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ATLANTA, Dec. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Plant Vogtle units 3 and 4 near Waynesboro, Ga., took a major step forward today when the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) announced it has certified Westinghouse Electric Co.'s AP1000 reactor design. Georgia Power, a Southern Company subsidiary, owns 45.7 percent of the new units. The certification brings Southern Company subsidiary Southern Nuclear one step closer to receiving the first Combined Construction and Operating License...
CAYCE, S.C., Dec. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- South Carolina Electric & Gas Company (SCE&G), principal subsidiary of SCANA Corporation (NYSE: SCG), is pleased that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) today granted final design certification to Westinghouse for the AP1000(® )nuclear reactor. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20111004/CH80784LOGO ) "Receiving final approval of the AP1000 design reaffirms our selection of this technology, which has undergone rigorous...
TULSA, Okla., Dec. 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Now in its fifth year and co-located with POWER-GEN International, the world's largest power generation event, NUCLEAR POWER International 2011 heads to Las Vegas, Nev., December 13-15 to provide the industry with up-to-date information for the nuclear power industry, including panel discussions on technical and crisis communication, major nuclear project updates, and the lessons learned following events at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear...
MINERAL, Va., Nov. 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Dominion Virginia Power today began the restart of North Anna Power Station after the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission granted permission. More than two months of detailed inspections, testing and engineering, and seismic analysis revealed no functional damage to the station from the Aug. 23 earthquake. Control room operators, under the oversight of both Dominion nuclear officials and NRC inspectors, initiated the restart process for Unit...
Four-Day Chronology Provides Common Baseline of Facts To Inform Response Activities by U.S. Industry, Government WASHINGTON, Nov. 11, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Institute of Nuclear Power Operations has compiled a detailed timeline of events at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan. The detailed report, prepared as part of the integrated response to the Japan events, was delivered today to U.S. industry...
ROCKVILLE, Md., Oct. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The chief nuclear officer of Dominion (NYSE: D) today told the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission that the North Anna Power Station successfully withstood an earthquake without any significant damage because its robust design included multiple, designed-in safety margins. David A. Heacock, president and chief nuclear officer of Dominion, said the lack of damage from the Aug. 23 earthquake clearly demonstrated that North Anna's true seismic...
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...
ATLANTA, Sept. 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Southern Company executives testified this week that Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) requirements have been met for issuing the Combined Construction and Operating License (COL) for the nation's first new nuclear units in 30 years at Plant Vogtle, near Waynesboro, Ga. The mandatory hearing at NRC headquarters in Rockville, Md., successfully concluded Wednesday, ending two days of testimony from NRC staff, commissioners and executives from...
WASHINGTON, Sept. 28, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As we approach the seven month anniversary of the Great East Japan earthquake and tsunami and the ensuing nuclear crisis, Americans still question what happened, why, and what an event of this magnitude means for U.S. nuclear policy and our relative state of preparedness. National Journal will convene experts to discuss the latest on the current nuclear situation, the U.S. government's efforts to assist Japan, and the public health and...
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...
