NucNet: Global Nuclear NewsNuclear news, information and emergency communication serviceServices Contract Signed For PBMR Fuel Plant- August 10, 2007 10 Aug (NucNet): Germanys Nukem Technologies today announced that it had signed a contract with South Africas Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (PBMR) company in connection with the fuel plant to be built for the PBMR at Pelindaba, 50 kilometres north-west of Pretoria.http://www.worldnuclear.org/_news_database/rss_detail_features.cfm?objID=4DB4DC9A-C84D-4EE... New Legislation Could Speed Up Yucca Mountain And Help New Build- August 10, 2007 10 Aug (NucNet): A US congressman has unveiled bipartisan legislation to speed up the construction of the Yucca Mountain deep geological repository and renew the countrys commitment to nuclear energy by streamlining the licensing process.http://www.worldnuclear.org/_news_database/rss_detail_features.cfm?objID=0408ADF8-9500-4F6... Tests Continue Into Fuel Assembly Problem At Australias OPAL- August 10, 2007 10 Aug (NucNet): Tests are being carried out to determine the cause of an event in which three fuel assemblies inserted into the core of the OPAL research reactor in Australia were each found to have one of 21 fuel plates partially dislodged.http://www.worldnuclear.org/_news_database/rss_detail_features.cfm?objID=46F7D3B0-3944-4C9... Finnish Utility Disappointed Over New Setback For Olkiluoto-3- August 10, 2007 10 Aug (NucNet): Finnish utility Teollisuuden Voima Oy (TVO) said today it was disappointed to learn that civil construction works at the site of the countrys fifth reactor unit, Olkiluoto-3, will be slower than originally planned.http://www.worldnuclear.org/_news_database/rss_detail_features.cfm?objID=B8795886-0E15-43B... South Korea To Review Seismic Protection Standards For N-Plants- August 9, 2007 9 Aug (NucNet): The results of a review of seismic protection standards at South Koreas nuclear power plants will be used when considering the future design, construction and operation of new units, the countrys government has announced.http://www.worldnuclear.org/_news_database/rss_detail_features.cfm?objID=45846C99-424B-419... First Grid Connection For Romanias Cernavoda-2- August 8, 2007 8 Aug (NucNet): The second unit of Romanias Cernavoda nuclear power plant was synchronised to the national grid for the first time yesterday.http://www.worldnuclear.org/_news_database/rss_detail_features.cfm?objID=AFAADA67-C9D4-42B... |