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Oyster Creek sale speeds decommissioning
Oyster Creek sale speeds decommissioning
Holtec International is to purchase the Oyster Creek nuclear power plant from Exelon, the companies have announced. Comprehensive Decommissioning International will be responsible for decommissioning the plant.
 
Corporate · Tuesday, 31 July 2018
Iowa nuclear plant to close in 2020
Iowa nuclear plant to close in 2020
The single-unit Duane Arnold nuclear power plant is to close in late 2020 after utility Alliant Energy and owner NextEra Energy Resources agreed to shorten their existing power purchase agreement for the plant.
Corporate · Monday, 30 July 2018
South Ukraine 3 fully loaded with Westinghouse fuel
South Ukraine 3 fully loaded with Westinghouse fuel
Westinghouse Electric Company has announced that unit 3 of the South Ukraine nuclear power plant has becomes the first VVER-1000 reactor anywhere to operate with fuel assemblies not supplied by Russia.
New Nuclear · Friday, 20 July 2018
Yangjiang 5 enters commercial operation
Yangjiang 5 enters commercial operation
Unit 5 of the Yangjiang nuclear power plant in China's Guangdong province has completed commissioning tests and now meets the conditions for entering commercial operation, China General Nuclear announced yesterday.
New Nuclear · Friday, 13 July 2018
Bruce Power, Rolls-Royce deepen digital collaboration
Bruce Power, Rolls-Royce deepen digital collaboration
British engineering group Rolls-Royce has signed a memorandum of understanding with Canada's Bruce Power to deepen their cooperation in digital technology. 
Corporate · Wednesday, 11 July 2018
Argentina, Belgium extend nuclear safety cooperation
Argentina, Belgium extend nuclear safety cooperation
A memorandum of understanding signed between Nucleoeléctrica Argentina SA and Belgium's Nuclear Research Centre aims at extending cooperation on nuclear safety.
Regulation & Safety · Friday, 6 July 2018
EDF maintains plant safety is a priority
EDF maintains plant safety is a priority
French utility EDF has refuted the findings of a parliamentary commission into the safety and security of the country's nuclear energy facilities, saying the report, contains "a number of factual errors".
Regulation & Safety · Friday, 6 July 2018
Turboatom and Toshiba team up for turbine upgrades
Turboatom and Toshiba team up for turbine upgrades
Ukrainian nuclear power plant operator Energoatom has welcomed the signing of a memorandum of understanding between Ukraine's Turboatom and Japan's Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation.
Corporate · Thursday, 5 July 2018
Tokai 2 passes safety screening
Tokai 2 passes safety screening
Unit 2 of Japan Atomic Power Company's Tokai nuclear power plant has moved a step closer to restarting after the country's nuclear regulator said the unit meets revised safety standards. 
Regulation & Safety · Wednesday, 4 July 2018
Quad Cities opens new training centre
Quad Cities opens new training centre
Exelon Generation has opened an expanded employee training centre at the Quad Cities nuclear power plant, in the same month that the plant would have closed had the state of Illinois not passed its Future Energy Jobs Act.
Corporate · Tuesday, 3 July 2018
Japanese Cabinet approves new basic energy plan
Japanese Cabinet approves new basic energy plan
Under the plan, nuclear will remain a key energy source, accounting for 20-22% of the country's electricity generation up to 2030.
Nuclear Policies · Tuesday, 3 July 2018
NDA to take over management of Magnox sites
NDA to take over management of Magnox sites
Magnox Limited - operator of former Magnox nuclear power plant sites in the UK - will become a subsidiary of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) from September 2019.
Corporate · Tuesday, 3 July 2018
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