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Bagging DOE Support, Westinghouse Eyes Demonstration for Nuclear Micro-reactor by 2022

March 28, 2019 admin Department of Energy, DOE, finance, haleu, high-assay low-enriched uranium, holtec international, Markets, micro-reactor, news, Nuclear, NuScale, Research and Development, Small Modular Reactor, smr, supply chains, Westinghouse, x-energy

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2019 13:04:53 +0000

The Department of Energy (DOE) is funding a project that would prepare Westinghouse’s 25-MWe eVinci micro-reactor for nuclear demonstration readiness by 2022. The agency on March 27 said it will provide $12.9 million of the estimated $28.6 million Westinghouse needs for a project to prepare the micro-reactor for a demonstration, including for design, analysis, licensing […]

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Vogtle Loan Guarantees Praised, Criticized

March 23, 2019 admin aea, AP1000, Business, Georgia, Legal & Regulatory, Legislative, news, Nuclear, rick perry, Vogtle, Westinghouse

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2019 15:39:51 +0000

Energy Secretary Rick Perry on March 22 said his department will guarantee up to $3.7 billion in additional loans to finance continued construction of two new nuclear reactors at the Vogtle plant in Georgia. While Perry and other government officials stressed the importance of the project to the U.S. nuclear industry, critics called it a […]

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Trump Administration Set to Guarantee $3.7 Billion to Finish Vogtle Nuclear Expansion

March 20, 2019 admin AP1000, Business, Georgia Power, Legal & Regulatory, news, Nuclear, plant vogtle, Southern Co., Trump, Vogtle nuclear power plant, Westinghouse

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2019 20:58:56 +0000

Energy Secretary Rick Perry will reportedly announce March 22 that the Trump administration will finalize $3.7 billion in loan guarantees to support completion of the Vogtle nuclear plant construction project. The announcement is expected when Perry visits the site near Waynesboro, Georgia, on Friday along with Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and Southern Co. CEO Tom […]

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U.S. Will Build Nuclear Plants in India

March 13, 2019 admin AP1000, brookfield asset management, Business, India, International, news, Nuclear, Westinghouse

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2019 02:40:12 +0000

The U.S. has agreed to build six nuclear power plants in India, according to a joint statement from the two countries issued March 13 in Washington, D.C. The countries held two days of talks this week, discussing international security and nuclear cooperation. The talks involved Andrea Thompson, the U.S. undersecretary of state for arms control […]

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Southern Company CEO: Vogtle Ahead of Schedule

February 20, 2019 admin AP1000, Business, fanning, news, Nuclear, Vogtle, Westinghouse

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2019 00:20:53 +0000

Southern Company CEO Thomas Fanning on February 20 said construction of two new nuclear reactors at Plant Vogtle is on track and could possibly beat the current regulatory approved startup dates for the AP1000 units. Fanning spoke Wednesday on the company’s fourth-quarter 2018 earnings call. He said Georgia Power, a Southern Company subsidiary and the […]

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Regulators Back Dominion Takeover of SCANA

December 17, 2018 admin AP1000, bankruptcy, Business, Coal, dominion energy, Gas, Legal & Regulatory, Legislative, news, Nuclear, ratepayers, Renewables, Santee Cooper, SCANA, sce&g, V.C. Summer, Vogtle, Westinghouse, workforce

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2018 19:53:02 +0000

Dominion Energy’s bid to purchase SCANA Corp. and its South Carolina Electric & Gas (SCE&G) utility, approved by South Carolina regulators on Dec. 14, could bring some stability to SCANA. Shareholders hope that’s the case; they’re excited about swapping their devalued SCANA shares for more valuable Dominion stock. Workers, though, remain uncertain about their futures, […]

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Toshiba Scraps Massive AP1000 Nuclear Project in the UK

November 15, 2018 admin AP1000, Business, climate change, International, moorside, news, Nuclear, nugen, Technology, toshiba, Westinghouse

Taking another steep hit from its beleaguered nuclear business, Toshiba Corp. said it will withdraw from construction of the proposed 3.8-GW Moorside nuclear plant in the UK, a project expected to comprise three AP1000 reactors. The Tokyo-based conglomerate said on November 8 that it had also taken steps to “wind up” NuGeneration Ltd. (NuGen), […]

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Big Gains for Tiny Nuclear Reactors

November 3, 2018 admin AP1000, Business, cgn, China, Defense, dod, evinci, general atomics, haleu, India, International, Markets, micro-reactors, nei, news, Nuclear, NuScale, oklo, Pakistan, Plant Design, Research and Development, siberia, Taishan, Technology, triso, urenco, Westinghouse, x-energy

As the hubbub of interest and activity surrounds development of small modular reactors (SMRs) hovering between 60 MW and 300 MW, and medium-sized nuclear reactors of under 700 MW, several nuclear technology

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Now Two AP1000 Reactors in Commercial Operation, Vogtle Makes Progress Too

October 25, 2018 admin AP1000, haiyang, International, news, Nuclear, nuclear power plant, Plant Design, Research and Development, sanmen, Vogtle, Westinghouse

Unit 1 at the Haiyang nuclear power plant in Shandong, China, successfully completed a 168-hour full-power continuous operation test, meeting the requirement for commercial operation, State Power Investment Corp. Ltd. announced on October 23. Its AP1000 reactor is the first nuclear unit to be placed in operation in Shandong, an eastern province on the Yellow […]

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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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