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AKRON, Ohio, May 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) has recognized FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (FENOC) with a Top Industry Practice Award for developing and implementing a maintenance program that increases safe nuclear plant operations by improving equipment reliability and work efficiency. Fifteen Engineering and Supply Chain employees from FENOC's Beaver Valley Power Station in Shippingport, Pa., Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station in Oak Harbor,...

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AKRON, Ohio, May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (FENOC), a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE), announced its Perry Nuclear Power Plant in Perry, Ohio, returned to service at 1:08 p.m. today following a March 18, 2013, shutdown for refueling and maintenance. The 1,268-megawatt unit is currently operating at 21 percent power. Power levels will vary over the next several days as part of routine testing. The plant is expected to reach full power...

JUNO BEACH, Fla., May 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Florida Power & Light Company's Nuclear Extended Power Uprate (EPU) project has been honored by the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) with two Top Industry Practice (TIP) awards for innovation and excellence. The TIP awards are the most prestigious honor in the nuclear industry, recognizing top innovators in safety, efficiency, plant performance and community relations. The awards were presented during ceremonies at NEI's annual Nuclear...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala., May 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Unit 2 of the Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant near Dothan, Ala., has safely resumed generating electricity following completion of a scheduled refueling and maintenance outage. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20080801/SOCOLOGO ) Plant operators safely took the unit offline on April 14. Electricity production resumed on May 9 at 11:50 p.m. CT. Unit 2 had completed 515 days of continuous operation since its last refueling...

LONDON, May 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- High capital costs and maintaining public confidence are seen as the greatest challenges facing the European nuclear power industry, according to a recent survey conducted by Platts, a leading global energy, petrochemical and metals information provider. The survey included more than 100 utilities, builders, consultancies, and regulators in Europe and precedes the eighth annual Platts European Nuclear Power Conference set for June 26-27 in Warsaw,...

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CARLTON, Wis., May 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Dominion (NYSE: D) today shut down its 556-megawatt Kewaunee Power Station permanently, ending almost 40 years of nuclear-generated electricity at the station located about 35 miles southeast of Green Bay on Lake Michigan. Dominion announced last fall that it would close the station and decommission it because the company was unable to grow a Midwestern nuclear fleet to take advantages of economies of scale and Kewaunee's power purchase...

... after Duke-Progress wasted $70 million and eight years that should have been used to help slow global warming DURHAM, N.C., May 3, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NC WARN Executive Director Jim Warren issued the following statement today: "Duke Energy's cancellation yesterday of licensing efforts to build two nuclear reactors at subsidiary Progress Energy's Harris nuclear plant is good news - but it comes with a taint. The Shearon Harris failure perfectly typifies why the US...

CHARLOTTE, N.C., May 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Duke Energy notified the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) today of plans to suspend its application for two proposed new nuclear units on its Harris site near New Hill in Wake County, North Carolina. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130322/CL81938LOGO ) Progress Energy Carolinas submitted the combined construction and operating license application to the NRC in February 2008. "The Harris site is well suited for new...