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VF, HI-Q win radiation monitoring system contract for Columbia Generating Station

The team of VF, a.s. (VF) and HI-Q Environmental Products Company, Inc. (HI-Q) has been awarded the contract to design and manufacture the replacement...

D&Z secures maintenance and modifications contract from STPNOC

Day & Zimmermann (D&Z) has secured a five-year maintenance and modifications contract with Texas-based STP Nuclear Operating Company (STPNOC). STPNOC...

TEPCO to remove fuel rods from Fukushima plant’s reactor 4

Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) will remove used fuel rods from the crippled reactor 4 of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan....

NRC proposes new rules for special nuclear material control and accounting

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is asking the public to comment on a proposal to update, clarify and strengthen the requirements for material control...

Areva to supply spent fuel pool level instrumentation systems to US utilities

Areva has secured a series of contracts for delivery of its spent fuel pool level instrumentation (SFPLI) system to the US-based utilities. ...

Dungeness B nuclear power station goes offline due to power loss

UK energy supplier EDF Energy has announced automatic shut down of both Dungeness B reactors following power cut off caused by debris landing on...

Pakistan begins work on new 1,000MW nuclear power plant

Pakistan has commenced spadework on the 1,000MW nuclear power plant being built with the Chinese assistance near Hawkes Bay in Karachi, unnamed sources have...

EnKK reconnects Unit II of Neckarwestheim plant to grid after inspection

EnBW Kernkraft (EnKK) has reconnected Unit II of the Neckarwestheim nuclear power plant (GKN II) to the grid, following completion of its annual inspection....

CNNC completes Fuqing unit 1 reactor coolant’s hydrostatic testing

China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) has successfully completed hydrostatic testing of the under development Fuqing unit 1 reactor coolant system, moving the unit a...

Southern Nuclear begins Plant Farley unit 1’s refueling outage

US-based nuclear energy operator Southern Nuclear has shut down unit 1 of the Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant in Dothan, Alabama, US, for a...