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Wednesday, August 29, 2018
Radioactive waste stranded as U.S. shifts from nuclear energy
Radioactive waste stranded as U.S. shifts from nuclear energy: Lack of a long-term repository leaves communities as de facto storage sites
California Nuclear Earthquake Reminder | Mining Awareness +
California Nuclear Earthquake Reminder | Mining Awareness +: Yesterday’s California earthquake was small but serves as a good reminder that it might not have been. The first map shows the epicenter and the USGS shake map, along with the probability of …
US regulators discuss smaller SMR emergency zones - World Nuclear News
US regulators discuss smaller SMR emergency zones - World Nuclear News: UPDATED - The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has concluded that Tennessee Valley Authority's methodology can be used in the future to determine if a reduced emergency planning zone is justified for small modular reactors, a spokesman for the Commission told World Nuclear News today.
Korea Chooses Partners For Overseas Nuclear Projects - News - Nuclear Power News - Nuclear Street - Nuclear Power Plant News, Jobs, and Careers
Korea Chooses Partners For Overseas Nuclear Projects - News - Nuclear Power News - Nuclear Street - Nuclear Power Plant News, Jobs, and Careers: The latest nuclear news in Nuclear Power Industry about utilities, companies, suppliers in the nuclear energy market.
Nuclear power plant of the future? - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Nuclear power plant of the future? - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists: Russia’s floating power plant could help nuclear energy sink or swim.
The Atomic Cafe - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
The Atomic Cafe - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists: The Atomic Cafe at the Gene Siskel Film Center Sunday, September 23, 2018 4:30pm: Reception 5:30pm: Film screening 7:00pm: Discussion with co-director Jayne Loader and the Bulletin’s Rachel Bronson The Atomic Cafe brings dark humor to Armageddon with its artful culling of newsreel footage, government archives, and pop-culture artifacts into a collage on living in the Atomic Age. … Continued
Who are Russia’s competitors in India’s nuclear energy market » Construction.RU - Russia-wide construction online journal
Who are Russia’s competitors in India’s nuclear energy market » Construction.RU - Russia-wide construction online journal: Almost ten years have passed since the end of India's nuclear isolation and the conclusion of a nuclear agreement with the United States, but to date, only one NPP project has been implemented in
France’s Nuclear Future in Play - Bloomberg
France’s Nuclear Future in Play - Bloomberg: Ecology minister’s sudden resignation puts spotlight on controversial power source
Floating nuclear plants could herald a new era of cheap, safe energy | New Scientist
Floating nuclear plants could herald a new era of cheap, safe energy | New Scientist: The price of renewables is at rock bottom, making nuclear power look pointlessly expensive. But new atomic plants could be cheap - and safer too
Sanmen Unit 2 Begins Ascension Testing
Sanmen Unit 2 Begins Ascension Testing
A third Westinghouse
Electric Company designed AP1000 reactor in China is now supplying power
to the grid, the China National Nuclear Corporation along with partner
State Nuclear Power Technology Corporation announced on Friday. http://nuclearstreet.com/nuclear_power_industry_news/b/nuclear_power_news/archive/2018/08/27/sanmen-unit-2-begins-ascension-testing-082702#.W4cno34nZSx
NRC Goes With "Dose-Based" Emergency Planning For SMR Plants
NRC Goes With "Dose-Based" Emergency Planning For SMR Plants
In a preliminary response to the Tennessee Valley Authority's early site permit application concerning a small nuclear reactor facility at Clinch River, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said that safety mandates could be developed based on scalable system, meaning it would not have to conform with standard-sized emergency planning zones currently mandated for large-scale commercial nuclear power plants. http://nuclearstreet.com/nuclear_power_industry_news/b/nuclear_power_news/archive/2018/08/28/nrc-goes-with-_2200_dose_2d00_based_2200_-emergency-planning-for-smr-plants-082802#.W4cnAX4nZSxKorea Chooses Partners For Overseas Nuclear Projects
Korea Chooses Partners For Overseas Nuclear Projects
The Korea Herald said
Wednesday that a consortium comprised of Daewoo Engineering &
Construction and Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction was chosen
for partner with Korea Hydro And Nuclear Power to pursue bids for
nuclear power projects anticipated for the Czech Republic and Poland. Read more and comment http://nuclearstreet.com/nuclear_power_industry_news/b/nuclear_power_news/archive/2018/08/29/korea-chooses-partners-for-overseas-nuclear-projects-0829_2d00_2#.W4cmxH4nZSx
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