Nuclear Power Today articles from April 2006

Nuclear Power Today archives from April 2006

Enercon Announces Promotions and New Positions.
April 3, 2006... Enercon recently announced a number of promotions and a new position "in response to the changing nuclear power plant landscape." According to Enercon, Bob Evans, who been with the company since 1983, has been promoted to vice president of...

NDA Publishes Approved Strategy for Cleanup of U.K. Sites.
April 3, 2006... The U.K. Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) recently announced the publication of its approved strategy, which establishes a comprehensive plan for the decommissioning and cleanup of NDA's 20 civil nuclear sites. Key principles of the...

Senate Approves Assistant Nuclear Energy Secretary Nomination.
April 4, 2006... The U.S. Senate voted 88-0 last week to approve the nomination of Dennis Spurgeon as the assistant secretary of energy for nuclear energy. Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) senior vice president of governmental affairs Alex Flint congratulated...

South African Minister Confirms Study of New Nuclear Plant.
April 4, 2006... The South African Press Association (Sapa) recently reported that a spokesperson for South African Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) minister Alec Erwin has confirmed earlier reports that the country is investigating the feasibility of...

NRC Sends Inspection Team to Review Damage at Florida Plant.
April 5, 2006... The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) recently announced it is sending an Augmented Inspection Team (AIT) to review equipment damage at Unit 3 of the Turkey Point nuclear power plant, which is operated by Florida Power & Light Company (FP&L)....

Hokuriku Ordered to Shutter Reactor Over Citizen Concern.
April 5, 2006... Japanese news service Kyodo recently reported that Hokuriku Electric Power Company has been ordered to cease operation of its 1,359-megawatt nuclear reactor in Ishikawa Prefecture after little more than one full week following the unit's...

Vermont Yankee Nuclear Plant Manager to Leave Post.
April 6, 2006... The Associated Press (AP) recently reported that Jay Thayer, the current site vice president at the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant, will leave his position next month. According to AP, Thayer will continue to work for Vermont Yankee...

WANO Finds Nuclear Industry Functioning Safely, Efficiently.
April 6, 2006... The Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) recently announced that, according to plant performance indicators compiled by the World Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO), U.S. nuclear power plants continued to operate at high levels of safety and...

NRC Appoints New Chief of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
April 7, 2006... The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) recently announced the appointment of Brian Sheron as director of the Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research (RES). According to NRC, Sheron, who has been with the agency since 1976, most recently...

Exelon Takes Quad Cities Unit 2 Offline for Refueling.
April 7, 2006... Exelon Corporation recently announced that Exelon Nuclear's Quad Cities Generating Station Unit 2 was taken offline late last month to begin a scheduled refueling and maintenance shutdown. In addition to refueling the reactor, Exelon noted...

Weekly Update.
April 7, 2006... CHERNOBYL +20: REMEMBRANCE FOR THE FUTURE -- AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, April 23-25, 2006, House of the Teacher, Kyiv, Ukraine ANS INTERNATIONAL HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE, April 30-May 4, 2005, TBA, Las Vegas, NV...

NRC Revises Mitigating Systems Category in ROP.
April 10, 2006... The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) recently announced the update of its Reactor Oversight Process (ROP) with the introduction of the Mitigating Systems Performance Index (MSPI), which tracks the availability and reliability of systems used...

NRC Issues EIS on Proposed Grand Gulf Early Site Permit.
April 10, 2006... The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) recently issued its final environmental impact statement (EIS) on the proposed early site permit (ESP) for the Grand Gulf site located near Vicksburg, MS, which finds there are no environmental impacts...

APS to Relocate Faulty Valve on Arizona Reactor.
April 11, 2006... The Associated Press (AP) reported last month that officials with Arizona Public Service Company (APS) have announced that the reactor shut down in mid-March at the utility's Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station outside of Phoenix, AZ, will...

Exelon Completes Refueling Outage at Limerick Unit 1.
April 12, 2006... Exelon Nuclear recently announced the completion late last month of a refueling outage at its Limerick Generating Station Unit 1 near Philadelphia, PA. During the shutdown, Exelon said workers safely completed approximately 10,000...

NRC, Ukraine Sign Cooperation Agreement on Nuclear Safety.
April 13, 2006... The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) recently announced it has signed a bilateral agreement with the State Nuclear Regulatory Committee of Ukraine (SNRCU) for the exchange of technical information and cooperation in nuclear safety matters....

Coalitions Urge Support for Nuclear Power in New England.
April 14, 2006... The New England Council and the New England Energy Alliance recently announced the release of a joint report, titled "Nuclear Energy in New England: A Valuable & Dependable Source of Electricity," that urges New England policy makers to support...

Weekly Update.
April 14, 2006... CHERNOBYL +20: REMEMBRANCE FOR THE FUTURE -- AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, April 23-25, 2006, House of the Teacher, Kyiv, Ukraine ANS INTERNATIONAL HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE, April 30-May 4, 2005, TBA, Las Vegas, NV...

Constellation Energy Completes Calvert Cliffs Refueling Outage.
April 17, 2006... Constellation Energy recently announced the completion of a refueling outage at Unit 1 of its Calvert Cliffs nuclear power plant in Lusby, MD. The outage lasted approximately 50 days. In addition to performing standard refueling activities,...

Turkey to Develop Nuclear Plants in Black Sea Province.
April 18, 2006... Reuters reported last week that government officials in Turkey have finalized plans to build three nuclear reactors in the province of Sinop, which is located in the central portion of the country's Black Sea coastline. According to...

U.K. Committee Report Rejects Nuclear Proposals.
April 19, 2006... Reuters reported last week that a U.K. parliamentary committee has issued a new report examining the country's future energy needs which rejects the construction of new nuclear power plants as an option for expanding capacity while reducing...

Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station Completes Refueling Outage.
April 20, 2006... Constellation Energy recently announced that its Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station in Scriba, NY has completed a scheduled refueling outage at Unit 2. The refueling outage was completed in 25 days, marking a record for the shortest duration of...

Riverkeeper to Sue Entergy for Alleged RCRA Violations.
April 21, 2006... Tarrytown, NY-based environmental organization Riverkeeper recently announced its intent to sue Entergy Nuclear Northeast for violating the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), which requires operators of industrial facilities to...

Weekly Update.
April 21, 2006... CHERNOBYL +20: REMEMBRANCE FOR THE FUTURE -- AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, April 23-25, 2006, House of the Teacher, Kyiv, Ukraine ANS INTERNATIONAL HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE, April 30-May 4, 2005, TBA, Las Vegas, NV...

U.S. Urges Russia to Abandon Iranian Nuclear Project.
April 24, 2006... Reuters reported last week that U.S. officials have called on Russia to remove its engineers from construction of the $1-billion Bushehr nuclear power facility in Iran, a request that was flatly denied by the Russian Foreign Ministry. ...

NRC Begins Special Inspection at Palisades Nuclear Plant.
April 25, 2006... The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) recently announced it has initiated a special inspection at the Palisades Nuclear Power Station, where several plant workers received unintended radiation exposures last week when a storage container...

NRC Completes Review of Grand Gulf ESP Application.
April 27, 2006... The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) recently announced it has published the complete safety evaluation report (SER) for an early site permit (ESP) at the Grand Gulf nuclear power station location outside of Vicksburg, MS. NRC said the...

Iranian Official Reveals Plan to Begin Accepting Nuclear Bids.
April 27, 2006... Agence France-Press (AFP) recently reported that Iranian nuclear power official Ali Asghar Soltanieh announced this past weekend the nation's intention to seek formal offers from any interested countries for the development of two newly planned...

MA Nuclear Plant Receives High NRC Safety Rating.
April 28, 2006... The Associated Press (AP) reported last week that Entergy Corporation's Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Plymouth, MA received the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC) highest safety rating following the commission's annual inspection of the...

Weekly Update.
April 28, 2006... ANS INTERNATIONAL HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE, April 30-May 4, 2005, TBA, Las Vegas, NV ENERGEX 2006: ENERGY SYSTEMS IN TRANSITION TOWARDS A SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, June 12-15, 2006, Stavanger Forum Conference and...