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ATLANTA, Dec. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Members of the media will get an up-close look at Georgia Power's Plant Vogtle at the Annual Media Day on Friday, Dec. 7. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20050216/CLW066LOGO ) Representatives from Georgia Power, Southern Nuclear and local emergency management agencies will be on hand to explain plant operations and emergency procedures. Attendees will be given a brief presentation at the Vogtle Visitors Center, which will focus on...
WATERFORD, Conn., Nov. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Dominion signed an agreement today with the Connecticut Department of Labor certifying two apprenticeship programs at Millstone Power Station, opening the door for veterans participating in the training to apply for federal GI Bill benefits. "Dominion recognizes, honors and recruits military veterans who have served our country," said Millstone Site Vice President Steve Scace. "We need experienced team players to keep our company...
AKRON, Ohio, Nov. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (FENOC), a subsidiary of Akron, Ohio-based FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE), today announced that Peter P. Sena III, currently president and chief operating officer, has been elected president and chief nuclear officer of FENOC. In his new position, Sena will provide overall guidance and strategy to the FENOC nuclear fleet and interface with industry leadership to drive high standards and best practices...
Groups: Progress Energy Relying on the Kind of Weak Geology Review That Should No Longer Pass Muster Now that a Respected Geologist Heads the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. BRONSON, Fla., Oct. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Some of Florida's limited remaining fresh-water wetlands are at serious risk if Progress Energy's problem-plagued Levy nuclear power plant project is allowed to proceed, according to experts testifying here today before a three-judge Nuclear Regulatory...
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 30. 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- With the brunt of Hurricane Sandy now past the eastern seaboard, Entergy's Indian Point Energy Center and James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant in New York, Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Massachusetts and Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant in Vermont have all safely weathered the storm. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120913/MM74349LOGO) Indian Point 2, FitzPatrick and Pilgrim remained at full power while Vermont Yankee...
ATLANTA, Oct. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The workforce building the nation's first new nuclear energy facility in 30 years at Georgia Power's Plant Vogtle has passed a significant milestone - 10 million work hours. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121023/CL98203 ) (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20050216/CLW066LOGO ) Approximately 2,300 people are now on site at Vogtle units 3 and 4 near Waynesboro. At peak construction, the project is expected to create 5,000...
AKRON, Ohio, Oct. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (FENOC), a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE), today announced that construction of the Emergency Operations Facility for its Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station has been completed. Located in Lindsey, Ohio, the new 12,000-square-foot facility supports overall management of activities related to maintaining public health and safety during the unlikely event of an emergency at the plant. The...
KENNESAW, Ga., Oct. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- ENERCON, with corporate headquarters in Kennesaw, Ga. has acquired Talisman International, LLC of Washington, D.C., a high level nuclear regulatory consulting firm. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121022/LA97276LOGO) Founded in 2002, Talisman is a litigation, technical and information security consulting company that specializes in providing services to firms addressing complex issues before the Nuclear Regulatory Commission...
WELCH, Minn., Oct. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- In a filing with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) this week, the Prairie Island Indian Community (PIIC) previewed issues it hopes to raise during an early November hearing with the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board - when the tribe will continue its fight against a 40-year extension of onsite nuclear waste storage on Prairie Island. Xcel Energy's initial Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI) license expires on...
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho, Oct. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- International Isotopes Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: INIS) is pleased to announce that the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued a Part 40 combined construction and operating license for the Company's planned depleted uranium de-conversion and fluorine extraction processing facility. The license was signed and issued to the Company during a brief ceremony at NRC offices in Bethesda, Maryland on October 2, 2012....
