Regulation rss

Regulatory approval for Fessenheim 2 upgrades

Regulation and Safety

30 April 2013

Fessenheim (EDF) 72x48French nuclear regulators have prescribed a program of works to be carried out at Fessenheim 2 to allow France's second-oldest nuclear unit to continue to operate beyond its third ten-yearly inspection.

UK starts ABWR design assessment

New Nuclear

10 April 2013

ABWR (Hitachi) 80x48The generic design assessment for Hitachi-GE's Advanced Boiling Water Reactor (ABWR) has officially begun with the signature of agreements by the company and UK nuclear regulators.

Regulator rejects Calvert Cliffs challenge

New Nuclear

12 March 2013

Unistar's application to build a new reactor in Maryland remains on partial hold after US regulators upheld an earlier ruling that the company's foreign ownership precludes it from obtaining a nuclear licence in the USA.

Jail sentence for falsification

Regulation and Safety

15 April 2013

Browns Ferry (TVA)_48An American court has sentenced a former engineering safety manager to 78 months in prison for falsifying information about injuries at three nuclear power plant sites.

Crisis exercise tests international cooperation

Regulation and Safety

18 March 2013

WANO RCC (WANO)_48A large-scale multinational response exercise has tested out the reactions of organisations and agencies in the Scandinavian-Baltic region to a hypothetical severe accident at Finland's Loviisa nuclear power plant.

Shikoku joins rate hikers

Corporate

22 February 2013

A fifth Japanese nuclear utility has moved to raise its electricity tariffs in order to accommodate the cost of soaring liquid natural gas imports. Shikoku Electric Power company intends to increase household rates by 11% and commercial rates by 17.5%