No penalty for Vermont Yankee cooling-tower collapse | burlingtonfreepress.com | The Burlington Free Press
BRATTLEBORO -- The Vermont Yankee nuclear plant will not be penalized for allowing a cooling tower to degrade to such an extent that it collapsed, spilling thousands of gallons of water. Advertisement The federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission has instead issued the plant a "noncited violation" for not following nuclear industry recommendations for preventing the problems that led to the collapse last August.
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URS opens nuclear power plant design and construction HQ - East Bay Business Times:
URS has designed or built 49 nuclear power plants around the world. It expects most upcoming work of this type in the United States to be in the southeastern states.
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Alberta faces fight for reactor
Alberta and Saskatchewan are competing to house Western Canada's first commercial nuclear power plant, Saskatchewan's Natural Resources Minister Bill Boyd confirmed Tuesday. The energy point man for the recently elected and decidedly pro-business Saskatchewan Party said his government has held "early" talks with Bruce Power LP, the private nuclear operator from western Ontario, which laid out plans in March for a $10-billion-plus nuclear complex near Peace River, in Alberta's northwest Peace Country, operating by 2017.
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Electric bills will rise to pay for new nuclear plants - 05/05/2008 - MiamiHerald.com
Your electric bill is likely to go up $2 a month or more next year to start paying for the new nuclear power plants that Florida Power & Light hopes to put in service in 10 or 12 years.
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WAVY TV 10 - News, Weather, Traffic, Sports for Hampton Roads, Virginia - North Eastern North Carolina - Duke Energy plans to use river water for new nuclear plant
GAFFNEY, S.C. (AP) - Water might be the biggest obstacle to Duke Energy's plan to build a new nuclear power plant in South Carolina. The facility near Gaffney would be Duke's first nuclear power plant in 20 years and its first not built on a large reservoir.
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Nuclear plan sparks debate- NJ.com
TRENTON Stakeholders are gearing up for the public debate over whether an additional nuclear power plant should be built in New Jersey most likely, in Salem County to meet future energy demand. The possibility of another reactor was floated last year by Public Service Electric & Gas, the parent company to PSEG Nuclear, which operates three plants on Artificial Island in Lower Alloways Creek.
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A boon for Vogtle 042708 - The Augusta Chronicle
The federal Atomic Safety and Licensing Board is holding sessions today and Monday in Augusta to hear any environmental concerns over the proposed construction of two additional nuclear reactors at Plant Vogtle near Waynesboro.
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Nine New Reactor Applications Before NRC; 10 More Expected This Year | Occupational Health & Safety
The expected 2008 surge in license applications for new commercial nuclear power reactors in the United States is taking place, with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's announcedment that it has accepted for review Entergy's combined license application for a new reactor at the Grand Gulf site near Port Gibson, Miss. This is the seventh request accepted for review, two more are pending for acceptance, and NRC said it expects 10 more by the end of this ye
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WSJ.com: Nuclear-Plant Analyses Ordered
Signaling that aging nuclear-power plants may face greater scrutiny, U.S. regulators have told utilities to more rigorously analyze metal fatigue at several sites, including two opposed by environmentalists.
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''Unusual event'' at Waterford nuclear power complex -- Water Restrictions, Waterford -- Newsday.com
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NRG's estimate for Texas nuclear reactors still climbing | Dallas Morning News | News for Dallas, Texas | Dallas Business News
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Rutland Herald: Vt. Yankee receives nod for longer license
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3/20/2008 - New Group Opposes TVA Nuclear Construction - Chattanoogan.com
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State OKs new Turkey Point nuclear plants - South Florida Business Journal:
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Va. Power Plant Application Moves Ahead / Federal Regulators Set Dates for Reports on 3rd North Anna Reactor - Business - redOrbit
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Bloomberg.com: Samurai-Sword Maker's Reactor Monopoly May Cool Nuclear Revival
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