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12/12/2012

Entergy Corp. (NYSE: ETR) appointed Jeff S. Forbes  as executive vice president, nuclear operations and chief nuclear officer at Entergy Nuclear effective Jan 2.Forbes will be replacing John Herron, who has spent 33 years in the nuclear industry and announced his retirement effective March 31.

POWER-GEN International Golf Tournament Winners

12/11/2012

A group of POWER-GEN International attendees went to the Osprey Ridge Golf Course at the Walt Disney World Resort on Monday.

Nuclear power plant being upgraded in 2012

01/11/2012

Southern California Edison (SCE) on Jan. 9 temporarily removed Unit 2 at its 2,200 MW San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station from service for a scheduled refueling and maintenance outage.

Upgrading Main Low Voltage Systems

11/01/2011

This article presents an example of an ongoing upgrade project at a nuclear power plant site in Finland. As a result of this upgrade project, a major part of the low voltage systems within two nuclear power plant units will be replaced during a period of six years.

Addressing Engineering Challenges Before Disaster Hits

09/01/2011

A string of accidents and failures in energy-related projects—especially recent events related to the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan—has sharpened the global focus on a safe, reliable energy supply.

Banking on Nuclear

07/01/2011

New nuclear’s future may depend less on what happened at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station in Japan than what is happening at two construction sites in Europe.

Nuclear fuel reload begins at Bruce Unit 2

07/01/2011

Coal Executive Roundtable

06/30/2011

Participants from such companies as Burns & McDonnell, TVA and Fluor discuss how much of an impact the coal industry could have on future U.S. generation.

Shaw Group to do life cycle work at Cook nuclear plant

06/09/2011

The Shaw Group Inc. was awarded a contract to provide life-cycle management services for Indiana Michigan Power Co.’s 2,155 MW Cook Nuclear Plant in Michigan.

Nuclear Safety is Making Headlines

06/01/2011

Nuclear power safety is still making news headlines as Japan’s crisis continues to unfold. Yes, the situation there is very serious and a review of nuclear power plants is the next move to make, as is being done in the United States.

Slow pace of plant replacement could take 70 years

05/05/2011

The aging baseload fleet of power plants in the U.S. will not be completely replaced with new or modernized nuclear, coal and combined-cycle plants for 70 years or longer, according to a report by a new industry association.

Nuclear research center to increase safety

05/03/2011

The Department of Energy (DOE) dedicated the Consortium for Advanced Simulation of Light Water Reactors (CASL), an advanced research facility that will accelerate the advancement of nuclear reactor technology.

Power uprate project approved for nuclear power plant

05/03/2011

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved a request by NextEra Energy to increase the generating capacity of both Units 1 and 2 at the Point Beach Nuclear Plant by 17 percent.

Power Uprate Limbo

05/01/2011

The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant accident in Japan is widely expected to slow new plant development efforts in a number of countries. The events also may impact existing plants, either via temporary or permanent shutdowns of some aging units or via design and procedure modifications to enhance plant safety.

To the Editor:

05/01/2011

The Letter to the Editor in the February issue by a manufacturer of emission control technologies contained two errors that require a response.

Latin America’s nuclear plans will not change despite Japanese crisis

04/13/2011
Latin American leaders are unlikely to bring their nuclear projects to a halt as a result of the continuing nuclear crisis in Japan, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Mitsubishi books electric generator replacement at Ginna nuclear station

04/06/2011

Mitsubishi Power Systems Americas Inc. won a contract from Constellation Energy Nuclear Group LLC  to replace the electric generator at the Ginna Nuclear Power Plant in 2014.

Gen III reactor design

04/06/2011

The new designs proposed in the U.S. follow Generation III and Generation III+ designs that incorporate enhanced safety features that build on lessons learned from the current generation of commercial power reactors.

chunukes

03/16/2011

Energy Secretary Steven Chu said the U.S. doesn’t need to suspend work on new nuclear permits while investigating the crisis in Japani.

mexiconuke

02/07/2011

Iberdrola Ingenieria completed modernization work on the Laguna Verde nuclear power plant in Mexico.

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