Nuclear
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The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is calling out officials at the PPL Susquehanna Steam nuclear power plant in Salem Township for not reporting that employees in highly skilled positions have medical conditions that could potentially impact their jobs.
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Two ships carrying uranium-plutonium oxide fuel for the Takahama nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture, will arrive on June 27 -- the first batch of MOX to be sent to Japan since the Fukushima disaster in March 2011.
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Late last Friday, Florida Governor Rick Scott signed SB 1472 into law. The new law attempts to clamp down on the state's controversial nuclear cost recovery payment scheme that allows utilities to charge customers in advance for proposed new nuclear power generation.
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Britain has signed a deal with Moscow that could pave the way for Russia's state-owned nuclear power company Rosatom to build plants in Britain.
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Southern Co., the Atlanta-based energy giant known for being well-run and financially robust, has been wrestling with an unusual number of high-profile setbacks lately.
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The headwinds that nuclear energy has faced are blowing once again. It’s not just about the latest plant closures. It’s also about the announced delays and potentially higher costs associated with two separate nuclear projects now underway. Despite all that, the industry is pushing back and making headway.
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Xcel Energy's Monticello nuclear power plant on the bank of the Mississippi River has long been unprepared for worst-case flooding, federal regulators said Tuesday in a finding they classified as having "substantial safety significance."
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The decision to shutter the 2,150-megawatt San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) by Southern California Edison Co. (SCE) underscores the significant challenges confronting both regulated and unregulated nuclear operators according to Fitch Ratings.
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Southern California Edison’s decision to permanently close its troubled San Onofre nuclear facility will not negatively affect the future of the nuclear industry. That’s what the chief executive of Edison International explained to this reporter in a personal interview.
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Both of these decisions – not to redesign the steam generators and not to tell the Nuclear Regulatory Commission – deserve to be second-guessed. But the right question isn’t whether the two decisions were correct. Obviously they were incorrect. The tubes eroded and radiation leaked and SONGS got shut down. SCE would presumably have saved a lot of money if it had insisted on a redesign. And it would presumably be in better shape today if it had told the NRC.
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From what I know so far, the radiation leaks at SONGS are a controversy, not a crisis. But of course a big controversy can be a crisis for the organization that provokes it.
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Southern California Edison’s nuclear energy woes are expanding. Now, it may be under a criminal investigation, all prompted by the release of two letters written nearly a decade ago detailing the concerns that the utility had with changes to the design of its two steam generators that have been shut down since January 2012.
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The fate of SONGS, or the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, is at stake. But so, too, is the future of the nuclear resurgence, especially in the aftermath of the Fukushima disaster in 2011. Now, more than ever before, Southern California Edison needs the type of outreach and the kind of connection that John Bryson had established with me 13 years earlier. It was personal and it was honest. And it was deeply appreciated.
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In Japan, there there may be more emphasis on solar cells, windmills, water-power, and geothermal energy. No credible Japanese economist, scientist or politician with an interest in energy issues actually believes that more than marginal gains are possible there with increased investment in water-power and geothermal energy.
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Battling for a Stake in Central Europe’s Energy Future
The Obama administration is helping the American nuclear power industry compete with government-owned rivals for nuclear reactor projects in Central Europe. I recently talked to U.S. Ambassador Norman L. Eisen about how the State Department is helping Westinghouse Electric sell its nuclear technology into two plants planned at Temelin, in the Czech Republic.
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Public hearings will be held to determine if Southern California Edision can restart one of the two nuclear reactors it has on its San Onofre site. Regulators determined that the utility is unable to account for at this time what caused the problems that have kept its plant off line for more than a year.
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California is now wrestling with the fate of a single nuclear plant in Southern California. And while the fierce debate will no doubt have broader ramifications for the entire sector, the ordeal is weighing heavily on just one utility: Edison International’s Southern California Edison. At issue is who knew what and when they might have known it.
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Southern California may not go dark this summer. But the future of the nuclear power plants that provide the power there are in doubt. During a conference call, Edison International said that the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, or SONGS, may retire both of its reactors along the Pacific coastline.
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Policy Fix Needed
Daniel L. Roderick believes that it is vital to embrace policies that insure we preserve nuclear power in our energy mix.
The chief executive officer of Westinghouse Electric talked about the future of nuclear power in this second installment of our interview.
Last week in View from the Top –How USA Regains Nuclear Mojo
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Westinghouse Exec's Frank Appraisal
When it comes to charting the future of nuclear power, Westinghouse Electric intends to remain a key player.
That is why I recently traveled to the company’s headquarters in western Pennsylvania to meet the man who ascended to the top job at the legendary company this fall - Daniel L. Roderick.
This is the first of a two-part series. Next week in View from the Top – Growing the Nuclear Pie.
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