Category Archives: Nuclear energy

CPUC gives final approval to San Onofre cost allocation

California regulators gave final approval Thursday to a plan allocating costs related to failed steam generators that led to last year’s closure of the San Onofre nuclear plant near San Diego, with the plan requiring ratepayers to pay $3.3 billion over…

 

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GAO: DOE slow and ineffective in reviewing sensitive nuclear exports

Government auditors have rapped the Energy Department for being both slow and ineffective in controlling U.S. exports of sensitive commercial nuclear products and services, saying the agency has “consistently” missed deadlines for completing…

 

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Battelle pays $200,000 fine for PNNL beryllium lapses

The operator of the Energy Department’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has agreed to pay $200,000 to resolve problems that it discovered and disclosed to DOE concerning its program to protect workers from beryllium, a toxic metal that can cause…

 

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NRC cites oceanfront Florida reactor over flood vulnerability

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced plans Thursday to increase oversight of Florida Power Light Co.’s St. Lucie Unit 1 nuclear reactor in Jenson Beach, Fla., after finding the plant’s auxiliary building is not adequately protected…

 

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Westinghouse, Chinese firm team on potential new nuke in Turkey

In a potentially major advance for its efforts to sell nuclear reactors overseas, Westinghouse Electric Co. announced Monday the signing of an agreement with China’s state-owned nuclear power company and Turkey’s government-controlled power…

 

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New England governors rip generators over ‘offensive’ stance on gas constraints

In a sudden flare-up in the region’s already contentious effort to resolve natural gas shortages, New England’s governors say the region’s power generators have taken an “offensive” and self-serving stance to maintain the status…

 

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Forest Service limits Marcellus drilling in Virginia national forest

In a plan that drew rare praise from both green groups and drillers as setting a fair balance in managing public lands, the U.S. Forest Service Tuesday proposed allowing natural gas drillers to use hydraulic fracturing on existing leases in the 1.1…

 

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Washington AG suing DOE over Hanford worker vapor exposures

In an unusual intervention in a worker safety issue at the Energy Department’s Hanford site, Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson said Wednesday he is suing DOE and one of its contractors to force corrective action to stop episodic releases of…

 

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Regional CPP compliance better, but hurdles are daunting—IHS

States that join together in regional carbon reduction plans to comply with the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan would have more options and reap more efficiencies than states that go it alone to cut emissions from existing power…

 

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Court revives whistleblower complaint at Hanford WTP

A federal appeals court Friday revived a high-profile whistleblower complaint filed against a key subcontractor working on the massive nuclear waste processing plant under construction at the Energy Department’s Hanford site, saying Walter Tamosaitis…

 

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