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Top 6 Nuclear Power Achievements of the Year

December 27, 2019 admin academik lomonosov, acpr-1000, AP1000, Business, cgn, Clinch River, EDF, EPR, Georgia Power, Instrumentation & Controls, International, Legal & Regulatory, news, NRC, Nuclear, nuclear power, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, NuScale Power, O&M, Plant Design, power plant, reactor, rosatom, Small Modular Reactor, smr, Southern Company, Taishan, Technology, tennessee valley authority, TVA, Vogtle, yangjiang

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2019 11:34:04 +0000

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The past year has been filled with firsts for the nuclear power industry. Three power plants sporting first-of-a-kind reactors entered commercial operation, while the first U.S. AP1000 nuclear project reached key milestones on its path to completion. Furthermore, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) granted the first early site permit for a utility to construct […]

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State Agencies Object to Xcel Energy, Southern Power Deal

August 15, 2019 admin Business, Gas, Legal & Regulatory, mankato energy center, Markets, news, power plant, Southern Company, southern power, xcel energy

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2019 13:43:44 +0000

Xcel Energy’s effort to purchase a 760-MW natural gas combined cycle facility in Mankato, Minnesota, from Southern Power, a wholesale energy provider and subsidiary of Southern Company, is meeting resistance from two state agencies. The Minnesota Department of Commerce (DOC) and the Minnesota Office of the Attorney General (OAG) recommended the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission […]

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Vogtle Nuclear Expansion Unlikely to Meet Aggressive Schedule Deadline

July 31, 2019 admin Business, news, Nuclear, nuclear construction, nuclear power, Plant Design, Southern Company, southern nuclear company, tom fanning, vogtle nuclear expansion

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2019 19:57:57 +0000

A team that reviewed Southern Nuclear Company’s (SNC’s) April 2019 Vogtle Units 3 and 4 Re-baseline of Forecast Schedule and Cost said it believes the working schedule predicated on commercial operation dates of May 23, 2021, and May 23, 2022, for the respective units, is unachievable. Furthermore, the reviewers said the regulatory-approved schedule from the […]

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POWER Notebook: Alabama Power Says Closing Coal Plant Will Cost $740 Million

March 3, 2019 admin ALABAMA, alabama power, biomass, Business, Coal, Georgia, geothermal, hanwha, Hawaii, International, Japan, news, ormat technologies, Renewables, silicon ranch, Solar, Southern Company, toshiba

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Sun, 03 Mar 2019 21:57:24 +0000

Several developments worldwide impacted the power generation landscape in the past week, including more news about the closure of a coal-fired power plant in Alabama, the restart of a geothermal facility in Hawaii, and construction of a biomass-fueled power plant in Japan. In addition, a company said it plans a $150 million investment in three […]

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Deadline Extended for Vote on Future of Plant Vogtle

September 29, 2018 admin ap1000 reactor, Business, dalton utilities, Georgia, Georgia Power, Legal & Regulatory, meag power, news, Nuclear, oglethorpe power, Southern Company, Vogtle

The drama over the fate of the Plant Vogtle nuclear expansion in Georgia continued September 25 as the four co-owners of the project sparred over conditions that one of the co-owners, Oglethorpe Power, wants in order to secure its support for moving forward with the project. A vote on the future of the oft-delayed, massively […]

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Oglethorpe Agrees to Continue Vogtle Nuclear Project with Conditions; Final Vote Still to Come

September 26, 2018 admin bankruptcy, Business, dalton utilities, Georgia Power, jea, Legal & Regulatory, Legislative, meag power, news, Nuclear, oglethorpe power, Southern Company, southern nuclear, toshiba, Vogtle, Westinghouse

Owners of the beleaguered Plant Vogtle nuclear expansion project have voted—at least for now—to continue construction of two new AP1000 reactors at the site near Waynesboro, Georgia. Directors of the Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia (MEAG Power) and Oglethorpe Power on September 24 each agreed the oft-delayed and increasingly over-budget project should move forward, although […]

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