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The Nuclear Power Daily Editorial Team produces Nuclear Power Daily's coverage of nuclear energy. We report on reactors and small modular reactors, the fuel cycle, waste and safety, policy, and fusion research. Articles reflect our team's collective editorial process, source verification, drafting, technical review, and editing, rather than a single writer's work. Nuclear Power Daily takes editorial responsibility for content under this byline. For more on how we work, see our editorial policy.

X-energy Advanced Nuclear Concept is a Feasible Option at Existing Power Plant Sites

Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 02, 2015 - X-energy and South Carolina Electric and Gas Co. (SCE and G) have completed a joint study to examine the technical and economic feasibility of siting an Xe-100 pebble-bed nuclear reactor at a repres

Nov 2, 2015

Entergy to Close Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Massachusetts

New Orleans LO (SPX) Nov 02, 2015 - Entergy has announced that it will close its Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Plymouth, Mass., no later than June 1, 2019, because of poor market conditions, reduced revenues and increased operation

Nov 2, 2015

CB and I to Sell Nuclear Construction Business to Westinghouse

The Woodlands TX (SPX) Nov 02, 2015 - CB and I has announced it has entered into a definitive agreement with Westinghouse Electric Company LLC (WEC), in which WEC will acquire all of the outstanding equity interests in CB and I's nuclea

Nov 2, 2015

Bulgaria replaces 370-tonne stator of nuclear power plant

Sofia (XNA) Nov 02, 2015 - Bulgaria's Kozloduy nuclear power plant (NPP) has performed a unique replacement and installation of a new 370-tonne turbine generator stator of its 1,000 megawatt (MW) sixth reactor, officials said

Nov 2, 2015

Bechtel Applauds Successful Licensing of Second Reactor at Watts Bar Nuclear Plant

Reston VA (SPX) Nov 02, 2015 - Bechtel has applauded the historic decision Thursday by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to grant an operating license to the Tennessee Valley Authority's Watts Bar Unit 2 in Spring City, Tenn

Nov 2, 2015

Areva says Chinese nuclear company could take stake under terms of draft deal

Paris (AFP) Nov 2, 2015 - French nuclear group Areva said Monday that the state-owned China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) could take a minority stake in its capital under a draft deal signed in Beijing.

Nov 2, 2015

Bolivia announces plans for nuclear research complex

La Paz (AFP) Oct 29, 2015 - Bolivia announced plans Thursday to build a $300 million nuclear complex, including a research reactor, with Russian technology and help from Argentina.

Oct 29, 2015

UK Nuclear Plans in Meltdown After Shareholder Warning

Moscow (Sputnik) Oct 28, 2015 - A major international banking group is calling on shareholders to sell their holdings in French energy giant EDF just days after it signed a deal with its Chinese partner China General Nuclear Corpo

Oct 28, 2015

Japan on track for another nuclear reactor restart

Tokyo (AFP) Oct 26, 2015 - A local Japanese governor on Monday approved the restarting of another nuclear reactor, the latest due to be switched on despite strong public opposition to atomic power after the Fukushima accident.

Oct 26, 2015

Argentina and Russia to enhance energy cooperation

Moscow (Sputnik) Oct 26, 2015 - Argentina and Russia are committed to enhancing cooperation in the energy field, President of Argentina Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner told RT TV channel on Thursday. On Wednesday, Russian Pre

Oct 26, 2015

Ukraine to Terminate Deal With Russia on Nuclear Fuel Plant Construction

Kiev (Sputnik) Oct 22, 2015 - In 2011, Russian fuel production holding company TVEL, part of the state corporation Rosatom, and Ukrainian company Nuclear Fuel signed an agreement for a 50-50 venture to build a fuel plant at Smol

Oct 22, 2015

China, Britain strike ‘historic’ nuclear deal

London (AFP) Oct 21, 2015 - China vowed Wednesday to take a one-third stake in Britain's first nuclear power plant in decades, with Prime Minister David Cameron hailing an historic deal on the project led by French energy giant EDF.

Oct 21, 2015

Areva job cuts fuel union security concerns

Paris (AFP) Oct 21, 2015 - Unions at French atomic energy giant Areva voiced concern over plant security Wednesday a day after the company said it would shed 2,700 French jobs in a two-year major restructuring amid fears that more jobs will go.

Oct 21, 2015

Nuclear Science Advisory Committee issues plan for US nuclear physics research

Newport News, VA (SPX) Oct 20, 2015 - Today, the Nuclear Science Advisory Committee, or NSAC, publicly released Reaching for the Horizon, The 2015 Long Range Plan for Nuclear Science. The new plan was unanimously accepted by NSAC, a c

Oct 20, 2015

Iran likely to sell excess enriched uranium abroad instead of diluting it

Vienna (Sputnik) Oct 20, 2015 - The Iranian enriched uranium is expected to be exported to Russia. According to Russian officials, the preparatory work to import the enriched uranium could be completed by early next year. W

Oct 20, 2015

France’s EDF seeks new deadline for EPR nuclear reactor

Paris (AFP) Oct 20, 2015 - French energy group EDF has formally asked the government for a three-year delay until 2020 to the deadline for launching its next-generation EPR nuclear reactor, according to a copy of the request seen by AFP Tuesday.

Oct 20, 2015