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DOE sending HEU to Europe for medical isotope production

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission disclosed this week that the Energy Department’s National Nuclear Security Administration is seeking an export license to send high-enriched uranium to multiple European countries for use in medical isotope production…

 

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Hey, naysayers: UN’s climate summit fueled real momentum

The recent United Nations-sponsored Climate Summit 2014 in New York had lots of critics. Some said the event was all noise and no impact. Others said it couldn’t be taken seriously because the leaders of world’s two largest developing…

 

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Long-delayed NRC review finds Yucca Mountain can safely store nuclear waste

In a move that may increase political pressure on the Obama administration to end its opposition to the project, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Thursday issued a long-delayed staff review that concludes that the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste…

 

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French government ousts EDF head, names Thales CEO to run nuclear giant

French President Francois Hollande has chosen Jean-Bernard Lévy, head of the Thales industrial group, to take over state-controlled Electricite de France, replacing Henri Proglio as chairman and chief executive officer of the largest electricity…

 

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Lockheed unveils small fusion reactor plans

Lockheed Martin Corp. announced Wednesday that it is working to develop a fusion reactor about 10 percent the size of most previous fusion reactor designs, which the company says will allow it to design, build and test the concept in less than a year. While…

 

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Washington asks judge to set new deadlines for Hanford tank cleanup

After months of fruitless negotiation over the Energy Department’s failure to meet cleanup schedules set in a 2010 consent decree with the state, Washington officials Friday asked a federal judge to impose new deadlines on DOE for removing and…

 

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Bechtel combining nuclear operations; rolling power into infrastructure unit

Bechtel this week announced a reorganization under which it will combine most of its power businesses with its civil engineering and project management operations into a new unit called Bechtel Infrastructure while rolling its nuclear power, site management…

 

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DOE discloses two accidents at labs, lapse on classified info

The Energy Department last week disclosed two accidents of “high safety significance” at its Sandia and Lawrence Livermore labs—including an explosion that lifted the roof of a Sandia facility—and a serious lapse in the handling of…

 

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Reactor vendors cheer EU approval of UK aid for new nukes

In a big step forward for reactor vendors increasingly banking on sales outside of the United States, European Commission officials announced Wednesday they have approved as compatible with commission competition rules a tweaked package of aid the UK…

 

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IG report highlights NRC oversight flaws at San Onofre

Nuclear Regulatory Commission inspectors repeatedly failed to effectively review the design of new steam generators installed in the San Onofre nuclear plant, and one former NRC official believes the plant’s owners should have been required to seek a…

 

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