05/18/2012 Contract negotiations at Pilgrim reach boiling point
Workers are picketing outside the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant in Plymouth, Mass. this Wednesday afternoon. Their contract expired at midnight, and they say they've been locked out.
www.necn.com
05/18/2012 Westinghouse and Ameren Missouri Announce NexStart SMR Alliance
The Alliance is a consortium of current and prospective nuclear plant owners and operators and includes cooperative, municipal and investor-owned electric service providers, as well as public enterprises to advance energy security.
www.azom.com
05/18/2012 Uranium producers wary of market damage from DOE
The uranium industry and Wyoming's congresswoman are questioning a determination by Energy Secretary Steven Chu that releasing and enriching up to 9,200 tons of depleted uranium from a federal stockpile won't roil the uranium market and undermine prices.
www.therepublic.com
05/17/2012 San Onofre's future hinges on finding cause of abnormal tube wear
The root of the problem at the nuclear plant is still a mystery. A key issue is whether Edison or ratepayers will have to cover the cost of replacement power.
www.latimes.com
05/16/2012 Shaw Wins Multiple Year Nuclear Maintenance Contract with Wolf Creek
The Shaw Group Inc. today announced it has signed a new contract with Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation to provide maintenance and other support services to its nuclear power plant northeast of Burlington, Kansas.
ir.shawgrp.com
05/16/2012 NRC researching nuke plant licenses past 60 years
Bill Dean, a regional administrator for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, said Wednesday the agency "is currently looking at research that might be needed to determine whether there could be extensions even beyond" the current 60-year limit for licenses.
www.businessweek.com
05/15/2012 Boxer seeks documents on troubled San Onofre
U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer requested documents Tuesday on design changes made in the San Onofre nuclear plant's troubled steam generators -- and whether the changes were properly reviewed by federal regulators.
www.ocregister.com
05/15/2012 DOE announces Paducah plant will enrich uranium
The Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant will continue operating for another year and preserve 1,200 jobs, at least temporarily, under a deal announced Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Energy.
www.therepublic.com
05/15/2012 US warms to Areva's HTGR technology
The Next Generation Nuclear Plant Industry Alliance has announced that it has selected Areva's HTGR technology as "the optimum design for next generation nuclear power plants."
www.utilityproducts.com
05/14/2012 Nuclear engineers from 37 countries gather for Utah conference
Scientists and engineers from 37 countries gathered Monday at a Salt Lake City conference to discuss how to extend the life of nuclear power plants worldwide.
www.businessweek.com
05/14/2012 Oak Ridge cleanup workers file asbestos lawsuit
A half-dozen Oak Ridge cleanup workers who first raised concerns about unwitting and unprotected exposures to asbestos, PCBs and other hazards more than a decade ago are now seeking compensation in a lawsuit filed in Roane County Circuit Court.
www.knoxnews.com
05/14/2012 Kodak had a nuclear reactor and weapons-grade uranium
According to a report from the Rochester, N.Y., Democrat and Chronicle, an Eastman Kodak facility had a small nuclear reactor and 3 ½ pounds of weapons-grade uranium for more than 30 years.
www.latimes.com
05/14/2012 Unplanned outages prompt increased federal oversight at St. Lucie Nuclear Plant
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff is increasing its oversight of Unit 1 at the St. Lucie nuclear power plant because of several unplanned shutdowns at the facility.
www.tcpalm.com
05/11/2012 FP&L must revise application for new nuclear units
Florida Power & Light must make "substantial modifications" to its application for licenses to build and operate two 1,100-MW nuclear units at its Turkey Point plant before the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission can complete its review, the agency said in a letter made public Friday.
www.platts.com
05/10/2012 Japan to Nationalize Fukushima Utility
Japan is ready to nationalize Tokyo Electric Power, the operator of the ravaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, under a 1 trillion yen ($12.5 billion) bailout plan that was approved on Wednesday.
www.nytimes.com
05/10/2012 Brazil shelves plans to build new nuclear plants
Brazil said Wednesday it has shelved plans to build new nuclear power stations in the coming years in the wake of last year's Fukushima disaster in Japan. After a 24-year dispute, work resumed last June on a third reactor at that facility with a projected output of 1245 MWe. It is expected to be completed in 2015.
news.yahoo.com
05/10/2012 Purdue gets $2.5M for nuclear research projects
Purdue University is getting $2.5 million in federal funds for nuclear research and to help train a new generation of nuclear scientists.
www.businessweek.com
05/09/2012 More than 1,300 tubes plugged at SONGS
According to Reuters, a total of 510 tubes in Unit 2 and 807 tubes in Unit 3 were plugged. SCE has said that the accelerated tube wear was caused by vibration inside the generators causing the tubes to rub against adjacent tubes and components inside the generators.
www.power-eng.com
05/09/2012 Grand Gulf refueling taking longer than expected
Refueling Grand Gulf Nuclear Station has taken longer than plant officials said a year ago, and officials now aren't saying when it will be completed.
www.therepublic.com
05/09/2012 Kurion Continues Fukushima Cleanup
Kurion is a startup innovator in nuclear waste treatment and has already had immense experience in helping clean up Japan's nuclear mess at Fukushima. Kurion is now in a partnership with Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) to test and demonstrate its Modular Vitrification System (MVS).
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