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KYIV, Ukiraine, April 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Japan and Ukraine will join their efforts in liquidation of the consequences of nuclear disasters. The respective Resolution on Deepening the Relations with Ukraine has been unanimously approved by the House of Representatives of the National Diet of Japan (the bicameral legislative body of the country). The resolution of the Japanese parliament lists the lamentable experience that both Ukraine and Japan have had with...

No Refund Rip-off for Consumers: Bipartisan Filings in Legal Challenge Before the Florida Supreme Court and Growing Local Opposition Spells Big Trouble For Tapping Ratepayers for 4 Nuclear Reactors That Are Unneeded, Unaffordable and Unsafe. JACKSONVILLE, Fla., April 12, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Florida ratepayers are not rolling over for the major utilities that want to pick their wallets in advance for new nuclear reactors that may never actually be constructed. State and...

COLUMBIA, S.C., April 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- NuHub announced today that it has partnered with NuScale Power, LLC, which is developing a modular, scalable commercial nuclear power technology, to recruit the nation's first small modular nuclear reactor (SMR) models to South Carolina. NuScale will compete for one of two federal grants from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) recently announced federal award totaling up to $452 million to support engineering, design...

WASHINGTON, April 10, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- U.S. nuclear energy facilities in 2011 recorded the lowest number of unplanned shutdowns in more than a decade and achieved near-record levels of reliability and safety performance, according to safety and operations data compiled by the World Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO) and the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO). U.S. companies achieved these milestones despite a year marked by severe weather events that...

Huge challenges including time, cost, quality and procurement must be overcome when undergoing a power uprate project. With costs of uprating a unit at $250-500 million, creating a potential market of $25 billion, the US nuclear industry must have a clear understanding of the most effective methods to uprate nuclear power. (PRWEB) April 02, 2012 To advance the latest industry developments and learn from the first-hand experience of others, key utilities such as Exelon, Progress Energy,...

BERWICK, Pa., March 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Operators safely shut down the Unit 1 reactor at the Susquehanna nuclear power plant in northeastern Pennsylvania early Saturday (3/31) after 282 days of consecutive operation to begin a planned refueling and maintenance outage. Each of the two units at the Susquehanna plant is taken out of service for refueling and maintenance every 24 months. Workers will replace about 40 percent of the uranium fuel and complete hundreds of scheduled...

PITTSBURGH, March 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The following statement is attributable to the President and CEO of Westinghouse Electric Company, Dr. Aris Candris: "Today, as I end my professional career and tenure as president and CEO of Westinghouse Electric Company, I applaud the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's decision to grant South Carolina Electric & Gas (SCE&G) a combined construction and operating license (COL). I join with Westinghouse employees around the world...

A proposed study could help determine if there is a link between living near nuclear power plants or other nuclear facilities and having a higher risk of cancer, but challenges and limitations exist, says a new report from the National Research Council, the operating arm of the National Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Engineering. The report recommends that a pilot study be completed first to evaluate the feasibility of a full-scale study, although the ultimate decision about...

Analysis of 251 Reactors Built or Cancelled in the U.S. Finds that Intractable Safety Issues Have Steadily Escalated Nuclear Costs and Fukushima Makes It Likely That Future Reactors Will Suffer the Same Fate, Driving Final Nail in Coffin of "Nuclear Renaissance" WASHINGTON, March 29, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Are affordable new nuclear power and safe nuclear power fundamentally incompatible? The high cost of addressing nuclear power safety concerns that are steadily...

PITTSBURGH, March 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Westinghouse and NPD UK are disappointed in the decision made by E.ON and RWE not to proceed with plans for new nuclear energy stations in the United Kingdom. Significant work over the last few years with their 50-50 joint venture - Horizon Nuclear Power - has made it very clear to Westinghouse that new nuclear plants are hugely important to the energy independence and economic vitality of the United Kingdom as a whole, and especially...