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Clarence L. Ray Jr. (CEO, Shaw Power Group) announced last week that he will be delivering an opening keynote presentation in Charlotte North Carolina to discuss the future role of nuclear construction. (PRWEB) August 05, 2011 After announcements earlier this year from SCANA, Southern Company, Duke, Dominion, Progress Energy, Ontario Power Generation, Bruce Power, DOE and NRC stating that they would also be attending the 3rd Annual Nuclear Construction Summit in Charlotte, NC on 25-27...

PITTSBURGH, Aug. 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Westinghouse Electric Company today announced the appointment of Rick Gabbianelli as senior vice president of its Strategy organization. In this newly formed role, Mr. Gabbianelli will lead Westinghouse in the implementation of the following strategic priorities: analyzing and prioritizing opportunities to sell and build new nuclear plants;sustaining growth and operational excellence within core businesses; differentiating the company through...

WASHINGTON, July 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The leader of America's commercial nuclear energy industry, Marvin Fertel, addressed Wall Street analysts in New York this week to offer an update on the industry's response to events at the Fukushima Daiichi plant in Japan, as well as the industry's view of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's recently released 90-day Fukushima task force report. He also discussed continuing progress on new nuclear power plant construction in the United States. In...

PITTSBURGH, July 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Westinghouse Electric Company, its consortium team member The Shaw Group Inc., China's State Nuclear Power Technology Corporation (SNPTC) and Sanmen Nuclear Power Company Ltd., today announced that the first AP1000 nuclear reactor vessel successfully arrived at the Sanmen nuclear power plant in China's Zhejiang province. Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction manufactured the reactor vessel, which weighs approximately 340 tons and measures 4.5...

PITTSBURGH, July 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Westinghouse Electric Company announced that Dr. Mario Carelli has been recognized by the American Nuclear Society (ANS) with its 2011 Special Award for Innovations in Small Modular Reactors (SMR). He was cited for his unwavering pursuit of design innovations to enhance the safety, performance and economics of SMRs and his tireless international team-building efforts in this area. Dr. Carelli received the award at the recent ANS Annual Meeting...

PITTSBURGH, July 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Westinghouse Electric Company today announced the appointment of Bob Hook as controller for Westinghouse's Nuclear Fuel organization, effective September 1, 2011. In this role, Mr. Hook will have responsibility for all finance and reporting activities for the company's Nuclear Fuel product line. Mr. Hook most recently served as the controller for the Field Services segment of the Nuclear Services product line. In this role, he led financial plan...

HANCOCKS BRIDGE, N.J., July 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) approved PSEG Nuclear's request today to extend the operating license of Hope Creek Generating Station an additional 20 years. Last month, the NRC announced the license renewal of PSEG Nuclear's Salem Generating Station Units 1 and 2. "The license renewal of Hope Creek, as well as Salem last month, ensures clean nuclear energy is available for New Jersey and the region for years to come," said Tom...

ROCKVILLE, Md., July 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has completed delivery of the National Source Tracking System (NSTS) to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). The system is an Information Technology tool that assists in the accounting and tracking of radioactive source material typically used in medical, academic and industrial applications. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110419/PH85737LOGO-b ) The NRC and Agreement States require domestic materials...

AUSTIN, Texas, July 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Texans for a Sound Energy Policy (TSEP) received rulings that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC) Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (ASLB) has granted full party status to and declared that TSEP has met the threshold for the formal admissibility of eight of their contentions regarding Exelon's application for an Early Site Permit (ESP) for a proposed nuclear power plant site south of Victoria, Texas. 14 of TSEP's original 23 contentions were...

WASHINGTON, July 6, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Gregory Jaczko, Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, will address the National Press Club at a luncheon on Monday, July 18. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20080917/NPCLOGO) Jaczko will talk about lessons learned by the nuclear power industry in the aftermath of Japan's March 11 Fukushima nuclear disaster, which stands as the most serious nuclear accident since the Chernobyl meltdown in 1986. The NRC is scheduled to...