by Associated Press Published: August 18,2011
Tags: electricity, energy, nuclear energy, utilities
NORTH ALABAMA — The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission upheld a finding of a serious safety violation that will require increased inspection activities at the Tennessee Valley Authority’s Browns Ferry nuclear plant in North Alabama. The NRC responded Aug. 16 to TVA’s appeal of an earlier NRC finding of a rare red level violation following the [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: August 15,2011
Tags: construction, electricity, energy, nuclear energy, utilities
CLAIBORNE COUNTY — A spokesman for Entergy Nuclear says a pending upgrade for the Grand Gulf Nuclear station will be an economic boost for Claiborne County. Dillon Allen told a Vicksburg civic club that the station normally employs about 350 people. But at its height, the upgrade will see 2,200 or more total workers there. [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: August 10,2011
Tags: electricity, energy, nuclear energy, utilities
NORTH MISSISSIPPI — Standard & Poor’s has downgraded the TVA’s credit rating to “AA+,” but TVA says the downgrade is “not expected to have a material impact.” TVA CFO John Thomas said the utility’s top credit rating otherwise has been reaffirmed by Moody’s Investors Service Inc. Fitch rating service has yet to change its TVA bond [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: August 9,2011
Tags: electricity, energy, nuclear energy, senior management, utilities
NORTH MISSISSIPPI — The Tennessee Valley Authority has delayed the startup of its second reactor at the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant from late 2012 to 2013. The change is included in a TVA statement yesterday that announced the Oct. 1 retirement of TVA Nuclear Generation Development and Construction senior vice president Ashok Bhatnagar. The statement [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: July 28,2011
Tags: electricity, energy, nuclear energy, utilities
NORTH MISSISSIPPI — The Tennessee Valley Authority board’s Aug. 18 agenda will include a staff recommendation to move ahead with building a reactor at the mothballed Bellefonte Nuclear Plant in northeast Alabama. TVA COO Bill McCollum told The Daily Sentinel in Scottsboro, Ala., during a teleconference with reporters that the recommendation will be on the [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: July 26,2011
Tags: courts, electricity, energy, lawsuit, nuclear energy, refueling, state government, utilities
NEW ORLEANS — Yesterday, Entergy Corporation told its employees that the company’s board of directors voted to approve the fabrication of fuel and the refueling of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant in October. This will be the plant’s 29th refueling. While the company has received a 20-year license extension from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: July 6,2011
Tags: electricity, energy, nuclear energy, utilities
MONTPELIER, Vt. — Prosecutors have decided not to charge executives at Entergy Corp. with lying to regulators about the presence of underground piping at its Vermont nuclear power plant, the state’s attorney general said today. Attorney General William Sorrell said a 17-month investigation into testimony that Entergy executives had given to the state Public Service [...] [...]
by For the MBJ Published: June 27,2011
Tags: electricity, energy, environment, federal government, nuclear energy, state government, utilities
JACKSON — Entergy Corporation has notified the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) that the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) has not issued a final decision on the company’s Water Quality Certificate (WQC) application within the required one-year time period. On April 3, 2009, Entergy submitted an application to NYSDEC for an updated [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 9,2011
Tags: electricity, energy, federal government, nuclear energy, utilities
CLAIBORNE COUNTY — Federal safety inspections are at the Grand Gulf Nuclear Power Plant in Claiborne County after the accidental release of radioactive water in late April into the Mississippi River. Lara Uselding, public affairs officer with the NRC Region IV office in Arlington, Texas, said today that the agency has not determined how much [...] [...]
by For the MBJ Published: April 18,2011
Tags: courts, electricity, energy, lawsuit, nuclear energy, state government, utilities
NEW ORLEANS — Entergy Corporation announced that two of its subsidiaries, Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee, LLC (ENVY) and Entergy Nuclear Operations Inc. (ENOI), have filed a complaint in U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont seeking a judgment to prevent the State of Vermont from forcing the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant to cease [...] [...]
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