12.01.2008 | Sonal Patel
The Bulgarian government this September announced the official launch of the Belene Nuclear Power Plant, a project it has billed one as of the largest in the European Union (EU). Valued at €4 billion, Belene is now facing funding issues — though...
12.01.2008 | Sonal Patel
UniStar Nuclear Energy announced on Oct. 8 that it had awarded an AREVA-Bechtel Power Corp. consortium a multi-year contract to complete detailed design engineering for a proposed AREVA U.S. Evolutionary Power Reactor (U.S. EPR) adjacent to Constellation...
11.01.2008 | By Sonal Patel
To overcome recent power shortfalls—and ensure they never occur again—Eskom is embarking on an immense infrastructure expansion program. The Build Programme, initiated in 2005, has been aligned with the government’s target of 6% GDP growth...
11.01.2008 | Mike Testa
Owner/Operator: FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Co. Nuclear plant owners understand the economic importance of squeezing every last megawatt-hour from their power generation assets and minimizing outage durations that cost them millions of dollars a day. When...
11.01.2008 | Dr. Robert Peltier, PE
Owner/Operator: Florida Power & Light Florida Power & Light’s St. Lucie Unit 2 reactor vessel head and steam generator replacement project was an ambitious undertaking that required more than a year of intensive planning before the outage began...
11.01.2008
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11.01.2008 | Dr. Robert Peltier, PE
Dr. Robert Peltier, PE Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman spoke at the recent 2008 Nuclear Energy Summit that was convened to discuss the importance of nuclear power to a healthy U.S. economy. While Bodman was preaching to the choir, attendees were glued to...
11.01.2008 | Sonal Patel
The year 2008 is shaping up nicely for nuclear power in the U.S. Since September 2007, when NRG Energy and the South Texas Project Nuclear Operating Co. filed the first complete U.S. nuclear plant license application in 29 years with the Nuclear Regulatory...
09.15.2008 | By Sonal Patel
Cost hikes for all things nuclear in the U.S. and UK This August, the U.S. Department of Energy said a revised estimate of the cost to plan, build, and operate its Yucca Mountain nuclear repository in Nevada for its 150-year life cycle was an astounding $96.2...
08.15.2008 | Compiled by Sonal Patel
Australia considers seabed sequestration legislation If the Australian Parliament passes legislation that was introduced by the minister of resources and energy in mid-June, the country could have the world’s first legislative framework for storing...
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