http://www.theenergydaily.com Energy Portal en-us 2010 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:44:52 EDT State regulators filed a protest at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Monday over the Energy Department’s recent decision to scuttle the Yucca Mountain nuclear repository project, calling the move an “incredible waste” of billions of dollars... http://www.theenergydaily.com/nuclear/4092.html Wed, 17 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EDT Eight years after a grave nozzle-cracking and corrosion problem that threatened the plant in 2002, First Energy Corp. announced Monday that it has discovered less-serious cracking in 13 nozzles atop the new lid of its Davis-Besse nuclear reactor in Ohio... http://www.theenergydaily.com/nuclear/4080.html Tue, 16 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EDT Moving to extinguish an issue that is increasingly troublesome for the nuclear industry--and drawing growing attention from regulators—Exelon Generation Corp. announced last week it will pay $1.176 million to settle three civil complaints filed by state... http://www.theenergydaily.com/nuclear/4071.html Mon, 15 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EDT J. Gregory Meyer, formerly head of the Babcock & Wilcox unit that operates the Energy Department’s Pantex plant, last week was named senior vice president of Fluor’s government group and will lead the company’s environmental/nuclear... http://www.theenergydaily.com/nuclear/4074.html Mon, 15 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EDT With the problems at its Vermont Yankee nuclear plant looming ever larger, Entergy Corp.’s plan to spin off six reactors into a new merchant unit appeared to sink further into a bureaucratic morass at the New York State Public Service Commission last... http://www.theenergydaily.com/nuclear/4037.html Tue, 9 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST Energy Secretary Steven Chu Monday announced the department has awarded a total of approximately $40 million to two teams—one led by Westinghouse Electric Co. and the other by General Atomics--for conceptual design and planning work for the so-called... http://www.theenergydaily.com/nuclear/4040.html Tue, 9 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST In surprisingly candid remarks to reporters, Energy Secretary Steven Chu said Thursday that the Obama administration was seeking “quite small” credit subsidy payments from Southern Co. to support a federal loan guarantee for its new reactor... http://www.theenergydaily.com/nuclear/4027.html Fri, 5 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST Arizona legislation to allow utilities to use nuclear and hydro generation to meet a state renewable electricity standard was dropped last week after utilities and solar companies blasted the measure and a Chinese solar manufacturer threatened to cancel plans... http://www.theenergydaily.com/nuclear/3993.html Mon, 1 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST Despite Entergy Corp.’s last-minute efforts to sway Vermonters’ sentiment in favor of keeping the plant open for 20 more years, the Vermont Senate voted 26-4 Wednesday to close the aging Vermont Yankee nuclear plant when its current license... http://www.theenergydaily.com/nuclear/3976.html Thu, 25 Feb 2010 0:00:00 EST Saying it would save more than $1 billion compared to “traditional” decommissioning methods, the Energy Department said Tuesday it was moving ahead with a $297.5 million project to close in place “for centuries” two contaminated... http://www.theenergydaily.com/nuclear/3969.html Wed, 24 Feb 2010 0:00:00 EST