Welcome to this issue of your bi-weekly Nuclear Energy Insider newsletter.
Industry Insight
Diablo Canyon research to benefit nuclear sector for decades to come
Extensive scientific research performed in the area surrounding Pacific Gas and Electric Company's (PG&E) Diablo Canyon Power Plant demonstrates the facility remains seismically safe and able to withstand the largest potential earthquakes in the region, including the five faults near the plant, the utility has reported.
Evolution of nuclear design 60 years on from Obminsk NPP
Nuclear Energy Insider looks back on the nuclear energy sector’s sixty years of service. From design licensing procedures to better regulations on construction and seismic assessments, how has the industry matured and improved since electricity was first transmitted Obminsk NPP.?
News
Waste removal companies to demo technologies at Fukushima
In an effort to find the most effective way to remove tritium from contaminated water at the Fukushima Daiichi plan Japan has selected three overseas companies to construct demonstration projects to verify the suitability of their technologies.
Jacobs receives EDF Energy contract extension
Jacobs Engineering Group has reported that its contract to provide project services to EDF Energy for its eight nuclear power station sites in the United Kingdom has been extended.
Japan regulators approve installations at Sendai
Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) has reported that the Kyushu Electric Power's two-reactor Sendai plant in southwestern Japan could make changes to the reactor installations of the two units with a view to restart, with the approval of local authorities.
Cavendish Fluor Partnership takes ownership of Magnox and RSRL
Cavendish Fluor Partnership (CFP) has been formally awarded the multi billion pound contract by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) to take ownership of Magnox Ltd and Research Sites Restoration Ltd (RSRL), the Site Licence Companies (SLCs) for 12 UK nuclear sites.
Ukraine constructs Central Storage Facility for spent nuclear fuel
The construction of the Ukrainian Central Spent Fuel Storage Facility (CSFSF) has begun in earnest; according to Energoatom.
Westinghouse signs deals with China’s SNPAS
Westinghouse Electric has signed two instrumentation and control (I&C) system cooperation agreements with China’s State Nuclear Power Automation System Engineering Company (SNPAS).
Areva awarded Browns Ferry nuclear fuel contract
Areva has been awarded a contract by the U.S. utility Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to supply nuclear fuel to the three boiling water reactors at the Browns Ferry Nuclear plant in Alabama.
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