IAEA expert team in Japan to review plant safety Companies mentioned: IAEA Nuclear Installation Division, Japanese Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency, Kansai Electric Power Company, and National Nuclear Security Administration
EC receives nuclear ‘subsidies’ complaint Companies mentioned: Energy Fair Group, SNC-Lavalin Nuclear, Jacobs Engineering Group, Magnox, US Department of Energy, Uranium Resources, USEC and EDF
DOE pushes ahead with SMR certification Companies mentioned: US Department of Energy, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Research, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Education Cluster-TECOM Investments, Duke Energy, Nuclear Energy Institute and S&R Engineering
IAEA expert team in Japan to review plant safety Companies mentioned: IAEA Nuclear Installation Division, Japanese Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency, Kansai Electric Power Company, and National Nuclear Security Administration
EC receives nuclear ‘subsidies’ complaint Companies mentioned: Energy Fair Group, SNC-Lavalin Nuclear, Jacobs Engineering Group, Magnox, US Department of Energy, Uranium Resources, USEC and EDF
Nuclear popularity in the UK at record high Companies mentioned: Ipsos MORI, CITB-ConstructionSkills, Fessenheim NPP,Vietnam's Ministry of Science and Technology, Progress Energy, Crystal River NPP, EDF Constellation and Exelon
EC receives nuclear ‘subsidies’ complaint Companies mentioned: Energy Fair Group, SNC-Lavalin Nuclear, Jacobs Engineering Group, Magnox, US Department of Energy, Uranium Resources, USEC and EDF
Westinghouse CEO to retire in March Companies mentioned: Westinghouse, Southern California Edison, San Onofre Nuclear, Areva, Xcel Energy, Tohoku Electric Power, Onagawa NPP, and EIA
EDF says reactor extensions to cost EUR50bn Companies mentioned: EDF, Autorite de Surete Nucleaire, Shaw, Westinghouse, NRC, Areva, ONR, Hinkley Point, USEC, TENEX, and Carmanah
EC receives nuclear ‘subsidies’ complaint Companies mentioned: Energy Fair Group, SNC-Lavalin Nuclear, Jacobs Engineering Group, Magnox, US Department of Energy, Uranium Resources, USEC and EDF
DOE pushes ahead with SMR certification Companies mentioned: US Department of Energy, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Research, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Education Cluster-TECOM Investments, Duke Energy, Nuclear Energy Institute and S&R Engineering
NRC awaits public comment on spent fuel study Companies mentioned: NRC, Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation, Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation, Brunswick NPP, and Carolina Power & Light
Companies mentioned: University of Chicago (EPIC), DOE, NRC, Minerals Council of Australia, Oconee NPP, Duke Energy, Exelon Generation, Limerick Unit 2, EDF, Eon, RWE and the NDA
In the few months since Germany’s bold decision to switch off seven nuclear reactors, decommissioning plans are slowly moving forward.
With the nuclear renaissance now in full swing, the question of permanent waste disposal is back on the agenda, but which countries are taking the lead when it comes to decisive action?
IAEA expert team in Japan to review plant safety Companies mentioned: IAEA Nuclear Installation Division, Japanese Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency, Kansai Electric Power Company, and National Nuclear Security Administration
EC receives nuclear ‘subsidies’ complaint Companies mentioned: Energy Fair Group, SNC-Lavalin Nuclear, Jacobs Engineering Group, Magnox, US Department of Energy, Uranium Resources, USEC and EDF
DOE pushes ahead with SMR certification Companies mentioned: US Department of Energy, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Research, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Education Cluster-TECOM Investments, Duke Energy, Nuclear Energy Institute and S&R Engineering
In the U.S. alone there are 104 nuclear reactors in operation and 4-6 scheduled to come on line by 2020.
According to Nuclear Energy Insider the NDA will be meeting with all five SLCs to discuss the key strategic and contractual challenges in nuclear decommissioning.
This week Nuclear Energy Insider spoke with Jim Holt, General Manager for Nuclear Outages and Upgrade Services at Progress Energy, to examine the key drivers for the US fleet extending plant life into long term operations and how Progress Energy will tackle this issue.
Nuclear Energy Insider speaks with industry veteran and author, Gail Marcus, on the challenges and opportunities ahead for the Middle East and North Africa’s nuclear energy programmes.
Nathan Ives, a Senior Manager in Ernst & Young’s Advisory Services practice, highlights processes that can be put in place to best respond to a black swan event, much like the one experienced this year in Japan.