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WASHINGTON, Oct. 3, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Six months after the Fukushima Daiichi accident in Japan, solid majorities of Americans still view nuclear energy favorably, still support the extension of operating licenses at existing facilities that meet federal safety standards, and still believe that construction of a new reactor is acceptable at the site of the nearest nuclear power plant that already is operating, a new national survey shows. While support for nuclear energy has...

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Opponents of two proposed South Texas Project nuclear reactors received a favorable order from Atomic Safety and Licensing Board judges allowing a full hearing to proceed regarding the project's foreign ownership. Licensing efforts may be impacted as a result. In April, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission told Unistar Nuclear Energy it could not get an operating license for its planned reactor at Calvert Cliffs in Maryland because it was...

AKRON, Ohio, Sept. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (FENOC), a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE), announced its Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station in Oak Harbor, Ohio, will shut down early Saturday morning to begin installation of a new reactor vessel head and complete other scheduled maintenance. The new reactor head enhances safe and reliable operation of Davis-Besse. The new head, which replaces the head installed in 2002, features control rod...

PITTSBURGH, Sept. 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Westinghouse Electric Company in France today announced that it has been awarded a contract for the supply of 12 replacement steam generators for EDF's French nuclear fleet. The world's leading provider of steam generators, Westinghouse has supplied more than 80 steam generators globally since 1987. Westinghouse will provide engineering design, analysis, and fabrication for its technologically advanced steam generator and will deliver the steam...

PITTSBURGH, Sept. 26, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) has concluded that changes proposed in the AP1000® Design Control Document (DCD) amendment, including those made in Revision 19, maintain the robustness of the previously certified design and that the revised design can be built and operated without undue risk to the health and safety of the public. In a formal letter from the ACRS to Gregory B. Jaczko, chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory...

PASADENA, Calif., Sept. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- A joint venture of Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE: JEC), AMEC, Costain and Babcock announced today that it has been awarded a contract worth up to $109 million (GBP67 million) over four years, by Magnox Limited at the Trawsfynydd nuclear power station in North Wales, United Kingdom. The work, awarded to the ACTUS joint venture as part of an intermediate level waste (ILW) framework contract, involves decommissioning across three waste...

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Two organic farmers from Japan, their children and fellow Japanese anti-nuclear campaigners made a plea for the safety of Fukushima's children at a press conference in Washington, D.C. today. "Our hearts have been torn apart in the Fukushima community because of the nuclear disaster," said Sachiko Sato, a natural farmer from Fukushima Prefecture, who evacuated four of her six children two days after the March 11, 2011 Fukushima nuclear...

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists today published Japanese translations of articles from its new special issue on the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station disaster. The online Japanese edition features influential writers examining the current and future impact of Fukushima, what might have been done to lessen the scale of the accident, and the steps we need to take both in Japan and worldwide to prevent another nuclear tragedy. Editorial and translation services for the Fukushima...

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists publish special issue on Fukushima When the Tohoku earthquake and subsequent tsunami hit the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station on March 11, 2011, the world witnessed the largest nuclear incident since the 1986 Chernobyl disaster. In a special Fukushima issue of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, published today by SAGE, experts examine the current and future impact of Fukushima, what might have been done to lessen the scale of the accident, and...

TYSONS CORNER, Va., Sept. 16, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Lightbridge Corporation (NASDAQ: LTBR), a leading innovator of next generation nuclear fuel designs and provider of nuclear energy consulting services to commercial and governmental organizations, will be participating in the 55th International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) General Conference in the U.S. Industry Program. Lightbridge has been asked to participate as part of official U.S. delegation to the IAEA General Conference which will be...