Nuclear Energy

Toshiba to acquire majority stake in NuGeneration

Toshiba has signed an agreement to acquire a 60% stake in the NuGeneration Limited's (NuGen) Moorside project in West Cumbria, UK. NuGeneration is a nuclear joint venture between GDF Suez and Iberdrola. As part of the...

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 plant vent stack radiation monitoring system for the Columbia Generating Station near Richland, WA, USA....

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 operates the South Texas Project Electric Generating Station (STPEGS), which supplies more than 7.5% of...

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. Representing one of the three Fukushima reactors that were damaged in...

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 and accounting (MC&A) of special nuclear material. The proposed rule appears in today’s Federal Register....

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. A part of the company's global 'Safety Alliance' program, the SFPLI is designed...

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 the incoming power lines. With shut down of the Dungeness B21...

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