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Agreement covers engineering and technical support during both the pre and post construction phases - By April Murelio - Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has announced plans to collaborate with EDF Energy, the UK business of the French utility group, on programs that will initially...

CEZ stands among the major European energy producers, operating a fleet of six nuclear reactors (on the sites of Dukovany and Temelin) which provide 31 percent of the Czech Republic’s electricity generation - By Stephen Heiser - Czech power utility (CEZ) and AREVA signed a major 15-year uranium...

Moscow and Ankara come to terms on nuclear power plant cooperation - Edited by April Murelio - According to a report by RIA Novosti, Russia and Turkey havesigned a joint statement regarding plans to build a nuclear power plant on Turkish soil. The document was signed by Russian Deputy Prime...

This workshop is part of NNSA’s broader effort to build and enhance the global capacity to prevent and respond to nuclear and radiological emergencies, and it directly supports the aims of Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism - By April Muurelio - The National Nuclear Security Administration...

IAEA Promotes International Cooperation in Nuclear Fusion Research - By Chrisrtopher Smith - The International Fusion Research Council (IFRC) advises the IAEA Director General on matters relating to nuclear fusion. It last met in Vienna, Austria, on 14 October 2009. Fusion, a form of nuclear...

Record-high production year 2009 at Fortum's Loviisa power plant in Finland - By Stephen Heiser - The year 2009 was one of the best in Fortum's Loviisa nuclear power plant's operation history in terms of safety and production. During the year, not a single international INES classified...

"The energy industry is changing in profound ways that will require major capital investments and different ways of doing business," Bottorff said. "The new environmental regulations that are being contemplated in Washington will present enormous challenges to TVA's engineering and...

Served Northrop Grumman in program management positions in the nuclear aircraft carrier program - By Linton Levy - John Lilley has joined AREVA Newport News, LLC as Vice President and Deputy General Manager. AREVA Newport News is a joint venture between Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding and AREVA developing...

Next-Generation Supercomputer at Department of Energy's Berkeley Lab Will Help Advance Open Scientific Research - By Christopher Smith - Cray Inc. has announced that the company has won the contract to install a next-generation supercomputer at the Department of Energy's (DOE) National...

Reflective Memory technology enables solution to be faster, more robust - By Linton Levy - GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms, a unit of GE Enterprise Solutions, has announced that it had won an order valued at $1 million from KSG Kraftwerks-Simulator-Gesellschaft MBH of Essen, Germany, for CPU blades...

Premier Online, Daily Source of Nuclear Power Plant News, Jobs, and Resources Announces New Corporate Communications Offering That Serves Only Companies in the Global Nuclear Power Industry - Source Nuclear Street - Whether your company is looking to expand into the nuclear power industry or is...

China is now second only to the United States In Terms Of Electric Power Capacity - Edited by Mark McFadden - According to a report by China Knowledge, China's electricity generation capacity will increase to 860 million kilowatts by the end of this year, putting the country second after the...

Ukraine to Receive On-Site Nuclide Identification Mobile Radiation Detection Vehicle - By Louise Potterton and Giovanni Verlini, IAEA Division of Public Information - Nuclear and radioactive material from hospitals, power plants or industrial facilities can be abandoned, lost, or even stolen. Early...

The conference came as the Senate wrangled over the future of energy-and-environment legislation. The measure is designed to reduce U.S. greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global warming, revitalize U.S. manufacturing by incentives for “green job” factories and construction -...

Weber is replacing Joe Jensen, who is leaving AEP to become chief nuclear officer for the United Arab Emirates, Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation in Abu Dhabi - By Linton Levy - Lawrence J. (Larry) Weber has been named senior vice president and chief nuclear officer of American Electric Power’s...

EDF Energy initiated a sales process relating to the divestment of land potentially suitable for new nuclear build in the United Kingdom, according to the conditional commitment with the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) - By Chris Smith - EDF's 2009 profit grew 23 percent, which was...

FPL is seeking approval to build and operate two AP1000 reactors at the site - By Stephen Heiser - The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has accepted for review the combined license (COL) application for two Advanced Passive 1000 (AP1000) reactors at the Turkey Point site near Homestead, Fla. Florida...

In February, the $14.5 billion Vogtle project became the first new nuclear reactors in the U.S. to be awarded a loan guarantee by the Department of Energy. Under the loan guarantee program, the government pledges to cover a company's debt obligations - By April Murelio - According to a report...

Urgent Need for Capital Required in Power and Utilities Sector in face of uncertainty, urges regulators to create an environment that encourages investment - By Linton Levy - The power and utilities sector is faced with a significant looming capital requirement and the numbers are mind-boggling...

Fire Probablistic Risk Assessment Challenges: Fire Modeling - By Dr. Martin G. Plys, Vice President, Waste Technology; Fauske & Associates, LLC - Introduction Fauske & Associates was invited to prepare presentations for the PWR Owners Group Third International Technical Workshop in London...

94% of U.S. Nuclear Power Generation Plants Have Installed ETAP - By Stephen Heiser - Operation Technology, Inc. (OTI), developer of the ETAP enterprise solution for electrical power systems, has announced that 60 of 64 U.S. nuclear power generation plants, or 94%, have standardized on the Nuclear...

Nuclear power plants have two options for the storage of spent nuclear fuel: It can be stored in a plant’s circulating-water spent fuel pool or in dry cask storage, which involves removing fuel from the pool, placing it in a stainless-steel cask and then moving that cask to a large steel-reinforced...

Based on industry best practices, PAM is used by other nuclear plants with great success. Because equipment reliability is one of our four focus areas for 2010, having this tool available at Bruce Power will help us stay on top of current PMs, as well as pave the way for any future improvements -...

Argentine Planning Minister Julio de Vido and the president of China National Nuclear Corp., Mao Xiaoming, agreed to an exchange of visits given the interest of the CNNC in becoming a possible provider of technology for Argentina’s next nuclear power plant. - Edited by April Murelio - According...

NRC Seeks Public Input On Draft Environmental Impact Statement For Duane Arnold Nuclear Plant License Renewal; Meetings Scheduled - By Stephen Heiser - The Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff is seeking public comments on its preliminary conclusion that there are no environmental impacts that would...