The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said it will increase oversight at the North Anna nuclear power plant in Virginia because of a violation of low to moderate safety significance related to the maintenance of the plant’s emergency diesel generators.

L-3 Mapps will proceed with two projects to update the full scope simulator at Axpo’s Beznau nuclear power plant in Switzerland.

On April 26, Hydro-Québec informed the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) of a heavy water leak in the reactor building at the 675 MW Gentilly 2 nuclear power plant near Bécancour, Quebec.

Waste Control Specialists LLC (WCS), a subsidiary of Valhi Inc., on April 27 said the first shipment of low-level radioactive waste, received from Bionomics Inc., has been safely disposed of in the Texas Compact Facility.

Exelon on April 23 said two nuclear power units have been returned to service.

Southern California Edison (SCE) on April 20 told the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) that the company completed additional inspections of the 2,200 MW San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) Unit 2 steam generators, based on Unit 3 findings.

Ontario Power Generation (OPG) said it has assumed direct responsibility for security services at its two nuclear stations in Durham Region, Canada.

The Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) said the industry has met its March 31, 2012 deadline for ordering additional on-site portable equipment to be used in emergencies.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said it determined that Florida Power and Light Co.’s (FPL) failure to properly maintain the Turkey Point nuclear plant’s onsite emergency response facility is a violation of low to moderate safety significance that may require additional NRC inspection and oversight.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said it has determined that an inspection finding at the 500 MW Fort Calhoun Station in Nebraska involving an electrical breaker fire is of “red” or high safety significance.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said April 4 that Chairman Gregory Jaczko will visit the 2,200 MW San Onofre nuclear power plant in California.

FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (FENOC), a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp., said construction of the Emergency Operations Facility for its Beaver Valley Power Station has been completed.

A Vestas V112-3 MW wind turbine caught fire at the Gross Ellstorf wind farm in Lower Saxony, Germany on March 30.

Alion Science and Technology said it has won two contracts to perform both hydraulic and structural analysis on replacement sump strainers at eight Korean nuclear power units for Korean Hydro and Nuclear Power (KHNP).

An Oklahoma Gas and Electric Co. (OG&E) employee died March 20 in an accident at the 1,230 MW gas-fired Redbud power plant in Luther, Okla.

Areva Inc. and Etranco Inc., an international probabilistic risk assessment consulting firm, said they signed a cooperative alliance agreement to help utility customers comply with new U.S. orders and recommendations as a result of post-Fukushima reviews.

Davies Consulting has completed a  report on the two major power outages that swept through Connecticut and the Northeast in 2011. The report, prepared for Connecticut Light & Power Co., found its power restoration efforts were “reasonable” compared with industry norms.

Pacific Gas & Electric Co. (PG&E) agreed to pay the city of San Bruno $70 million in restitution after a September 2010 gas pipeline explosion that killed eight people.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said it has authorized its staff to issue immediately effective orders to U.S. commercial nuclear reactors.