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Westinghouse Electric Company today is pleased to announce a strategic cooperation with Czech construction/installation company Hutní montáže a.s, in preparation for the potential construction of Westinghouse AP1000® nuclear power plants in the Czech Republic and regionally. PRAGUE (PRWEB) September 11, 2012 Westinghouse Electric Company today is pleased to announce a strategic cooperation with Czech construction/installation company Hutní montáže a.s., in...

BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Sept. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- PartTec, Ltd., an Indiana-based manufacturer of radiation detection technologies, has signed an agreement to manufacture and market a neutron detector system that may help researchers identify the underlying causes of human diseases. Using the Neutron-Sensitive Anger Camera developed by the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, biologists can study a wider variety of proteins. Insight gained from studying these...

Danger Compared to Current Iran-Related Proliferation Concerns, Seen As More Directly Addressable by U.S. WASHINGTON, Sept. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being released by Physicians for Social Responsibility: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is putting U.S. nuclear non-proliferation policy at risk if it decides not to require a formal nuclear proliferation assessment as part of the licensing process for a uranium laser enrichment facility in...

ReportsnReports.com adds new, 2012 update research reports on Nuclear Power Market Outlook to 2025 for US, UK, South Korea, Japan, Canada, Russia, Spain, BRIC and Other Countries to its store. Dallas, TX (PRWEB) September 02, 2012 These 2012 update research reports on nuclear power market deal with the industry analysis including energy mix, nuclear capacity and generation forecast, drivers, restraints key players, regulations, trends and developments in nuclear power industry of each...

TAKOMA PARK, Md., Aug. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A three judge Nuclear Regulatory Commission Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (ASLB) today denied a license for the proposed Calvert Cliffs-3 nuclear reactor on the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland. In a 29-page decision, the ASLB agreed with intervenors that the Calvert Cliffs-3 project would be in violation of the Atomic Energy Act's prohibition against foreign ownership, control or domination, and that the project's owner, UniStar...

RICHLAND, Wash., Aug. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- MOHR Test and Measurement LLC (MOHR), an innovator of multiphase flow instrumentation for nuclear and other industrial applications, today announced three additions to its EFP Series guided UWB radar liquid level instrumentation family. The panel-mount EFP-IL signal processor, portable EFP-HL signal processor, and SFP-1 Spent Fuel Pool Probe Assembly are targeted at nuclear applications. MOHR offers the products as an ideal solution...

Westinghouse Electric Company today announces that it has received a contract from the Kozloduy NPP – New Build PLC of Bulgaria to perform a feasibility study on a potential seventh unit at the Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant. The required study will encompass a review of two potential designs: a reactor of VVER design utilizing equipment already purchased by the customer together with Westinghouse instrumentation and control (I&C) systems, fuel and a Toshiba Corporation turbine...

KILLONA, La., Aug. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Entergy officials today made the conservative decision to bring the Waterford 3 Steam Electric Station offline in advance of Hurricane Isaac's landfall. The plant began powering down at roughly 3 p.m. Tuesday afternoon and is now offline. Both Waterford 3 in Killona, La. and River Bend Station, near St. Francisville, La. have sequestered roughly 100 core employees each, not including security staff. Other employees have been released...

New Technology May Solve Longtime Joining Challenge and Improve Reactor Safety COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- EWI, the innovation leader in materials joining and allied technologies, announced today that its silicon carbide (SiC) joining samples have emerged stable from six months of aggressive irradiation and water flow testing in the core of MIT's research nuclear reactor in Cambridge, MA. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110908/DC64441LOGO)...

OTTAWA, Aug. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Nordion Inc. (TSX: NDN) (NYSE: NDZ), a leading provider of products and services for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease, today released an update on the timing of a decision arising from the arbitration process between Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) and Nordion relating to the MAPLE facilities. Based on confirmation received from the arbitration tribunal, Nordion expects to announce the tribunal's decision via news...