New system to keep fuel pools cool

A stand-alone emergency fuel pool cooling system (EFPCS) developed by Westinghouse would be able to keep used fuel cool in emergencies including the loss of all plant power, the company claims...
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Swiss cabinet goes for nuclear phase out

Nuclear development may be put on hold in Switzerland after a cabinet decision not to allow replacement of existing reactors. If the policy gets through parliament, the last nuclear energy could be generated in the mid-2030s...
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Three Reactors at Japanese Plant Have Melted Fuel, NRC Says

Three reactors at Japan’s stricken power plant have melted fuel rods and it may take longer than nine months to gain control at the site, said William Ostendorff, a member of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission...
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UPDATE 4-EU finalises "stress tests" for nuclear reactors

European nuclear watchdogs have agreed details of new safety checks on the region's 143 reactors and said a group would be set up to deal with the risks of a nuclear crisis arising from a terrorist attack...
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GE Vice Chairman Sees Nuclear Sector Delays After Japan Crisis

The head of General Electric Co.'s (GE) energy business said Wednesday that he is optimistic on the long-term outlook for the nuclear-energy sector despite an obvious slowdown in the wake of the disaster in Japan...
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EU to Decide on Nuclear Stress Tests by June, Oettinger Says

The European Union will probably agree on parameters for stress tests on nuclear power plants by next month, EU Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger said...
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South Texas Project meets safety performance for year

The South Texas Project's nuclear power plant received Nuclear Regulatory Commission safety approval Thursday...
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Bieber 'mans-up' to face radiation

Thousands of Japanese teenagers were this month celebrating the courage of Canadian singer Justin Bieber after he kept dates to perform in Osaka and Tokyo...
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More supercomputer power for US lab

Research into nuclear and energy-related issues at the USA's Idaho National Laboratory (INL) has taken a step forward with the installation of a new 12,512-processor supercomputer...
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Nuclear power can endure Fukushima 'bump in the road': Blix

A former head of the UN nuclear watchdog, Hans Blix, said Wednesday he believed the development of nuclear power would continue despite Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant crisis, which he described as a "bump in the road" for the industry...
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U.S. Was Warned on Vents Before Failure at Japan’s Plant

Five years before the crucial emergency vents at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant were disabled by an accident they were supposed to help handle, engineers at a reactor in Minnesota warned American regulators about that very problem...
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NRC to revise nuclear plant seismic-review model

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission plans to issue updated requirements for seismic reviews of nuclear plants by the end of this year, it said at a Wednesday meeting with industry representatives...
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Russia Intentionally Delayed Iran Reactor: Report

Leaked records indicate Russia secretly moved in 2006 to undermine activities at Iran's unfinished Bushehr nuclear power plant, the Israeli newspaper Yediot Aharonot reported on Thursday...
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Former Officials Call for U.S., Russian Nuclear Transparency

Three former high-level U.S. officials have joined two nonproliferation specialists in calling on Russia and the United States to continue making public details about their respective strategic nuclear arsenals...
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U.S. Nuclear Agency Releases New Strategic Plan for Next Decade

The U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration on Wednesday published a new outline for implementing President Obama's nonproliferation agenda and modernizing the country's nuclear enterprise...
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NEI Report on Japan's Nuclear Reactors

Below is a round-up of noteworthy news that happened this week with regard to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant and the U.S. nuclear industry's response...
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