IEA: To cut CO2, replace fossil with nuclear power, renewables
Retirement of fossil-fueled power plants before the end of their economic lives and their replacement with nuclear and renewables plants is the only energy scenario that cuts
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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Lessons learned from Olkiluoto-3 center on licensing, design
Early friction between Areva and Finnish experts in work on the Olkiluoto-3 EPR project was due to a mismatch between Areva's previous regulatory experience and the approach
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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NSG won't allow more VVER exports to India without new agreements
Virtually all members of the Nuclear Suppliers Group, or NSG, would object to any initiative by either China or Russia to export nuclear equipment to Pakistan or
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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Preparations under way in Finland in case three reactors built at once
Plans for up to three more nuclear reactors in Finland remain unsettled, but potential operators and regulators say they are working to prepare for the demands such
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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Senator expects $25 billion in loan guarantees
Congress is likely to approve $25 billion for loan guarantees in fiscal 2008 for new nuclear and other non- or low-greenhouse gas emitting projects, Senator Tom Carper
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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Texas grid operator assessing impact of additional reactors
Texas transmission system officials are studying the impact of adding 12,300 MW of nuclear power to the state's electric grid as four companies move forward with plans
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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Ukrainian nuclear holding company canceled due to reactors' inclusion
Ukraine's new leadership decided early this month to disband Ukratomprom, or UAP, the state nuclear industrial company established only a few months ago, and to replace it
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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UniStar picks Alstom to supply turbines for potential US-EPRs
Alstom would supply at least four turbine-generators to UniStar Nuclear Energy, or UNE, for the joint venture's planned US-EPR fleet, the companies announced November 13.
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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With welding company purchase, Westinghouse adds to offerings
Westinghouse completed its acquisition of a South Carolina welding company and that company's welding school November 13, adding welding to the services it can offer utility customers
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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Application for new nuclear plant in Switzerland expected by 2009
Swiss federal authorities are anticipating an application for a new nuclear power plant by the end of 2008 or the beginning of 2009, said Ulrich Schmocker, director
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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EU high-level group initiative raises concern in industry, states
European industry and safety experts meeting in Berlin this week expressed skepticism about efforts by the European Union to move forward its High Level Group on Nuclear
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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Entergy to create merchant nuclear company
Entergy Corp. expects to create a new, publicly-traded company within the next eight to 10 months for its merchant nuclear business, the company said this week.
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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European regulators to decide on operational feedback proposal
European regulators meeting in Lucerne will decide at the end of this week how to proceed on a recent proposal to establish a European network on operational
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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Exelon to 'observe' Entergy spin-off, but has no plans to follow suit
Exelon will "observe with a keen eye" the results of Entergy's decision to spin off its merchant nuclear business into a separate company, but will not rush
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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Japan Steel Works boosts capacity for heavy forgings to meet demand
Japan Steel Works, currently the developed world's only supplier of the ultra large forgings needed for modern nuclear power plants, will spend 50 billion yen (about US$434
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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National Grid outlines concerns in accommodating new UK reactors
Incorporating new nuclear power plants into the UK transmission system could be costly and could even require new legislation, said an official with transmission system operator National
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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Nine Mile Point-2 to be uprated by 105 MW, Constellation says
Constellation Energy plans to uprate Nine Mile Point-2 by 105 megawatts, company officials said during an October 31 conference call with financial analysts on third-quarter earnings.
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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Notes to Nucleonics Week's generating table for September 2007
Units in the US, and Europe outside the UK, reported results for 720 hours in September and 6,651 hours year-to-date. Britain's Magnox Electric reported results for 840
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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Nuclear Electricity Generation for September 2007
Nuclear Electricity Generation for September 2007
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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PSEG nuclear units maintain high capacity factor in 2007
PSEG Nuclear's fleet registered a capacity factor of 94% through the first nine months of the year, parent Public Service Enterprise Group said November 1.
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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TVO plans to uprate Olkiluoto-1, -2, raising output to 1,000 MW each
Teollisuuden Voima Oy is aiming to raise the output of each of its Olkiluoto BWRs to 1,000 MW net, nearly 52% higher than the units' original design
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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Vattenfall to make decision in 2009 on UK reactor investment, says CEO
Vattenfall will decide in 2009 whether to invest in new nuclear generating capacity in the UK, Lars Josefsson, chief executive of the Swedish state-owned utility, told Platts
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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'Nuclear renaissance is here,' Klein says after TVA submits COL application
The "nuclear renaissance is here," NRC Chairman Dale Klein said October 30 after the Tennessee Valley Authority submitted an application to NRC seeking authorization to build and
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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Sweden: Vattenfall profit down. Vattenfall's operating profit fell 2.8% for the first nine months of the year, the Swedish utility's management said in a financial statement October
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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CNNC prepares to build first three-loop plant at Fangjiashan
Site preparation has begun for construction of two 1,000-MW-class PWRs at Fangjiashan, adjacent to the Qinshan site where three reactors are operating and two more are already
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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China's PWR goals seen as concern by some, but not Westinghouse
Assertions by some Chinese industry officials that China will bundle and mobilize its growing resources to offer foreign markets a complete package of advanced PWRs, fuel, and
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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Detroit Edison joining NuStart as Constellation Energy withdraws
Detroit Edison is joining NuStart Energy, the consortium of utilities and vendors announced October 24.
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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EC says Areva-MHI joint venture would not impede competition
The Areva NP-MHI joint venture Atmea "would not significantly impede competition in Europe," the European Commission said October 30 in clearing the proposed JV to design and
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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EDF Energy CEO says new reactors in UK depend on carbon mechanism
New nuclear plants cannot be built in the UK absent a mechanism to make assumptions about the long-term price of carbon, EDF Energy CEO Vincent de Rivaz
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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French group issues phase-out plan as Sarkozy supports nuclear power
French President Nicolas Sarkozy said October 25 that he opposes licensing of new nuclear installation sites in France, but affirmed his support of nuclear power.
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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Government advisory panel in Netherlands considers reactors
The Netherlands' Social and Economic Council, or SER, one of the government's highest advisory bodies, is debating whether to recommend new nuclear construction in the Netherlands.
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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Lifetime extension plans advance for Rovno-1, -2, South Ukraine-1
Ukrainian nuclear utility Energoatom is pushing forward with plans to extend the lifetimes of its oldest VVER-440s and -1000s, with this year's state funding in support of
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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Negotiations scheduled to salvage agreement on new Ignalina plant
In hope of saving a four-way agreement on a new Ignalina nuclear plant, Lietuvos Energija's chief executive, Rymantas Jouzaitis, was scheduled to travel to Poland October 30
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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Rosatom launches construction of first reactor at Leningrad-II
Site preparation work began late last month for the first unit of the two-reactor Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant II to be built near the current Leningrad station.
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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Syrian AEC denies undeclared nuclear activities
The Atomic Energy Commission of the Syrian Arab Republic, or SAEC, was never involved in any undeclared reactor project on or prior to September 6, when Israeli
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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TransCanada reports higher income despite lower Bruce Power results
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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Westinghouse share helps boost Toshiba's first-half FY-07 results
The acquisition of a majority share of Westinghouse helped boost Toshiba Corp.'s results for first-half fiscal 2007, ended September 30, the Japanese company said October 29.
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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APS to develop new training after incident at Palo Verde
The utility that operates the largest nuclear power plant in the US has agreed in mediated discussions with the NRC to develop special training for reactor operators
Publication Date: OCT 2007
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Atomenergoprom put under state control as Duma backs Rosatom Corp.
Russia's new nuclear company Atomenergoprom, or AEP, has been put on the list of the country's strategic enterprises, meaning the state will exercise special control over it
Publication Date: OCT 2007
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CEZ official sees nuclear as only alternative to Russian gas
With limited potential to build power plants fired by either renewables or gas, nuclear power is the best choice to meet the Czech Republic's growing energy demand,
Publication Date: OCT 2007
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European regulators focus on operating experience feedback
A European Union clearinghouse for nuclear plant operating experience feedback could be approved in principle next month, according to the European Commission official who will be overseeing
Publication Date: OCT 2007
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Experts say planning, care needed for long nuclear unit lives
Nuclear plant life extension is potentially worth billions of dollars to plant owners, but it could be threatened by failure to anticipate new degradation modes or transfer
Publication Date: OCT 2007
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Four BE AGRs sidelined for probe of vessel penetration cap issue
British Energy said October 22 that all four advanced gas-cooled reactors at Hartlepool and Heysham A are offline after it discovered an issue to do with "wire
Publication Date: OCT 2007
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Fuel shortage cuts output from Indian nuclear units
India's nuclear power generation has taken hit due to fuel shortages and maintenance work at some plants, putting the national plant load factor, or PLF, at around
Publication Date: OCT 2007
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Kashiwazaki control rod sticking said not serious
A stuck control rod in the core of Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa-7 is not a cause for alarm, Japanese nuclear officials said this week. But Tepco
Publication Date: OCT 2007
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Musicians headline opposition to nuclear loan guarantees
Musicians Jackson Browne, Graham Nash and Bonnie Raitt joined representatives of numerous environmental groups to deliver to the US Congress a petition urging the deletion of loan
Publication Date: OCT 2007
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Qinshan-1 modernization outage puts plant on life extension path
China's Qinshan-1 will go down October 25 for a major outage during which it will undergo replacement of the original safety instrumentation & control system, replacement of
Publication Date: OCT 2007
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Singh allies, opponents agree only to meet again on US deal
A meeting this week between Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's governing coalition and opponents of a proposed nuclear deal with the US failed to resolve the stalemate
Publication Date: OCT 2007
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Toshiba ramps up effort to get NRC approval of 4S reactor
Toshiba Corp. laid out this week an aggressive schedule for pre-application work on its 4S design, a small, sodium-cooled fast reactor that it hopes to market to
Publication Date: OCT 2007
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UniStar's partial COL application stalls at the company's doorstep
Two months after NRC sent a list of questions to UniStar Nuclear about its partial application for a combined construction permit-operating license, or COL, the company has
Publication Date: OCT 2007
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Atel shareholders to vote on next step in restructuring
Switzerland's Aare-Tessin fuer Elektrizitaet, or Atel, a major utility which manages the Goesgen nuclear plant and owns 27.4% of the Leibstadt plant, is taking a further step
Publication Date: OCT 2007
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Bechtel-led team selected by TVA as EPC contractor for Watts Bar-2
The Tennessee Valley Authority announced October 15 it had chosen a team led by Bechtel Power Corp. for a $1 billion engineering, procurement and construction contract to
Publication Date: OCT 2007
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Chernobyl chief dismissed, government inquiry ordered
The director general of the Chernobyl station, Igor Gramotkin, has been fired, amid conflicting claims about the reason, and a government inquiry into the firing has been
Publication Date: OCT 2007
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China nuclear companies want to uprate AP1000 to 1,400 MW
The AP1000 reactors to be built at Sanmen and Haiyang in China will be rated at 1,250 megawatts, higher than the rating Westinghouse has been advertising up
Publication Date: OCT 2007
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EC approval of Belene plant to reopen Euratom loan debate
Bulgaria is expected to be the first new Euratom loan applicant inside the European Union in 20 years, after a European Commission decision approving the planned two-unit
Publication Date: OCT 2007
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EU safety and waste group unable to agree on leader
Slovenian Nuclear Safety Administration Director Andrej Stritar was chosen as an "interim" chair of the European Union's High Level Group on Nuclear Safety and Waste Management October
Publication Date: OCT 2007
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FPL seeks regulatory approval for expansion at Turkey Point
Florida Power & Light Co. is asking Florida regulators to sign off on its plans to build two additional units at its Turkey Point station, about 25
Publication Date: OCT 2007
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Kansai looking at long outage to address Mihama-2 safe-end cracking
Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Mihama-2 will likely be down for several months to address what appears to be stress corrosion cracking in a safe-end weld on steam
Publication Date: OCT 2007
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NMC to be extinguished under Xcel 'reintegration' plan
Nuclear Management Co. will cease to exist next year, according to a plan Xcel Energy laid out in an October 12 press statement and an interview with
Publication Date: OCT 2007
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New Brunswick Power sees return to normal in year's lower profit
Earnings at New Brunswick Power slipped dramatically in fiscal 2006-07, the utility reported October 16.
Publication Date: OCT 2007
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New law to end three years of turmoil for Spanish regulator
Legislation expected to receive final approval October 18 will end a long, tumultuous period for Spain's nuclear regulator, the Consejo de Seguridad Nuclear.
Publication Date: OCT 2007
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New reactor debate finds no middle ground in UK
Reactor vendors say a wave of new reactors could be online around 2020 to prevent the UK's being locked long term into higher greenhouse gas emissions. But
Publication Date: OCT 2007
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No Ignalina-2 replacement near; Lithuania may revisit shutdown
Signaling a major policy change, Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus said his country should be allowed to operate Ignalina-2 beyond 2009, when it is scheduled to be permanently
Publication Date: OCT 2007
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No damage to Kashiwazaki from peak quake acceleration
Inspections of the seven Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear units since a July 16 earthquake struck Japan's Niigata Prefecture have shown no damage to safety systems and "no evidence of
Publication Date: OCT 2007
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Nuclear deal with US facing 'difficulties' in India
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh this week put the proposed nuclear deal with the US on a slow track, spurring speculation in some quarters that the controversial
Publication Date: OCT 2007
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Russia to build two reactors to power aluminum smelter
Russian aluminum giant Rusal said last week it had agreed with authorities in the Saratov region to finance construction of two 1,000-MW nuclear units that would serve
Publication Date: OCT 2007
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Sweden defends reprocessing old research reactor fuel
Swedish Environment Minister Andreas Carlgren, facing sharp criticism from his Nordic colleagues, defended sending spent research reactor fuel to Sellafield for reprocessing.
Publication Date: OCT 2007
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Swedish cities want talks now on compensation for waste facilities
Discussions on financial compensation for hosting a Swedish final spent fuel repository need to begin now, the leaders of the two communities being considered for the facility
Publication Date: OCT 2007
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TXU a 'long-term investment,' buyers say of $45 billion deal
A consortium of private equity firms October 10 finalized its $45 billion purchase of TXU Corp., now Energy Future Holdings Co. (EFH), marking a promise it made
Publication Date: OCT 2007
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Areva eyes Chinese EPR accord next month, expects joint company
Areva is expected to sign a letter of intent in late November to sell two EPR nuclear islands to China Guangdong Nuclear Power Holding Co., or Cgnpc,
Publication Date: OCT 2007
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Attention shifts to more reactors as Cernavoda-2 goes commercial
Romania's Cernavoda-2 began commercial operation October 5, five months after its first criticality and two months after connection to the grid, according to its operator, Societatea Nationala
Publication Date: OCT 2007
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Bouygues raises stake in Alstom, fueling talk of merger with Areva
In what some Paris media saw as a further step toward a future key role in Areva, French construction and telecommunications firm Bouygues announced October 8 that
Publication Date: OCT 2007
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DOE loan guarantee changes viewed as positive by industry
Changes that DOE has made to its loan guarantee program, particularly the amount of project debt now eligible for coverage, will help in securing financing for construction
Publication Date: OCT 2007
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EC launches study to 'simplify' EU nuclear liability regime
With the goal of harmonizing nuclear liability coverage throughout the EU, the European Commission will undertake an impact assessment on the issue before the end of the
Publication Date: OCT 2007
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European operators aim to have Eur 100 million for liability pool
European nuclear facility operators, through their membership in the mutual insurance company called Elini, plan to make a total of 100 million euros (about $140 million currently)
Publication Date: OCT 2007
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House members offer bill setting terms for NSG India exception
The complex sequence of events needed to lift US and international nuclear trade restrictions on India got an additional twist last week as three members of the
Publication Date: OCT 2007
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Indian government preparing for domestic fight over safeguards
Frustrated over left-wing parties' refusal to budge from their stand preventing negotiations with the IAEA over India-specific safeguards, the United Progressive Alliance, or UPA, coalition government is
Publication Date: OCT 2007
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NEI establishes policy paper embracing emissions reduction
After participating largely on the periphery of global warming issues, the nuclear industry has put together a formal policy position to speak with a united voice on
Publication Date: OCT 2007
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NRC confirms Peach Bottom guards were asleep
Ten security guards on one guard team at Peach Bottom were confirmed to have been sleeping on duty in the plant's "ready room" earlier this year, according
Publication Date: OCT 2007
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NRC told to keep existing fleet in mind as new plant activity rises
While NRC is gearing up to process an expected surge of new plant license applications in the coming months, the agency shouldn't lose sight of monitoring the
Publication Date: OCT 2007
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