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17 U.S. Nuclear Units Have Components Forged at Site Under Investigation

Although AREVA recently disclosed that 17 U.S. nuclear power plant units have installed components that were forged at the Le Creusot facility in France—a forge that has been under scrutiny due to questionable quality assurance documentation and carbon segregation irregularities in some parts manufactured at the site—the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) does not consider the situation an immediate safety concern. Read More

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Non-Utility Power Generators Push FERC on State Nuclear Subsidies
Non-utility generators urge FERC to overturn state actions in New York and Illinois that the generators claim distort FERC’s wholesale electricity markets. Read More

Senators Renew Push for Return to Analog in Grid Cybersecurity Bill
A bill to protect U.S. power grid from cyber-attacks reintroduced by members of the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee urges a "retro" approach to cybersecurity, including replacing computer-connected operating systems with analog and human-operated systems. Read More

NuScale Poised to Submit Nation's First-Ever SMR Design Certification Application to NRC
NuScale will submit the nation's first application for design certification of a small modular reactor (SMR) to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on Thursday. Read More

World’s Largest Post-Combustion Carbon Capture Project Completed
Petra Nova—a commercial-scale post-combustion carbon capture project designed to remove more than 90% of the carbon dioxide (CO2) from a 240-MW slipstream of flue gas off of the W.A. Parish generating station in Fort Bend County, Texas—has been completed, according… Read More

Deal Reached to Permanently Close Indian Point Nuclear Plant
Entergy Corp. and the state of New York have reached an agreement that will see the Indian Point nuclear power plant retired by 2021. “Key considerations in our decision to shut down Indian Point ahead of schedule include sustained low… Read More

DOE's Quadrennial Review: 8 Trends That Are Shaping the U.S. Electric System
Beyond major reliability events that have prompted regional blackouts in the past, the U.S. grid faces “imminent danger from cyber attacks,” warns the second installation of the Obama administration’s Quadrennial Energy Review (QER). Here are other key trends outlined in the comprehensive… Read More

Six People Injured by Explosion at Ohio Coal Power Plant
An incident at J.M. Stuart Station—a 2,318-MW coal and diesel generating facility operated by Dayton Power and Light Co. (DP&L)—resulted in six people being treated for non-life-threatening injuries. Read More

Renewables Again Lead Capacity Additions in 2016 as Coal Production Continues to Fall
For the third straight year, renewable generation accounted for the majority of new utility-scale capacity additions in the U.S. during 2016, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said on January 10. Read More

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Check out these stories from POWER's January 2017 issue and its sister publications:

A 2016 Roundup of Power Sector Wheeling, Dealing, and Repositioning

Acquisitions Reset the Global Gas Turbine Market

Energy Policy Implications of Elections in France and Germany

Newtonian Shift Game Helps Power Industry Comprehend Transition

Power Generators Agree: The Future Grid Will Be Cleaner

Gas Chromatographs Offer New Technology for Power Plant Burner Control

New England's Controversial Pipeline Proposal Suffers Severe Setbacks

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