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Westinghouse Appoints Douglas Weaver as Vice President Nuclear Regulatory Affairs
Westinghouse Electric Company today announced that it has appointed Douglas Weaver as vice president, Nuclear Regulatory Affairs. In this position, Mr. Weaver will be responsible for maintaining superior relationships with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), its staff who license and regulate the nation’s commercial nuclear power plants and fuel cycle facilities, and other ...
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Westinghouse N-vision announces 2010-2011 winners of brighter future grant program
Westinghouse Electric Company today announced the 2010-11 winners of its N-Visioning a Brighter Future grant program, which awards funding to middle and high schools for creative, hands-on projects. Administered by the company's speakers bureau, N-Vision, the grant program is designed to encourage both teachers and students to develop projects based on energy, math, science or technology. The ...
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Westinghouse Appoints Mark Marano President Americas Region
Westinghouse Electric Company today announced that it has appointed Mark Marano to the position of president, Americas Region, effective May 31. In his new position, Mr. Marano will be responsible for customer relationships, business plan development, and project and product delivery in the Americas Region. He will also work closely with Westinghouse Nuclear Automation, Nuclear Fuel, Nuclear ...
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Westinghouse and State Nuclear Power Technology Corp. Form Joint Venture to Better Serve Global Market
Westinghouse Electric Company and State Nuclear Power Technology Corp. (SNPTC) today announced the opening of a joint venture, SNPTC-WEC Nuclear Power Technical Services (Beijing) Co., Ltd, to provide supplier qualification services to the global AP1000® nuclear power plant market. The joint venture will work to accomplish the goal of qualifying suppliers and further developing the supply ...
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ADI 2045TI Process Analyzer Helps Operating Nuclear Power Plants at Peak Efficiency
Metrohm Applikon is pleased to present a robust solution (AN-PAN-1013) for the on-line monitoring of boric acid in cooling waters of pressurized water reactors (PWRs). The Metrohm Applikon system is based on the ADI 2045TI Process Analyzer and determines the boric acid concentration by potentiometric titration. The system adapts automatically to the varying concentration range (0-2000 ppm) ...
By Metrohm AG
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Westinghouse Contracted to Segment Spain’s José Cabrera Nuclear Reactor Vessel
Westinghouse Electric Company has been awarded a contract by ENRESA (Empresa Nacional de Residuos Radiactivos), the Spanish agency responsible for radioactive waste management and nuclear plant decommissioning, to segment the reactor vessel head (RVH) and reactor vessel (RV) at the José Cabrera Nuclear Power Station (also known as Zorita). The contract represents the first time a ...
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Hygieneering, Inc. Attends Nuclear Power Facility 2011 Annual Safety Day
Hygieneering, Inc. attended the 2011 annual safety day at Midwest nuclear power plant facility. Venders were on hand that supply services and supplies to assist in the day to day operations of the nuclear power plant. Hygieneering provides safety consulting, environmental consulting, testing and training, asbestos project management, emergency response services and more. Hygieneering’s ...
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Clampdown on fitness requirements for nuclear plant operators
The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has published updated requirements to enhance the “fitness for duty” of operators, security officers and other personnel at nuclear power plants and certain nuclear materials facilities. The requirements will go into effect in 30 days, but the rule includes a phased approach for two elements of the new requirements. “This is an important final rule that ...
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Kenyan nuclear power plans forge ahead
The Kenyan government has identified construction sites for a nuclear power plant — potentially the first on the continent outside South Africa. Rolex Kirui, a senior engineer for the Kenyan government, says that one site has been identified near the Kenyan coast and construction is scheduled to begin once an ongoing environmental study has been completed. He says that a second potential site ...
By SciDev.Net
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More Nuclear Reactor License Renewals Delays: NRC`s Jaczko to Platts Energy Podium
Speaking at a Platts Energy Podium event, the departing chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said Thursday that the agency may not be able to renew licenses for operating nuclear plants for "a few years" because of a federal court ruling, but the practical impact will be limited. In his final news conference as chairman, Gregory Jaczko said he expects reactors that have ...
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Carbon-14 Measurement
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission requires that operators of nuclear power plants measure the amount of the radionuclide carbon-14 in their gaseous effluents. A proposed new ASTM standard will aid plants (and other facilities at which fission reactions or spent fuel processing takes place) in making these measurements. WK36397, Practice for Sampling of C-14 in Gaseous Effluents, is being ...
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Constellation's Nuclear Fleet Outperformed as Fossil Plants Failed During Winter Storm Emergency
Nuclear plants operated by Constellation performed at 100 percent capacity and proved instrumental in preventing rolling blackouts for millions of homes and businesses during a powerful winter storm that knocked nearly a quarter of the power generation in the nation's largest energy grid offline on Christmas Eve. PJM, the grid operator for 13 states and the District of Columbia, said generators ...
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Smaller reactors widen opportunities for nuclear energy
As renewed interest in nuclear energy is sweeping the world, several countries are looking at small and medium reactors, often referred to as SMR, as alternatives to large nuclear power stations. Typically, they are defined as facilities with a power output of up to 700 MW (e). SMRs represent an attractive option for countries with limited financial resources, small electricity grids, or for ...
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Can Germany Really Turn Its Back on Nuclear?
Earlier this month, the German conservative government has announced a complete dismantling of nuclear power plants by 2022. Challenged the view of many experts, and brokers of energy in Germany and throughout Europe, the German government published a controversial report proposed a possible plan to close all nuclear reactors by 2017. Can Germany really has nuclear independence by the end of ...
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Rosatom postpones fast reactor project, report says
Rosenergoatom is expected to receive about RUB280 billion (USD4 billion) less in state funding for the construction of new nuclear reactors in Russia owing to the postponement of its fast neutron reactor programme, Russian newspaper Kommersant reported last week, citing anonymous sources. Rosenergoatom is the nuclear power plant operator subsidiary of Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom. ...
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Nuclear Power in the US Industry Market Research Report Now Available from IBISWorld
The Nuclear Power industry has grown over the past five years, benefiting from increased output and prices since 2007. According to IBISWorld industry analyst Deonta Smith, the price increase has been due to high uranium prices before and after the recession, which have prompted industry players to pass along costs to customers; simultaneously, the level of demand from utilities and other ...
By IBISWorld
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Ukraine Receives EUR 600 Million for Nuclear Safety
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development will provide a EUR 300 million loan for the comprehensive program of upgrading operating Ukrainian nuclear power plants. In addition to EBRD's loan, the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) will contribute another EUR 300 million to the project, reads ebrd.com. The comprehensive program comprises of a set of measures, which will bring ...
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FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Names John Grabnar Director of Site Operations at Perry Nuclear Power Plant
FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (FENOC), a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE), has named John Grabnar director of Site Operations at the Perry Nuclear Power Plant in Perry, Ohio. In this position, he is responsible for overall management of the Perry Plant's Operations, Chemistry, Radiation Protection, Work Management and Outage Management groups. Grabnar's 27-year nuclear career ...
By FirstEnergy
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Is Africa ready for safe nuclear power?
As Japan's nuclear accidents send shockwaves round the world, Alex Abutu explores whether Africa is ready to provide safe nuclear power. [CAPE TOWN] The disasters that struck several Japanese nuclear facilities in the wake of last week's devastating tsunami have highlighted concerns about whether developing nations can safely develop nuclear power facilities of their own. If a highly developed ...
By SciDev.Net
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Waste-to-Energy Pilot Project in Osaka Successfully Implemented
First EnviTec plant in Japan connected to the grid Lohne, 7th April 2015 – Even today, four years after the terrible disaster, Fukushima is a memorial for a radical energy revolution in Japan and across the globe. Together with RENAGEN Inc., a Japanese biogas company, EnviTec Biogas is supporting Japan’s green energy objectives and has just successfully commissioned its first biogas ...
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