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• Texas nuclear new build roundup

  Exelon files with NRC, Luminant coming up soon Texas is the heart of the nation's oil industry, but it is in the Lone Star State that new nuclear reactors are being planned at a pace which only a few years ago would have seemed like science fiction.  There is an enormous amount of activity in Texas, and it continues to rival China in terms of planned commitments to nuclear energy.  This... Posted Sep 13 2008, 01:07 AM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: NRC licensing, Exelon, New Nuclear Plants, Luminant

• TVA's destiny revealed at Bellefonte - Part II

  It enters uncharted territory by asking NRC for reinstatement of the licenses for two unfinished nuclear reactors The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has asked the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to  reinstate the licenses for two partially completed reactors at its Bellefonte site near Scottsboro, GA.  The Knoxville News reports the first-of-a-kind request could result in the restart... Posted Aug 31 2008, 12:00 AM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: NRC licensing, Bellefonte, TVA, New Nuclear Plants

• Small reactors have NRC's attention

  Chairman Dale Klein speech says they're part of the "nuclear renaissance."  He has some advice for how to deal with their licensing issues. The drumbeat about a global nuclear renaissance drives  is giving some people a headache and that includes NRC chairman Dale Klein who complained about it at a conference by the same name in Alexandria, VA, last week.  While NRC's... Posted Jul 27 2008, 06:37 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: NRC licensing, New Nuclear Plants, small reactors

• Progress Energy wins green light for twin reactors

  The decision puts Florida on a par with Texas in advancing the U.S. "nuclear renaissance The Tampa Tribune reports that Progress Energy's $17- billion nuclear project won unanimous approval July 15 from state regulators, paving the way for the utility to start charging customers for the construction costs associated with plant as early as January 2009.  The Florida Public Service Commission... Posted Jul 20 2008, 06:46 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Progress Energy, New Nuclear Plants

• Ameren to move on a second Callaway reactor

  It must convince Missouri voters to a pay-as-you-go construction plan The St. Louis Post Dispatch reports that AmerenUE is  planning a new nuclear plant at its Callaway County, Missouri, location and plans to make a decision whether to go forward by 2010. The St. Louis-based utility, now called AmerenUE, and its partner, Baltimore-based UniStar Nuclear LLC , will this year seek a construction... Posted Jul 12 2008, 11:01 AM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: UniStar, New Nuclear Plants, Callaway, Ameren

• Turkey to build second nuclear plant

  Procurement information to be released in September The Turkish news media reports Turkey's Energy and  Natural Resources minister announced this week that Turkey is planning to construct its second nuclear power plant in Sinop on the coast of the Black Sea. Hilmi Güler (left) told reporters the tender for the construction of the power plant would be released next September.   "The... Posted Jun 27 2008, 07:06 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Turkey, New Nuclear Plants

• Compiling the master equipment list for the nuclear renaissance

  ANS leader says entrepreneurial spirit will build the parts The first eight new nuclear power plants built in the U.S. will require a staggering number of components. According to William Burchill , the Vice President of the American Nuclear Society, these plants will need a master equipment list composed of 700,000 electrical connections, 200,000 feet of pipe,and 20,000 valves. Plus the plants will... Posted May 24 2008, 07:57 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: New Nuclear Plants, ANS, suppliers

• Japan to boost nuclear new builds

  The skyrocketing costs of imported oil and growing fears of global warming are driving Japan to step up construction of new nuclear power plants and related facilities.  The policy direction for the new urgency comes right from the top.  Japan's Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda said in late April that, "nuclear power, which does not produce carbon dioxide, is a trump card for global warming... Posted May 04 2008, 02:24 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: New Nuclear Plants, Japan

• New reactor news roundup

  Short takes from Canada and the U.S. Scientific American reports that the new build unfolding in the U.K. is closely watching progress in the U.S. and likes what it sees.  One of the U.K.'s top nuclear officials said that she was told the U.S. will okay plans to build the first nuclear power plants. Lady Barbara Thomas Judge, chair of the U.K. Atomic Energy Authority, said that Dale Klein... Posted Mar 30 2008, 06:37 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: New Nuclear Plants

• Update on Texas nuclear build

  New reactors and new business units announced The new nuclear build in Texas is the heart of the nuclear renaissance in the U.S., and even when the players there take a step backwards it is still a form of progress.  The Dallas Morning News reports that Energy Future Holdings and NRG have both throttled back on their applications with the NRC while they get cost estimates on major components for... Posted Mar 30 2008, 05:19 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: New Nuclear Plants