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April 17, 2013
Energy Department Announces New Investment in Nuclear Fuel Storage Research

As part of its commitment to developing an effective strategy for the safe and secure storage and management of used nuclear fuel, the Energy Department has announced a new dry storage research and development project led by the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI).

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April 8, 2013
How Safe Are Nuclear Plants Around the World?

As the world waits to see what happens with North Korea this week, I began to wonder about the security of the power system around the world.

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March 12, 2013
Energy Department Announces New Funding Opportunity for Innovative Small Modular Reactors

The Energy Department has issued a new funding opportunity announcement to help U.S. industry design and certify innovative small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs).

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March 4, 2013
Energy Changes at a Turtle's Pace

To those people who have been in the industry for 12 years, it may seem that little has changed. However, for me, it seems more has changed than you may realize.

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February 25, 2013
Midwest ISO Concludes That Closing Of Kewaunee Power Station Will Not Affect Regional Electric Reliability

The Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator has concluded the shutdown and retirement of Kewaunee Power Station in northeastern Wisconsin will not affect the reliability of the regional electric transmission system.

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October 30, 2012
Entergy's Northeast Nuclear Plants Safely Weather Hurricane Sandy

With the brunt of Hurricane Sandy now past the eastern seaboard, Entergy's Indian Point Energy Center and James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant in New York, Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Massachusetts and Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant in Vermont have all safely weathered the storm.

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October 22, 2012
Dominion To Close, Decommission Kewaunee Power Station

Dominion said it plans to close and decommission its Kewaunee Power Station in Carlton, Wis., after the company was unable to find a buyer for the 556-megawatt nuclear facility.

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October 16, 2012
Coal-Fired Units to Shut Down Sooner at LG&E

Louisville Gas and Electric Co. announced that it expects to shut down the three coal units at the Cane Run Generating Station eight months earlier than originally planned.

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October 9, 2012
DOE Cites Battelle Energy Alliance for Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection Violations

The U.S. Department of Energy has issued a Preliminary Notice of Violation to Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC for two radiological incidents that occurred at the Idaho National Laboratory in 2011 that violated the Department’s nuclear safety and radiation protection regulations.

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October 1, 2012
Nuclear Power: Always a Bridesmaid, Never a Bride?

 No other industry has done so well and gotten its hopes up so many times only to get periodically kicked in the gut.

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