Latest Nuclear power Stories

LAS VEGAS, March 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Uranium Hunter Corporation (OTC Pink: URHN) has acquired properties in both Guyana and West Africa focusing on what it sees as tremendous growth opportunities in the demand and supply of uranium for future world demand of electricity. The growth in nuclear power centers on China, India, and Russia. These huge populations remain among the lowest consumers of electric power in the world. And in those countries, nuclear power should flourish....

$100 Million in "Mini Nuke" Corporate Welfare Already Doled Out, Another Half Billion Dollars Or More in the Pipeline for Major Corporations that Could Pay for Own R&D, Licensing WASHINGTON, Feb. 27, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The federal government is in the process of wasting more than half a billion dollars to pay large, profitable companies for what should be their own expenses for research & development (R&D) and licensing related to "small modular reactors"...

CHICAGO, Feb. 21, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Continuing with its series of special reports on energy and climate issues for American Public Media's Marketplace, the award-winning BURN: An Energy Journal and its host Alex Chadwick this week investigate the small-but-troubling possibility of a catastrophic meltdown occurring at any of 31 nuclear power plants now operating in the U.S. if they should lose electrical power and their back-up systems fail all at once. All of the nuclear...

FARMINGTON, Conn., Feb. 19, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- After last summer's massive power outage in India brought new attention to the inherent weaknesses of the traditional power grid, and as Northeast China's first nuclear power plant brings renewed focus to the future of energy production, the best way for global energy executives to stay connected to market trends and each other is through industry events and conferences across the globe. (Photo:...

New market research report “China Nuclear Fuel Processing Industry, 2013” worked out by Reports From China (RFC) has been recently published by MarketPublishers Ltd. London, UK (PRWEB) February 18, 2013 What does the China nuclear fuel processing industry look like? What business conditions are created in the country? What forces are driving the industry change? Who stands where on the local market for nuclear fuel processing? What does the investment climate look like? What business...

AKRON, Ohio, Feb. 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) recently named a team of FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (FENOC) employees as winners of an annual Technology Transfer award, recognizing successful research, development and implementation of technology solutions that benefit the electric power industry. FENOC was the first company in the U.S. nuclear power industry to use a standardized process developed by EPRI to train and confirm...

Implications for Levy County Reactor Project Discussed WASHINGTON, Feb. 5, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Mark Cooper -- a leading U.S. expert on nuclear reactor financing who has testified at several Florida PSC hearings since 2009 - is available this afternoon to comment on the announcement by Duke Energy of plans to close their Crystal River nuclear reactor. He issued the following statement today: "The closure of the Crystal River plant should come as no surprise. The...

AKRON, Ohio, Feb. 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (FENOC) announced today that its fleet of power plants - the Beaver Valley Power Station in Shippingport, Pa; Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station in Oak Harbor, Ohio; and Perry Nuclear Power Plant in Perry, Ohio - achieved improved personal safety performance in 2012, with five federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recordable incidents. This represents FENOC's second best OSHA...

CRYSTAL RIVER, Fla., Feb. 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Following a comprehensive analysis, Progress Energy Florida, a subsidiary of Duke Energy, announced today that it will retire the Crystal River Nuclear Plant (CR3) in Citrus County, Fla. The plant has been safely shut down and offline since late 2009. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20040414/DUKEENERGYLOGO ) The company is reviewing alternatives to replace the power produced by the unit, including the potential construction...

In Seeking "Hurry Up" Outcome, NEI Even Urges NRC to Rely on Secret Papers That Cannot be Found by Agency; Industry Seeks to Undercut Serious Review of Reactor Pool Fires, Other Risks. WASHINGTON, Jan. 15, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The nuclear industry's trade association - the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) - is pushing so hard to get the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to do a hurry-up version of a court-ordered environmental impact statement (EIS) on the long-term...