Advocates of private management of US spent fuel foresee roadblocks
While privatizing the management of used nuclear reactor fuel in the US has found some support in the nuclear industry and at DOE, potential roadblocks must still
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Sweden: SKI seeks more information on dismantling plans. The Swedish Nuclear Fuel & Waste Management Co., or SKB, must provide additional information about its plans for dismantling
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DOE's Spurgeon blames Congress for lower US nuclear profile
America's status as a nuclear energy leader is diminishing, and Congress is largely to blame, Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy Dennis Spurgeon said June 24.
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French nuclear safety panel focuses on transport, confidentiality issues
France's High Committee on Transparency and Information on Nuclear Safety, Hctisn, started work June 18 by opening a debate on transport of plutonium from the UK to
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Greenpeace France activists block quarries that supply Flamanville-3
Greenpeace France activists continued to block three quarries that supply sand and gravel to the building site of the EPR at Flamanville, Normandy, the group said June
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Greenpeace Spain challenges CSN over radiation release at Asco-1
Greenpeace Spain has questioned the effectiveness of Spain's Nuclear Safety Council, CSN, over the release of radiation from Endesa's Asco-1.
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Key lawmakers introduce resolution against US nuclear pact with Russia
The two top members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee introduced a resolution disapproving a proposed US-Russian nuclear cooperation agreement June 24.
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Ministry wants more information on Olkliluoto-4's potential impacts
The Ministry for Employment and the Economy said in a June 19 statement on the Olkiluoto-4 environmental impact assessment that it wants considerable additional information by August
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Regulators order improvements to Oskarshamn physical protection
Regulators ordered Oskarshamn management June 17 to improve physical protection at the Swedish plant and said that shortcomings found during an inspection are the result of "faulty
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Second top TVO executive leaving Olkiluoto-3
In the second major management shakeup at TVO in just over two weeks, a new director has been appointed to take over the Olkiluoto-3 project, with current
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Six Exelon units to gain 40 MW each from turbine retrofits by Alstom
Alstom will retrofit steam turbines at six reactors operated by Exelon under a $420 million contract announced June 18 that is expected to give Exelon an additional
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Solicitation for nuclear projects to be issued within days, DOE says
DOE's second round of loan guarantee solicitations, which includes $18.5 billion for new nuclear power plants and $2 billion for uranium enrichment projects, is set to be
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UK lawmakers to vote on bill that would ease building of reactors
UK Parliament ministers were to vote June 25 on a major infrastructure planning bill that is seen as key to getting new nuclear power plant capacity online
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Andra to give localities information about potentially hosting waste site
Andra is sending information packages this month to communities whose "geology [is] potentially favorable for hosting" a disposal site for long-lived low-level radwaste, the French waste management
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EDF to modify pipe supports to fix design defect affecting 14 reactors
Electricite de France said it will modify pipe supports on the steam generator auxiliary feedwater system of 14 PWRs to remedy a design defect first discovered in
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Energy study commission supports use of Candu 6 units in Ukraine
Candu 6 reactors can be used in the Ukrainian power sector, according to the final conclusions of an interagency study published June 13 by Ukraine's energy ministry.
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France considering approving second EPR
The French government is mulling whether to approve construction of a second EPR, French Prime Minister Francois Fillon said in a television interview June 12.
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House panel supports extending loan guarantee program
Members of a House Appropriations subcommittee this week recommended that the federal loan guarantee program be extended two years, through fiscal 2011, as the Bush administration had
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Nuclear power plants undamaged by quake, Japanese officials say
An earthquake that struck northern Japan June 14 did no damage to nuclear power plants in the region, and those that were not in maintenance outages continued
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Olkiluoto management to use peer reviews to reduce human error
Management at Olkiluoto is developing a peer review system for work done in critical areas at the plant, to try to reduce human factor errors, plant manager
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Proposals expected by October 1 for new reactors at Darlington
Three vendors are expected to submit proposals for development of two new reactors at Darlington by October 1, Infrastructure Ontario spokeswoman Diane Flanagan said June 17.
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Regulator, project managers differ on potential for Olkiluoto-3 problems
There is a risk of new problems with subcontractors as work on Olkiluoto-3 moves into the installation and commissioning phases, the regulator in charge of STUK's oversight
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Ringhals-2, Forsmark-1 and -2 to run at lower power until spring
Three Swedish reactors — Ringhals-2 and Forsmark-1 and -2 — will operate at reduced power until spring 2009 due to concerns about equipment performance, the units' management
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Sensitive Russian nuclear aid to Iran has stopped, US officials say
A Bush administration official faced tough congressional questioning June 12 on a proposed agreement for nuclear cooperation with Russia, but he appeared to address one key point
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South Africa's nuclear policy aims to attract private partners
South Africa's new nuclear energy policy will "encourage private sector investment" in new nuclear power plants and fuel cycle activities in conjunction with government support in public-private
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Spanish nuclear industry calls for increasing nuclear generation
Spanish nuclear lobby Foro Nuclear has called for increasing nuclear's share of Spain's electricity generation to 33% by 2030 from 18% currently, creating 172,000 jobs annually and
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UK creates forum, nuclear office in bid to be 'best' nuclear market
The UK will create a new government-industry forum and start up a central Office of Nuclear Development that pulls in staff from across the government in an
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US nuclear construction could create thousands of new jobs, group says
A nuclear revival in the US could create "tens of thousands" of high-paying jobs if the more than 30 reactors being planned are actually built, according to
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Belarus asks vendors to express interest in nuclear plant project
Belarus has asked Atomstroyexport, Areva and Toshiba/Westinghouse to express their potential interest in building the country's first nuclear power plant, Alexander Surikov, Russia's ambassador to Belarus, said
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Entergy rethinking building ESBWR at River Bend
Entergy is pursuing talks with GE-Hitachi on the terms of a contract to potentially build an ESBWR at the Grand Gulf site in Mississippi, but the utility
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French ministry launches search for new low-level waste site
France's environment ministry last week asked radwaste agency Andra to seek candidate communities to host a planned repository for long-lived, low-level waste.
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IEA advises Japan to reduce nuclear regulatory conservatism
Japan should consider reducing the conservatism of its nuclear power regulation, allowing longer duty cycles, shorter maintenance outages, and higher burnups to help the country reduce its
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Krsko event shows need to unify emergency reporting, experts say
Confusion caused by Slovenia's notification of a primary coolant leak at Krsko last week underscores the need to harmonize the systems that countries use to tell neighbors
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NEK, BNP Paribas sign contract for Belene finance structuring
Bulgaria's National Electricity Co., NEK, and BNP Paribas signed a contract June 4 that provides for the Paris-based bank to structure financing for NEK's Belene nuclear power
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NRC staff accepts Southern Nuclear, UniStar COL applications for review
The NRC staff has determined that two more applications for combined construction permit-operating licenses, or COLs, contain sufficient information for it to begin full technical reviews.
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Notes to Nucleonics Week generating table for April 2008
Units in the US, and Europe outside the UK, reported results for 720 hours in April and 2,903 hours year-to-date. Britain's Magnox Electric reported results for 624
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Nuclear Electricity Generation for April 2008
Nuclear Electricity Generation for April 2008
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Potential personnel shortages loom over China's nuclear expansion
Increasingly ambitious plans by China to construct and safely operate 50 or more power reactors by 2020 could come undone unless reactor owners and investors prevent critical
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Prosecutor says investigation found no evidence of Oskarshamn crime
Saying there was no evidence to indicate that two men planned to sabotage the Oskarshamn nuclear plant, and no evidence of a crime, a Swedish prosecutor closed
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Swiss utility Atel applies to build nuclear power plant near Goesgen
Kernkraftwerk Niederamt AG, a subsidiary of Swiss utility Atel Holding AG, filed an application on June 9 with Switzerland's Federal Energy Office to build a new nuclear
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Bruce Power said studies show no major impacts from new reactors
Bruce Power said May 26 there will be "no significant residual adverse effects" on the environment if it builds up to four new reactors at its site
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Clarification
Due to an editing error, a sentence in the May 22 Nucleonics Week in the story "CSN says Asco-1 staff's actions caused release of radioactivity" on page
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Concrete pouring at Flamanville-3 stopped after new problems found
Electricite de France stopped concrete pouring May 21 for Flamanville-3, its 1,650-MW EPR unit under construction, after discovery of nonconformances in rebar and new cracks in the
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Controlling construction costs crucial, Electrabel chief says
Control of construction costs for new nuclear power plants is crucial to the future competitiveness of nuclear power, Electrabel France Chairman and CEO Philippe Lermusieau said last
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Due to outages at other units, Neckarwestheim-1 to be closed first
Because of long repair outages during 2007 at Biblis-A and –B and at Brunsbuettel, Neckarwestheim-1 is now first in line among German reactors to be shut under
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Estonia wants share in new plant at Ignalina, pushes for quick startup
Estonia still wants to participate in the new Ignalina nuclear power plant project, but the developers need to "hurry up" and solidify their plans so it can
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French power cost projections expected to favor nuclear energy
France's updated projections for the cost of future electricity generation options, expected to show competitiveness of nuclear power versus all other baseload options, won't be published for
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Italy plans to start building new reactors in 2013
Italy will start building a series of new-generation nuclear power plants within five years, the country's new economic development minister, Claudio Scajola, said May 22.
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New York regulators will review Entergy's plans to spin off plants
The New York Public Service Commission said last week it would conduct a more thorough review of Entergy Corp.'s request to spin off its two nuclear plants
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Nuclear power is least-cost option, European working group tells forum
Experts reporting to the EU's European Nuclear Energy Forum last week concluded in a majority opinion that nuclear power is the least-cost option for baseload centralized electricity
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Nuclear power needs 'clear role' in Swedish energy strategy, says IEA
The Swedish government needs a long-term energy strategy that has a "clear role" for nuclear power, including a decision on whether to build new reactors, the OECD
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Process for background checks probed after Oskarshamn incident
Management at Oskarshamn and regulators said they are investigating why a government agency's background check of one contract worker arrested last week on suspicion of sabotage at
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Renewables delays prompt state to revisit German phase-out
Because planned investments in offshore wind turbines and carbon sequestration are being delayed for both political and technical reasons, the German nuclear phase-out should be shelved until
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Scrapping of Maple fans speculation that US isotope production likely
The cancellation of Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd.'s Maple reactor project increases the likelihood that a medical-isotope production facility will be built in the US, several observers
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Summer owners lock in price, schedule for planned new reactors
Co-owners of the Summer nuclear power plant in South Carolina have signed a contract to lock in a $9.8 billion price and a schedule for two new
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US-Russian pact prompts request to GAO, support from CSIS
Two senior lawmakers are questioning the factual basis of the Bush administration's defense of Russia's nonproliferation record, a key part of the justification for the administration's decision
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AECL abandons plans to develop Maple isotope production reactors
Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. has scrapped its Maple reactor project after years of delays and cost overruns that are still not fully realized.
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After 25 years, construction begins on Germany's LLW repository
Construction of an underground repository for low- and medium-level radwaste, LLW/MLW, at the former Konrad iron mine officially began last week, according to statements May 15 by
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BNP Paribas denies violating commitment on Belene financing
Opponents of Bulgaria's plan to build two VVER-1000s on the Danube River at Belene this week launched a campaign against the Paris-based bank, BNP Paribas, which they
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Progress Energy picks area for power lines. Progress Energy Florida said it has picked a "preferred corridor" for potential transmission lines for two proposed power reactors in
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CSN says Asco-1 staff's actions caused release of radioactivity
Spain's first known release of radioactive contamination from a nuclear power plant would likely never have happened if Asco-1 plant staff had not taken certain actions during
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China seen likely granting request from US for NSG exemption for India
China is unlikely to prevent the Nuclear Suppliers Group from approving a two-year-old US request to grant India an exemption from trade sanctions required by current NSG
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Chinese equipment fabricators set ambitious capacity targets
Chinese heavy equipment fabricating companies have set ambitious targets to produce 20 or more sets of power reactor pressure vessels and steam generators per year by about
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Consultant: New reactors will slash gas demand
Enough nuclear reactors will be built in the US between now and 2020 to slash natural gas' role in power generation by about half, an energy consultant
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EIA: Less uranium purchased in US in 2007, but at higher price
Owners and operators of US civilian nuclear power reactors purchased less uranium in 2007 than in 2006, but at a much higher price, the US Department of
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Ex-ASE head named energy minister in Putin's new government
In a move seen as raising the profile of Russia's nuclear industry, the former head of reactor vendor Atomstroyexport, Sergey Shmatko, was named energy minister in the
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Fennovoima considering designs by Areva, Toshiba-Westinghouse
Finland's Fennovoima Oy is considering two Areva reactor designs and one from Toshiba-Westinghouse for its proposed nuclear power plant, officials at the Finnish cooperative said May 20.
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IRSN says world study needed to probe leukemia-radiation link
France's Institute of Radiological Protection and Nuclear Safety, IRSN, has called for broad international collaboration to study all the factors that might cause childhood leukemia, arguing that
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Jaczko suggests rule change to encourage dry cask storage
NRC Commissioner Gregory Jaczko said May 13 that NRC should consider a rulemaking to encourage utilities to move spent fuel from their storage pools into dry storage
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Kepco invests in uranium miner's projects in Colorado, Wyoming
Korea Electric Power Corp. has invested in US miner Yellowcake Mining Corp., which is developing a uranium mine in Colorado and another in Wyoming, a Yellowcake official
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STUK stresses safety requirements for planners of new Finnish reactors
Finnish regulators would like to see tender prospectuses for upcoming nuclear projects, to review what is being said about agency safety requirements, STUK Director General Jukka Laaksonen
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US takes last step to ratify international liability treaty
The US government was scheduled to deposit its instrument of ratification of the Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage, or CSC, with the IAEA at a
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Addition of Browns Ferry-1 boosts TVA's first-half FY-08 nuclear output
The Tennessee Valley Authority said its nuclear production increased by 26% in first-half fiscal year 2008 from the same period a year ago, mainly because of the
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Australia's OPAL research reactor restarts after lengthy shutdown
Australia's only research reactor, OPAL, restarted with a full core of 16 new fuel elements, the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization said May 13.
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Belarusian activists urge state to back new Western reactors
Young supporters of the Belarusian National Front, BNF, have begun a campaign in favor of construction of the country's first nuclear power plant as long as it
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Bruce reactors' capacity factor dips, driven by unplanned outage days
The six operating Bruce units had a combined 79% capacity factor in the first quarter, down slightly from 82% a year ago, Bruce Power said May 13.
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CFHI plans increase in capacity for heavy component fabrication
China First Heavy Industries, CFHI, which is working with two companies to make heavy equipment and forgings for AP1000 PWRs, is planning on increasing its forging and
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CO2 charges, incentives would make nuclear energy competitive, CBO says
Future carbon dioxide emission charges and incentives in the 2005 Energy Policy Act would make new nuclear units competitive with fossil fuel generation in the US, the
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Canadian nuclear plant operators' accident liability to soar under bill
A Canadian nuclear plant operator's liability in the event of an accident will increase to Cdn$650 million from $75 million as a result of the passage through
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Duke: COL work largest portion of Lee spending
Duke Energy Carolinas says the largest portion of the $69.6 million it spent between 2005 and 2007 on costs related to the development of the potential William
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