Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:59:13 CDT powermag.com
The Tennessee Valley Authority ( TVA ) last week indefinitely delayed new construction on its Bellefonte Nuclear Plant in Alabama, saying it had slashed the project's budget by 64% and would reduce staff by 75%.
Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:23:50 CDT washingtonpost.com
The company also decided to close the damaged Crystal River nuclear plant near Tampa, Fla., that it inherited in the Progress acquisition. Duke has also agreed to rate increases with regulators in North Carolina and Ohio.
Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:47:20 CDT thomasnet.com
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and State Nuclear Power Automation System Engineering Company (SNPAS) have signed an agreement to prototype, manufacture and qualify nuclear power plant reactor protection systems for China's Generation III reactors. SNPAS is a subsidiary of China's State Nuclear Power Technology Corporation (SNPTC) .
Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:47:21 CDT yourindustrynews.com
At the company's Prairie Island nuclear plant in Red Wing, Minn., 1,550 contract workers this fall will replace two massive steam generators - at $280 million, its single most costly improvement project.
Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:12:05 CDT kcur.org
In Southern California, the power grid is always a hot topic. It's a part of the country that is all too familiar with the rolling blackouts. And now there is more reason for concern about the region's capacity to generate electricity.
Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:01:43 CDT wndu.com
The Palisades Nuclear Plant near South Haven, Mich., has returned to service following an outage of 43 days.
Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:57:49 CDT tampabay.com
Duke Energy will have to demonstrate that it plans to build a nuclear plant if it wants to continue collecting the fee from customers. Duke is permanently closing the crippled Crystal River nuclear plant that has been shut down since late 2009.
Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:14:31 CDT couriernews.com
"The cost of a brand new OEM stator for generating power at a nuclear plant is about $15 million," he said. "I'm not sure how much a refurbished one would cost. There aren't many left in the industry.
Mon, 17 Jun 2013 02:29:46 CDT menafn.com
In February, Duke Energy said it would decommission the Crystal River Nuclear Plant on the Gulf Coast of Florida, which has been shut down since 2009 after its concrete containment building cracked during a steam generator replacement project.
Sun, 16 Jun 2013 20:08:07 CDT bloomberg.com
Kansai Electric Power Co. advanced 3.7 percent after a report the nuclear -plant operator plans to apply to restart four reactors. The Topix (TPX) ... To contact the reporter on this story: Anna Kitanaka in Tokyo at akitanaka@bloomberg.net.