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Westinghouse reduces work force by 177 because of nuclear slowdown

May 18 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Thomas Olson The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Westinghouse Electric Co. laid off 25 employees across the country today, and another 152 accepted an early-retirement offer, to adjust its work force to a slowdown in nuclear-power work, the company said. More...

San Onofre's future hinges on finding cause of abnormal tube wear

May 17 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Abby Sewell Los Angeles Times - On Jan. 31, alarms alerted the control room at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station that a radiation leak was occurring in one of the nearly 39,000 tubes that carry radioactive water in the steam generators. More...

Westinghouse and Ameren Missouri Announce Creation of NexStart SMR Alliance to Rapidly License and Deploy Westinghouse Small Modular Reactor Technology

PITTSBURGH, May 17, 2012 /PRNewswire - Westinghouse Electric Company and the Missouri Electric Alliance led by Ameren Missouri today announced the formation of a utility participation group called the NexStart SMR Alliance. More...

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Public invited to hear uranium-mining study results

May 15 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Elisabeth Hulette The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va. - People interested in proposals to lift a 30-year moratorium on uranium mining in Virginia will have a chance later this month to hear more in person. More...

Five-Party Arrangement Extends Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant Enrichment Operations

BETHESDA, Md., May 15, 2012 -- BUSINESS WIRE - USEC Inc. (NYSE: USU) today entered into a multi-party arrangement with Energy Northwest, the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) and the U. S. Department of Energy (DOE) to extend uranium enrichment operations at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Paducah, Ky. More...

Beaver Valley Power Station Returns to Service After Refueling Outage

AKRON, Ohio, May 11, 2012 /PRNewswire - FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (FENOC), a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. More...

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Employees safely return Plant Hatch's Unit 2 to service following planned maintenance outage

BIRMINGHAM, Ala., May 11, 2012 /PRNewswire - Unit 2 of the Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant near Baxley, Ga., has resumed generating electricity after a successful, planned maintenance outage. Electricity production resumed today at 5:25 a.m. ET. More...

Price of Vogtle expansion could increase $900 million

May 11 - The Augusta Chronicle, Ga. - Southern Co. subsidiary Georgia Power and other Plant Vogtle owners are disputing proposed adjustments that could add $900 million to the $14 billion cost of completing two new reactors in time for their scheduled debuts in 2016 and 2017. More...

Flowserve Ships Main Steam Isolation Valve for Westinghouse AP1000 Nuclear Power Plant in China

Flowserve Corporation - Flowserve Corporation (NYSE: FLS), a leading provider of flow control products and services for global infrastructure markets, announced it has shipped the first of several main steam isolation valves (MSIVs) to the Sanmen Nuclear Power Plant, located in the Zhejiang Province of China. more...

Finland Utility TVO Selects GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy to Submit ESBWR Bid for Olkiluoto-4 New Reactor Project

GE Energy - Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) has selected GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) to participate in the bidding process to build the utility's proposed fourth reactor unit at the Olkiluoto nuclear power station (OL4) on Finland's west coast. more...

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