage casks

Transnuclear Inc. was contracted by Exelon (NYSE: EXC) to supply eight 61BTH dry shielded canisters (DSC) to store used nuclear fuel at the Limerick nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania.Transnuclear will build the casks at its newly acquired North Carolina-based ... [Published Power Engineering - May 15 2013]

Entities: Nuclear Power Plant, Boiling Water Reactor, Exelon Corporation, Nuclear Fuel

First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 1 reports

Environment Agency

Official start of generic design assessment on new reactor

Office for Nuclear Regulation Press Releases - 09.05.13ONR and the Environment Agency have signed various agreements to enable the start of their assessment of a new nuclear reactor for the UK - the UK Advanced Boiling Water reactor (ABWR) of Hitachi-GE ... [Published NIA - May 10 2013]

Entities: Reactor, Environment Agency, Nuclear Reactor

First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 1 reports

Environmentalists hold 'silent vigil' seeking nuclear safety enhancements

TOMS RIVER ? It was called a silent vigil, but local environmentalists on Thursday loudly expressed their views on safety enhancements for the 44-year-old Oyster Creek nuclear power plant.We're hoping to put a face on a threat that we cannot see, smell ... [Published Asbury Park Press - May 10 2013]

Entities: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Neil Sheehan, Nuclear, Boiling Water Reactor, protest

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 1 reports

New backup generators for Olkiluoto

Nine new backup generators will be delivered to the Olkiluoto nuclear power plant in what owners TVO are describing as the largest ever individual modification of the plant. These are to be supplied and installed by Wärtsilä over the period 2016 to 2 ... [Published World Nuclear News - May 08 2013]

Entities: Wärtsilä Oyj, Critical Requirement, Boiling Water Reactor, Riihimäki (Finland)

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 1 reports

New nuclear safety standards

The Nuclear Regulation Authority has made public the draft of new safety standards for nuclear power plants and plans to put them into force in mid-July. If power companies want to restart nuclear power plants now offline, they must meet the new standards. ... [Published Japan Times - May 08 2013]

Entities: Reactor, Nuclear Power Plant, Boiling Water Reactor, emergency

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 1 reports

Foreign Ownership Issue Could Hit South Texas Plans, Says NRC

3 May (NucNet): Foreign ownership could keep Nuclear Innovation North America (NINA) from pursuing a licence to build two 1,350-megawatt advanced boiling water reactors at the existing South Texas nuclear power plant site, the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission ... [Published NucNet Global Nuclear News - May 03 2013]

Entities: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Boiling Water Reactor, Nuclear Power Plant

First reported Apr 22 2013 - Updated Apr 22 2013 - 1 reports

AREVA wins nuclear fuel contract for three Exelon plants

AREVA has signed a contract with the US utility Exelon to provide nuclear fuel fabrication services to the Dresden and Quad Cities nuclear power stations in Illinois, and Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania.Beginning in 2016, AREVA will supply a "total ... [Published Nuclear Engineering International - Apr 22 2013]

Entities: AREVA Group, Exelon Corporation, Nuclear Fuel

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Wightman said the fire was on the non-nuclear side of the plant. The cause is being investigated, she said. "There were no injuries to plant or off-site personnel and no threat to public health or safety" she said

Nuclear foes seek day in court [Published Cape Cod Online - 27 mins ago]

...ministry to either extend the deadline for the application submission or to provide details about the planned energy reforms, which would have "cleared up the regulatory doubts that surround the future of the Garoña plant so as to be able to make a decision to justify the return of investment that would be required."

Garoña licence renewal option sought [Published World Nuclear News - May 17 2013]

..." He added, "It will support our site development work, allow us to assess the best construction timetable for Wylfa, feed into our public consultations and support the supply chain development strategy."

Contract to lay out new Wylfa plant [Published World Nuclear News - May 16 2013]

"The Nuclear Energy Institute is proud to acknowledge the dedicated industry professionals whose hard work and commitment to safety and excellence has yielded these excellent results. For each winning entry, there are scores of other innovations in the competition that can be adopted industrywide" Pietrangelo said

Constellation Employees Win Top Nuclear Industry Award for Equipment Replacement Innovation [Published OSIX News - May 15 2013]

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Nuclear Energy Future: SMRs and Hook-Ons [Published Michele Kearney's Nuclear Wire - May 06 2013]
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Blogs

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Crushed By Soaring Energy Costs, Japan Prepares... [Published Zero Hedge - May 20 2013] In what was painfully obvious to everyone with half a brain months ago (see here ) Japan's desperate gambit at reflating would backfire massively by sending energy prices soaring in a world in which Japan no longer has access to internally producer, nuclear ...
Crushed By Soaring Energy Costs, Japan Prepares... [Published Zero Hedge - May 20 2013] In what was painfully obvious to everyone with half a brain months ago (see here ) Japan's desperate gambit at reflating would backfire massively by sending energy prices soaring in a world in which Japan no longer has access to internally producer, ...
The State-of-Play of Nuclear Safety After Fukus... [Published NEI Nuclear Notes - May 10 2013] If anything set the table for the American nuclear industry’s response to the accident at Fukushima Daiichi, it was the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. After that event, all essential infrastructure and its security was put on the menu for a rethink. ...
Entergy Wach: Environmental coalition challenge... [Published Beyond Nuclear - May 07 2013] "Burning money" graphic by Gene Case, Avenging Angels As reported by E&E's Hannah Northey at Greenwire , an environmental coalition including such groups as Alliance for a Green Economy (AGREE), Beyond Nuclear, Citizens Awareness Network (CAN), and ...
Nuclear Energy Future: SMRs and Hook-Ons [Published Michele Kearney's Nuclear Wire - May 06 2013] Nuclear Energy Future: SMRs and Hook-Ons Energy Collective The reactor plant was a novel natural circulation, indirect cycle boiling water reactor which, while not fitting the modern definition of “small, modular ” ... http://theenergycollective.com/ansorg/214746/hook-ons ...

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