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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...

HANCOCKS BRIDGE, N.J., June 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) approved PSEG Nuclear's request today to extend the operating licenses of Salem Generating Station Units 1 and 2 an additional 20 years. "The license renewal of Salem is part of our ongoing commitment to provide safe, reliable energy to New Jersey and the region," said Tom Joyce, president and chief nuclear officer of PSEG Nuclear. "Today's milestone is the direct result of our employees past and...

SACRAMENTO, Calif., June 30, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A leading environmental group is calling on the Omaha Public Power District and the Army Corp of Engineers to intensify the pro-active publication of all information regarding two flood-threatened Nebraska nuclear plants at Fort Calhoun and Cooper Nuclear Station. The Renewable Energy Accountability Project (REAP), a group pushing safe and renewable energy, demands that the media and public receive better real time...

PITTSBURGH, June 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Westinghouse Electric Company today announced that Elizabeth Tomczak, a graduate of Pine-Richland High School in Gibsonia, Pa. (USA), is the company's 2011 winner of the Westinghouse Women in Nuclear (WIN) scholarship award. The Westinghouse-WIN Pittsburgh chapter scholarship was established in 2007, and is awarded to a woman high school senior from the Pittsburgh area and intending to pursue a bachelor's degree in engineering, mathematics or...

PITTSBURGH, June 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Westinghouse today welcomed the announcement from the UK nuclear safety regulator that the "Regulatory Issue" connected with the design of the company's AP1000® nuclear plant had been lifted. This move clears a significant obstacle on the pathway towards Design Acceptance Confirmation by the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR), that is currently assessing the AP1000 reactor as part of the UK Generic Design Assessment (GDA) process. In addition,...

83 Percent Give Them High Safety Rating WASHINGTON, June 27, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Eighty percent of residents living near nuclear energy facilities favor the use of nuclear energy as one way to provide electricity in the United States. Half of them "strongly favored" the use of nuclear energy, compared to 11 percent who were "strongly opposed." Americans believe that companies that operate nuclear energy facilities are taking appropriate safety measures and are prepared for the...

PITTSBURGH, June 23, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Westinghouse Electric Company today presented its proposal for a new nuclear power plant at Visaginas to Lithuanian Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius and other senior officials in the country. The proposal is based around the company's state-of-the-art AP1000 nuclear power plant. Speaking after the presentation, Westinghouse President for Europe, Middle East and Africa, Anders Jackson, said: "I am delighted and honoured today to have had the chance to...

PITTSBURGH, June 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Westinghouse Electric Company has developed and implemented a passive thermal shutdown seal that protects a nuclear plant's reactor core by preventing loss of reactor coolant system water inventory should an event occur that causes a loss of all reactor coolant pump (RCP) seal cooling. The SHIELD® passive thermal shutdown seal is a fail-safe protection that requires no operator action, power or control logic. It is activated by heated reactor...

WASHINGTON, June 21, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Nuclear Energy Institute criticized the Associated Press today for selective, misleading reporting in a series of new articles on U.S. nuclear power plant safety. The coverage has factual errors, fails to cite relevant reports on safety that contradict the reporting, and raises questions about historic operating issues while ignoring more recent evidence of improved performance in areas that it examines. It also gives short shrift to...

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., June 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Entergy Corporation (NYSE: ETR) today notified the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) that the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) has not issued a final decision on the company's Water Quality Certificate (WQC) application within the required one-year time period. Section 401 of the Clean Water Act, a federal statute, requires states to issue a final decision on WQC applications within one year of an...