Nuclear Power Today articles from March 2006

Nuclear Power Today archives from March 2006

NEI Announces New Senior VP for Governmental Affairs.
March 1, 2006... The Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) recently announced the appointment of Alex Flint as its senior vice president for governmental affairs. According to NEI, Flint formerly served as staff director for the Senate Committee on Energy and...

Irradiated Water Leak Forces Shutdown of Fukushima Reactor.
March 1, 2006... The Associated Press (AP) recently reported that Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) spokesperson Motoyasu Tamaki has revealed that one of the reactors at the No. 1 Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant outside of Tokyo was shuttered last week...

NRC Launches Investigation of Security at Turkey Point Plant.
March 2, 2006... The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) recently announced that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has launched a new investigation of security at Florida Power and Light Company's (FP&L) Turkey Point nuclear power plant near...

China to Construct More Than 30 New Nuclear Facilities.
March 2, 2006... The Associated Press (AP) recently reported that the government of China has revealed plans to increase the nation's nuclear generating capacity over the next 15 years by constructing 32 new nuclear generation facilities. According to AP,...

PA DEP Reports Findings of Unannounced Nuclear Inspections.
March 3, 2006... Pennsylvania governor Edward Rendell recently announced that the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has concluded surprise inspections at each of the state's five nuclear power plants in an effort to ensure that control room, security...

Connecticut Nuclear Facility Resumes Operations.
March 3, 2006... The Associated Press (AP) recently reported that the Millstone Two nuclear plant in Waterford, CT recently resumed operations following the completion of repairs initiated in the wake of a shutdown resulting from two closed valves. ...

Weekly Update.
March 3, 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...

New Bill Could Further Empower Guards at Nuclear Plants.
March 6, 2006... Local Georgia newspaper the Savannah Morning News recently reported that newly proposed legislation sponsored by state senator Jim Whitehead seeks to grant additional power to private security personnel employed by state nuclear power plants....

U.S., India Reach Agreement on Nuclear Power.
March 6, 2006... U.S. President George Bush and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced at a press conference this past Thursday that India and the U.S. have agreed on a plan to cooperate on nuclear power. According to Reuters, the plan calls for the...

NRC Staff Approves Power Uprate for Vermont Yankee.
March 7, 2006... Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff recently approved a request by Entergy Nuclear to increase the generating capacity of its Vermont Yankee facility by approximately 20 percent. Under the conditions of the uprate, Entergy will...

Fire Protection System Mishap Requires Evacuation at Susquehanna.
March 7, 2006... PPL Susquehanna, LLC recently announced that the activation of a fire protection system at its nuclear power plant in Luzerne County, PA, earlier this month required evacuation of a security control building at the facility. According to...

Urenco Purchases Westinghouse Interest in LES.
March 8, 2006... Global energy and technology group Urenco, Ltd. recently announced it is purchasing the 24.5-percent interest held by Westinghouse Electric Company in Louisiana Energy Services (LES) and the National Enrichment Facility (NEF). According to...

TEi Awarded Two Contracts for STP Nuclear Plant.
March 8, 2006... Babcock Power, Inc. (BPI) recently announced that its subsidiary Thermal Engineering International (USA) Inc. (TEi) has been awarded two major contracts for the South Texas Project Electric Generating Station near Bay City, TX. According...

Survey Finds Ontario Voters Divided on Nuclear Support.
March 9, 2006... The Ontario Clean Air Alliance (OCAA) recently released the results of a 1,065-person public opinion poll, which reveal that 48 percent of Ontario voters say they are more likely to support a party in next year's provincial election that has a...

Japanese Safety Commission Approves MOX Use at Ikata Plant.
March 9, 2006... Japanese news service Kyodo recently reported that a Nuclear Safety Commission of Japan panel has approved Shikoku Electric Power Company's use of mixed oxide fuel (MOX) at one of the reactors of its Ikata nuclear facility in Ehime Prefecture....

PPL Susquehanna Unit 1 Commences Refueling Outage.
March 10, 2006... PPL Corporation recently announced that operators at the PPL Susquehanna nuclear power plant in Luzerne County, PA have shut down the plant's Unit 1 reactor to begin a scheduled refueling and maintenance outage. According to PPL, workers...

Millstone Worker Accuses Dominion of Wrongful Termination.
March 10, 2006... The Boston Globe recently reported that former Millstone nuclear power plant official Sham Mehta has alleged in a complaint to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) that facility owner Dominion Nuclear Connecticut dismissed him from the...

Weekly Update.
March 10, 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...

DOE Cites University of Chicago for Nuclear Safety Violations.
March 13, 2006... The Department of Energy (DOE) recently issued a preliminary notice of violation (PNOV) to the University of Chicago -- the management and operating contractor for DOE's Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) -- for nuclear safety violations...

NRC Issues Draft EIS for Palisades License Renewal.
March 13, 2006... The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) recently announced that its staff has reached the preliminary conclusion that there are no environmental impacts which would preclude renewal of the operating license for the Palisades nuclear power plant...

UniStar Announces Members of New Advisory Board.
March 14, 2006... UniStar Nuclear, a joint venture between Constellation Energy and AREVA, Inc. that develops evolutionary power reactor (EPR) technology in North America, recently announced the members of its newly created advisory board. According to...

Devon Way Adds New Service to On-demand Nuclear Plant Offering.
March 14, 2006... The Devon Way, LLC recently announced the release of ActionWay, a new business service in the company's WorkWay suite of on-demand plant solutions designed to serve America's nuclear fleet with Web-based software tools. According to the...

TVEL Extends Fuel Supply Delivery Date for Bulgarian Plant.
March 15, 2006... Russian nuclear fuel services provider TVEL Corporation announced late last week that Ivan Ivanov, director general of Bulgaria's Kozloduy nuclear power plant, signed a supplementary agreement during his recent visit to Russia to extend to 2020...

Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania to Cooperate on New Nuclear Plant.
March 15, 2006... Russian news agency Itar-Tass recently reported that Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have entered into an accord to develop a new nuclear reactor to replace the Ignalina nuclear facility in Lithuania, which is being decommissioned at the behest...

Iranian Energy Minister Reveals Plans for New Nuclear Plant.
March 16, 2006... The Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) recently reported that Iranian energy minister Parviz Fattah revealed earlier this week that the country is expected to commence development of a new nuclear facility within the next six months, an effort...

AREVA Signs MOX Fuel Supply Agreement With Japanese Utility.
March 16, 2006... AREVA recently announced it has signed an agreement to supply mixed oxide (MOX) fuel to the Hamaoka nuclear power plant in Japan, which is operated by Japanese utility CHUBU. According to AREVA, the fuel, which contains a mixture of uranium...

IL Attorney General Files Suit Over Leaks at Braidwood Plant.
March 17, 2006... Illinois attorney general Lisa Madigan joined Will County, IL state's attorney James Glasgow earlier this week in filing a lawsuit against the owner and operators of the Braidwood nuclear generating station in Will County for the facility's...

Shaw Names New Head of Shaw Stone & Webster Nuclear Services.
March 17, 2006... The Shaw Group, Inc. recently announced the appointment of Dave Barry as president of its Shaw Stone & Webster Nuclear Services division, which provides engineering, maintenance, construction, environmental and nuclear remediation services to...

Weekly Update.
March 17, 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...

Mexican Official Says Country Plans to Build New Nuclear Plant.
March 20, 2006... The Associated Press (AP) recently reported that Mexican Federal Electricity Commission director-general Alfredo Alias Ayub has revealed that the Mexican government is looking to develop a new nuclear facility within the next 15 years. In...

Westinghouse to Supply Replacement Generators to Sequoyah Plant.
March 20, 2006... Westinghouse Electric Company recently announced it has been awarded a contract for the design and manufacture of replacement steam generators (RSGs) for Unit 2 of Tennessee Valley Authority's (TVA) Sequoyah nuclear power plant in Soddy-Daisy,...

Exelon Nuclear Responds to Announcement of Civil Penalties.
March 21, 2006... Exelon Nuclear recently issued its response to the complaint filed last week by Illinois attorney general Lisa Madigan and Will County, IL state's attorney James Glasgow concerning releases of wastewater containing tritium into the groundwater...

INL Names New Director of Nuclear Science and Engineering.
March 21, 2006... The Idaho National Laboratory (INL) recently announced the appointment of Ronaldo Szilard as its new director of nuclear science and engineering under Nuclear Programs. According to INL, Szilard has 15 years of private nuclear industry...

Novastar Appoints New President and CEO, Board Members.
March 22, 2006... Novastar Resources, Ltd. recently announced the appointment of Thorium Power, Inc. president and CEO Seth Grae as the company's new president and CEO. Additionally, Novastar has appointed Ambassador Thomas Graham, Jr. and Cornelius Milmoe to...

Westinghouse to Deliver Core Reactor Components to Forsmark.
March 22, 2006... Westinghouse Electric Company recently announced it has signed a contract worth approximately $30 million with Forsmark's Kraftgrupp AB for the delivery of core reactor components to enable power uprates of all three reactor units at Forsmark...

NRC Creates Task Force to Examine Tritium Issue.
March 23, 2006... The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) recently announced it has assembled a group of experts from its offices across the nation to examine the issue of inadvertent, unmonitored releases of radioactive liquids containing tritium from U.S....

Bangladeshi Officials Propose New Reactor Development.
March 23, 2006... Chinese news agency Xinhua recently reported that officials from the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission's Nuclear Power and Energy Division remarked earlier this month during a meeting in China that the development of two new 600-megawatt...

NRC Announces Appointment of New Advisory Committee Member.
March 24, 2006... The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) recently announced it has appointed University of Nevada, Reno adjunct professor of materials science and engineering J. Sam Armijo to its Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS). According...

Invensys to Work With Westinghouse on Plant Safety Solutions.
March 24, 2006... Invensys Process Systems, a business unit of Invensys, plc that provides products, services and solutions for the automation and optimization of industrial process plants, recently announced it has signed a long-term teaming agreement with...

Weekly Update.
March 24, 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...

Yankee Rowe to Pay More Than $48,000 for PCB Violations.
March 27, 2006... The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced that Yankee Atomic Electric Company, the owner of the decommissioning nuclear power plant in Rowe, MA, has agreed to pay $48,750 to settle agency claims that it violated federal PCB...

Japanese Official Says No Radiation Leaked in Plant Fire.
March 27, 2006... The Associated Press (AP) reported last week the outbreak of a fire at Kansai Electric Power Company's Oi nuclear facility in Japan's Fukui prefecture. According to AP, the fire was centered in a waste disposal facility located between two...

Connecticut Yankee, Bechtel Reach Agreement on Leak Cleanup.
March 28, 2006... Local Connecticut newspaper the Middletown Press recently reported that Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company has settled with Bechtel Power Corporation in relation to disputes resulting from a leak of contaminated reactor water at the...

Japan's Hokuriku to Appeal Reactor Closure Order.
March 28, 2006... Bloomberg reported last week that Japanese electricity producer Hokuriku Electric Power Company (HEP) plans to appeal a Kanazawa District Court decision that resulted in the shutdown of a 1,358-megawatt reactor at the company's nuclear power...

Darlington Unit 3 Shuts Down for Maintenance Outage.
March 29, 2006... Ontario Power Generation recently announced the temporary shutdown of its Darlington nuclear facility's Unit 3 reactor for an outage that will include inspections and maintenance on a variety of nuclear and non-nuclear systems as part of the...

American Nuclear Society Honors Work of EPRI Founder.
March 29, 2006... The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) recently announced that the American Nuclear Society has presented the 2006 George C. Laurence Award for Pioneering Contributions to Nuclear Safety to EPRI founder and president emeritus Chauncey...

Nuclear Companies to Support Plant Development in Ontario.
March 30, 2006... Atomic Energy of Canada, Ltd. (AECL) recently announced it has signed a four-year agreement with four other leading nuclear technology and engineering companies for the formation of Team CANDU, a group that will offer a turn-key service and...

HSE Seeks Comments on Strategy for Regulating Plant Design.
March 30, 2006... The U.K. Health and Safety Executive (HSE) recently invited views and comments on a review of its strategy for regulating the design of new nuclear power facilities. According to HSE, this follows a request from the U.K. Department of...

TVA Names New Vice President of Nuclear Support.
March 31, 2006... The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) recently announced that Exelon Energy Delivery Technical Services senior vice president Preston Swafford will join TVA Nuclear as senior vice president of nuclear support. According to TVA, Swafford...

Emergency Response at S. Korea Nuclear Plants Deemed Inadequate.
March 31, 2006... The Korea Times recently reported that the South Korean Ministry of Science and Technology has identified problems with the emergency response systems at three of the country's nuclear power facilities. According to the newspaper, one...

Weekly Update.
March 31, 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...