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U.S. firm sheds liability for Canadian nuclear peril - The Globe and Mail - 0 views

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    Nuclear plant supplier GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy shielding finances from the risks of an accident at a Canadian nuclear station One of the world's largest nuclear plant suppliers has ordered its Canadian division to hermetically seal itself off from its U.S. parent, going so far as to forbid engineers at the U.S. wing from having anything to do with Canadian reactors. The move by GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy is spurred by concerns about liability - if an accident at a Canadian plant spreads damage across the border, Americans might be able to sue the parent company. The result is a Canadian company cut off from the technical advances of its parent, a leading player in the industry. The company also won't allow any equipment built or designed by the U.S. parent to be used in Canadian reactors for the same reason.
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    Nuclear plant supplier GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy shielding finances from the risks of an accident at a Canadian nuclear station One of the world's largest nuclear plant suppliers has ordered its Canadian division to hermetically seal itself off from its U.S. parent, going so far as to forbid engineers at the U.S. wing from having anything to do with Canadian reactors. The move by GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy is spurred by concerns about liability - if an accident at a Canadian plant spreads damage across the border, Americans might be able to sue the parent company. The result is a Canadian company cut off from the technical advances of its parent, a leading player in the industry. The company also won't allow any equipment built or designed by the U.S. parent to be used in Canadian reactors for the same reason.
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GE Hitachi advances new nuclear reactor design | Green Business | Reuters - 0 views

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    GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy said on Wednesday it has submitted the revised design documents for its Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactor (ESBWR) to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. GE Hitachi said the submission marks a milestone in the company's effort to move forward with the 1,520-megawatt design which two U.S. utilities have selected to use for two new nuclear plants, some of the first reactors proposed after a three-decade lapse in U.S. nuclear expansion. Two other U.S. utilities dropped the ESBWR design fearing that the time needed to obtain NRC certification would slow their efforts to pursue construction of new reactors.
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Associated Press: NRC raises concern about new reactor design - 0 views

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    The Nuclear Regulatory Commission raised safety concerns Thursday with the design of a proposed next-generation reactor to be built by Westinghouse Electric Co., saying a key part of the reactor may not withstand a tornado, earthquake or even high winds. The NRC staff directed Westinghouse to make changes in the reactor design so that its outer shell, which is supposed to protect the reactor's concrete containment structure, is strengthened. The staff concluded the outer steel and composite structure does not meet the design requirements for safety. The reactor, called the AP1000, is one of three next-generation reactor designs under NRC review. The others are being proposed by Areva Inc., the French nuclear company, and GE Hitachi Corp. But the AP1000 is one of the most popular and has been widely viewed as likely to be the first of the new reactors to be built in the United States. At least seven utilities have selected the reactor design in preliminary applications filed with the NRC, anticipating the potential construction of 14 units.
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    The Nuclear Regulatory Commission raised safety concerns Thursday with the design of a proposed next-generation reactor to be built by Westinghouse Electric Co., saying a key part of the reactor may not withstand a tornado, earthquake or even high winds. The NRC staff directed Westinghouse to make changes in the reactor design so that its outer shell, which is supposed to protect the reactor's concrete containment structure, is strengthened. The staff concluded the outer steel and composite structure does not meet the design requirements for safety. The reactor, called the AP1000, is one of three next-generation reactor designs under NRC review. The others are being proposed by Areva Inc., the French nuclear company, and GE Hitachi Corp. But the AP1000 is one of the most popular and has been widely viewed as likely to be the first of the new reactors to be built in the United States. At least seven utilities have selected the reactor design in preliminary applications filed with the NRC, anticipating the potential construction of 14 units.
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UPDATE: GE Hitachi To Resubmit Reactor Design To UK In 2011 - WSJ.com - 0 views

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    -U.S.-Japanese joint venture GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy expects to resubmit its nuclear reactor design into the U.K. regulatory process in 2011, after it completes the process in the U.S., the company's senior vice president told Dow Jones Newswires on Thursday. Once the reactor design clears the U.K. regulatory process, the company expects to be able to have its first nuclear reactor in operation by 2020, Danny Roderick said. "We believe we could have it licensed in the U.K. before 2014,"
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    -U.S.-Japanese joint venture GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy expects to resubmit its nuclear reactor design into the U.K. regulatory process in 2011, after it completes the process in the U.S., the company's senior vice president told Dow Jones Newswires on Thursday. Once the reactor design clears the U.K. regulatory process, the company expects to be able to have its first nuclear reactor in operation by 2020, Danny Roderick said. "We believe we could have it licensed in the U.K. before 2014,"
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Exelon chooses ABWR design for Texas nuclear plan | Markets | Markets News | Reuters - 0 views

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    Exelon Corp, the nation's largest operator of nuclear plants, has selected an alternate technology from GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GE.N) for a proposed Texas nuclear plant, the company said Thursday. Exelon spokesman Craig Nesbit said the company signed an agreement with Hitachi to develop two 1,350-megawatt Advanced Boiling Water Reactors (ABWR) in Victoria County, Texas.
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Bloomberg.com: GE Asks U.K. to Suspend Approval of Nuclear Reactor - 0 views

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    General Electric Co.'s nuclear venture with Hitachi Ltd. asked the U.K. to temporarily halt the process of assessing the company's latest reactor design and will focus its efforts on getting U.S. approval instead. GE-Hitachi requested the suspension of the assessment of its so-called Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactor and will now focus its resources on a design certification process in the U.S., spokeswoman Elizabeth Kuronen said today by phone from Wilmington, North Carolina.
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Nuclear Project Hits Obstacle As Exelon Balks - WSJ.com - 0 views

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    GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy has a problem with its latest nuclear reactor: getting someone to build it. A decision by Exelon Corp. to drop the next-generation GE Hitachi reactor at the Chicago firm's proposed Texas nuclear project casts a shadow over the design that, so far, exists only on paper and is mired in a difficult certification process at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
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URS gets contract for new Texas nuclear project | Markets | Markets News | Reuters - 0 views

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    URS Corp said on Thursday it had been chosen by Hitachi for an engineering, procurement and construction contract for a new nuclear project in Victoria County, Texas. The project for Exelon Corp (EXC.N), the largest U.S. nuclear plant operator, includes two 1,350-megawatt reactors based on the Advanced Boiling Water Reactor design from GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GE.N) (6501.T). URS Chief Executive Martin Koffel, announcing the deal on a conference call to discuss the company's quarterly results, said he was not in a position to provide further details.
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Hitachi, GE to develop mid-size nuclear reactors | Markets | Markets News | Reuters - 0 views

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    Japan's Hitachi Ltd (6501.T: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) said on Wednesday it will develop mid-size nuclear reactors together with General Electric Co (GE.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) to tap growing demand for smaller nuclear power plants in Southeast Asia and other emerging markets.
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Exelon, GE Hitachi considering producing Co-60 at Clinton reactor - 0 views

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    Exelon and GE Hitachi are considering a joint venture to produce the isotope cobalt-60 at Exelon's Clinton power reactor in Illinois, Exelon spokeswoman Krista Lopykinski said March 19. Co-60 is used in various medical applications and radioactive sources. On March 31, Exelon representatives and NRC staff will hold a meeting to discuss "a potential license application" by Exelon Generation regarding Co-60 production at Clinton, NRC said in a March 18 notice. Lopykinski declined to provide further details.
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Dominion looking at nuclear vendor proposals | Reuters - 0 views

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    Dominion Resources Inc (D.N) expects to decide in the fall whether to continue working with General Electric Co/Hitachi Ltd on a proposed nuclear plant in Virginia, a spokesman said. Dominion opened a competitive process this month to broaden its discussions with potential nuclear vendors, spokesman Richard Zuercher said on Monday. The move to look at competing engineering and construction partners came after Dominion disclosed in January that it was unable to reach agreement with General Electric Co (GE.N)/Hitachi Ltd (6501.T) on terms to build the company's advanced nuclear design, the 1,550 MW Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactor.
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Exelon to propose building two nuclear reactors at new Texas site - 0 views

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    Exelon plans on Wednesday to submit to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission an application for a combined construction permit-operating license for two units at a greenfield site in Victoria County, Texas. The Chicago-based company has selected GE-Hitachi's 1,520-MW reactor design and the units would be designated as Victoria County Station-1 and -2. At least three other COL applications are expected to be filed this month. NRC already has received 11 applications for possibly 18 new reactors.
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Westinghouse to Install Steam Dryer at Monticello Nuclear Plant - Business News - redOrbit - 0 views

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    Westinghouse Electric Company today announced that it has been awarded a contract to design, fabricate and install a new steam dryer for Xcel Energy's Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant, a single-unit GE-designed Boiling Water Reactor (BWR) located 40 miles northwest of St. Paul, Minn. To execute this project, Westinghouse will employ its global BWR engineering workforce at multiple locations, as well as at Toshiba Corporation, Westinghouse's majority owner, in Japan.
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Fredericksburg.com - Dominion reactor deal hits a snag - 0 views

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    In a move that could affect its plans for a third nuclear reactor at North Anna Power Station, Dominion power is exploring options for another design. Dominion has been unable to reach an agreement with GE Hitachi on an engineering, procurement and construction agreement allowing Dominion to move ahead with Unit 3 at its plant on Lake Anna. Dominion nuclear operations spokesman Richard Zuercher said yesterday that time is the issue. "Our timeline to move forward to have a new unit operating at North Anna is between 2016 and 2018, and we have no agreement that gets us to that point," Zuercher said. He said that Dominion will seek out other vendors for an advanced reactor that can be licensed and built under that timeline.
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Does Nuclear Energy Need More Loan Guarantees? » Heritage Foundation - 0 views

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    Electricite de France SA and Constellation Energy Group say they want Exelon to join their UniStar Nuclear Energy development venture. After being ranked in the lower tier for federal loan guarantees, Exelon said it is seeking a reactor design more proven than the GE Hitachi Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactor it initially planned to use in Texas. UniStar plans to use Areva SA's Evolutionary Power Reactors in Maryland and New York." The Energy Policy Act of 2005 establishes loan guarantees for handful of reactors built in the United States. Now, some companies are making their case for unlimited loan guarantees and more subsidies to keep things moving forward.
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Mitsubishi's reactor subsidiary joins Nuclear Energy Institute - 0 views

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    A Mitsubishi company has become the first wholly owned unit of a Japanese company to become a member of the Nuclear Energy Institute, Mitsubishi Nuclear Energy Systems MNES, said Monday. The company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Tokyo-based Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, is one of four reactor vendors that is a member of NEI. Noriyuki Kuwata, MNES executive vice president, said in a statement that the NEI designation "is a very important step for MNES because NEI recognizes our current performances in the US nuclear industry." The other three reactor vendors that belong to NEI are Areva, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy, and Westinghouse Electric.
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