WNN Daily 4/12

WNN Daily 12 April 2013

REGULATION & SAFETY: US nuclear safety goes from strength to strength (http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/RS-US_nuclear_safety_goes_from_strength_to_strength-1204137.html)
Contracts have been signed for the operation of two regional US response centres to manage emergency backup equipment, while newly released performance metrics for 2012 show US plants achieving good safety performances.

CORPORATE: UK nuclear R&D projects secure funding (http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/C-UK_nuclear_RD_projects_secure_funding-1204135.html)
A project to develop robotic snakes fitted with lasers for use in nuclear power plants, as well as one to produce cast reactor coolant pumps, are among those that will benefit from recently announced funding from the UK government.

NEW NUCLEAR: Chinese units get their steam generators (http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/NN-Chinese_units_get_their_steam_generators-1204134.html)
The installation of steam generators is underway at two new nuclear reactors in China: unit 3 of the Ningde plant and unit 2 of the Fangjiashan plant.