01/27/2012 SRS leaders predict bright nuclear future
Though many jobs involve cleanup of Cold War weapons waste, future activity will expand into more research and production of some of the world’s first small, modular nuclear reactors.
chronicle.augusta.com
01/26/2012 Scientists: New laser could lead to age of nuclear fusion
Two-million degrees Fahrenheit. That is temperature produced by a new laser beam, according to the U.S. Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator.
www.thestatecolumn.com
01/25/2012 Exelon profit up 16% on gains
Exelon Corp.'s fourth-quarter earnings rose 16% on gains tied to its nuclear decommissioning trust and other items, though the electric and gas utility saw revenue decline amid planned inspection outages.
www.marketwatch.com
01/25/2012 Southern Co Sees 2012 Rise In Profit
Southern Co. forecast Wednesday its retail-electricity sales would climb 1.3% in 2012 and its profit for the year would be between $2.58 and $2.70 a share, up roughly 5% from 2011.
www.foxbusiness.com
01/25/2012 NRC To Inspect Wolf Creek Shutdown
The Wolf Creek Nuclear Plant in Burlington shutdown earlier this month after a main generator electrical breaker failed. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is sending an Augmented Inspection Team to Wolf Creek to review the incident.
www.kake.com
01/25/2012 Oyster Creek Stands By 2019 Closure Plan
Oyster Creek will stick to the plan to close in 2019 after a federal judge ruled that the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant could remain open beyond its scheduled shutdown date, plant spokesperson Suzanne D’Ambrosio said.
barnegat.patch.com
01/22/2012 Progress Energy Florida proposal includes customer refunds, rate hike
Progress Energy Florida is asking state regulators to approve a settlement covering base rates and nuclear power replacement charges that includes a $288 million refund to customers.
www.sun-sentinel.com
01/21/2012 DOE outlines funding for small nuclear reactors
The concept of small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) was brought closer toward reality yesterday with the U.S. Department of Energy outlining how it intends to support the design and licensing of SMRs. The Obama administration supports SMRs as a form of low carbon energy and for job creation.
www.smartplanet.com
01/20/2012 SRNS may get M&O contract extension
The Department of Energy's Savannah River Operations has recommended a three-year extension to the contract of the Savannah River Site's management and operations contractor, according to an industry publication, however, a DOE spokesperson would not confirm the report.
www.aikenstandard.com
01/19/2012 Federal judge: Vermont Yankee can remain open
Vermont's only nuclear plant can remain open beyond its originally scheduled shutdown date this year, despite the state's efforts to close the 40-year-old reactor, a federal judge ruled Thursday.
www.cbsnews.com
01/19/2012 Federal report finds laboratory accident that exposed employees to radiation was preventable
An accident at the Idaho National Laboratory that exposed 16 employees to plutonium radiation could have been prevented, according to a new report from the U.S. Department of Energy.
www.washingtonpost.com
01/19/2012 Knolls workers seek union vote
Technical workers seeking to unionize at Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory asked the National Labor Relations Board to schedule a vote on joining Local 147 of the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers.
www.timesunion.com
01/18/2012 Mitsubishi Heavy Predicts Restart for Japan Reactors
The chief executive of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. said he expects Japan's idled nuclear reactors to restart operations this spring despite widespread safety concerns among the Japanese public, and that the domestic backlash against nuclear technology won't affect overseas demand.
online.wsj.com
01/18/2012 VIDEO: Problems plague cleanup at Hanford
Seven decades after scientists came here during World War II to create plutonium for the first atomic bomb, a new generation is struggling with an even more daunting task: cleaning up the radioactive mess.
www.usatoday.com
01/18/2012 Babcock & Wilcox awarded $16 million contract
Babcock & Wilcox’s Nuclear Operations Group has been awarded a nearly $16 million contract by the Department of Energy to process uranium. The company will be recovering and purifying uranium from scrap materials housed at the Y-12 National Security Complex.
www2.wsls.com
01/17/2012 EDF Withdraws Opposition to Exelon-Constellation Merger
Electricite de France SA withdrew its opposition to a merger between Exelon Corp. and Constellation Energy after reaching an agreement with the U.S. utilities on the future of a nuclear power venture.
www.businessweek.com
01/17/2012 Perma-Fix Provides Update on Safety & Ecology Corporation Integration
Perma-Fix Environmental Services, today provided an update on the status of the recently completed acquisition of Safety & Ecology Holdings Corporation (SEHC) and its subsidiaries from Homeland Capital Security Corporation.
www.marketwatch.com
01/16/2012 Japan's first reactor stress tests reach key stage
Japan's panel of experts is due to review the nuclear watchdog's first report on reactor stress tests on Wednesday in an important step in efforts to rebuild public trust shattered by the Fukushima crisis and restart idled reactors.
www.reuters.com
01/16/2012 VIDEO: USS Ronald Reagan arrives in Bremerton
The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan arrived at Naval Base Kitsap in Bremerton Jan. 10 to begin a major maintenance period. During the temporary administrative homeport change to Bremerton, Reagan will conduct a year-long Dock Planned Incremental Availability at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility.
www.northkitsapherald.com
01/15/2012 China to Bring New Reactors online in 2013
Though hindered by the Japan nuclear crisis, China's first AP1000 nuclear power reactor is expected to come into operation by the scheduled time of 2013, a Chinese nuclear company executive said in Beijing on Saturday. China's own version of the AP1000 design, known as the CAP1000, is also one the way, according to the SNPTC.
english.cri.cn
