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Category Archives: ABWRs
Taiwan puts opening of new reactor on hold, schedules referendum
World Nuclear News reported today: The government of Taiwan has announced that unit 1 of the Lungmen nuclear power plant will be mothballed once pre-operational safety checks are completed. Construction of unit 2, meanwhile, will be suspended immediately. A referendum … Continue reading
TEPCO to suspend operations at last active nuke
The Wall Street Journal just reported: Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Thursday it will suspend operations of the No. 6 reactor at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture on March 26 for a periodic check, a plan that … Continue reading
Posted in ABWRs, Japan, Kashiwazaki-Kariwa, Plant shutdowns, TEPCO
Tagged Japan, Kashiwazaki-Kariwa, nuclear power, TEPCO
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Big news: NRC suspends consideration of STP expansion over foreign ownership
The San Antonio Express-News just reported: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has suspended its review of the foreign ownership portion of the application to expand the South Texas Project nuclear plant over concerns that the owners haven’t done enough to ensure … Continue reading
NRC to make decision on new reactor design on Nov. 1
Reuters just reported: U.S. nuclear regulators said on Wednesday they would announce on Nov. 1 their decision whetherto approve a new version of the Advanced Boiling Water Reactor design proposed by the South Texas nuclear power project. Once the Nuclear … Continue reading
Hitachi settles suit over ABWR design defects
Proponents of advanced boiling water reactors (ABWRs) are quick to point to the operational record of the world’s existing nuclear reactors in Japan. South Texas Nuclear Project has ordered two ABWRs from Toshiba as part of the plant’s planned expansion. … Continue reading
Typhoon bearing down on damaged Fukushima reactors
The San Francisco Chronicle reported in the last hour: Typhoon Roke brought evacuation orders, downpours and fears of floods to southern Japan today as it began to traverse the country on a course towards the crippled Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant. … Continue reading
Posted in ABWRs, Earthquake, Hurricane, Japan, Plant shutdowns, Radiation leak, Radioactive waste, Reactor problems
Tagged fukushima, Japan, nuclear power, Roke, TEPCO, typhoon
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Japan poised to restart reactors
Three stories today seem to indicate that Japn is set on restarting some of the nation’s shut down nuclear power plants, and that the nuclear industry is prepared to put the Fukushima disaster behind them. First, Japan’s new prime minister is pressing for … Continue reading
Posted in ABWRs, Earthquake, Explosion, Japan, Plant shutdowns, Radiation leak, Reactor problems
Tagged earthquake, fukushima, Japan, nuclear power
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Shimane 3 ABWR start date may be pushed back
Reuters reported yesterday that the start up date for the Shimane Unit 3 reactor might be delayed: Chugoku Electric Power said it may delay the planned March 2012 start of commercial operations for its third nuclear reactor because engineers are … Continue reading
South Texas Nuclear Project expansion put by hold by events in Japan
It may be too early to know what this all means, but there have been two developments in the proposed STNP expansion. As the San Antonio Express News reported this morning: Nuclear Innovation North America is slowing development of two … Continue reading
Posted in ABWRs, Expansion, South Texas Project
Tagged CPS, NRG, South Texas Project
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