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Last Updated : 26 July 2010

EPR design: NRC not happy yet
USEPR (Areva)

Areva NP still needs to convince the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) that some aspects of the digital instrumentation and control systems for its EPR reactor design meet the regulator's requirements.

'Unknown' welds went unchecked at Japanese plant
Tsuruga 1 (JAPC)

Japan Atomic Power Co (Japco) reported that it had never inspected a welded part in a pump within the reactor containment vessel of Tsuruga 1 - the country's oldest operating unit - because it was unaware the weld existed.

Indian liability debate returns
The Indian parliamentary committee studying the implications of Nuclear Civil Liability Bill will submit its report to the upper house of the parliament in the monsoon session starting next week.

Undersea robot for Dounreay
Dounreay undersea robot

Efforts to clean up radioactive particles discharged to sea from Dounreay will be bolstered this month by the addition of a large crawler robot.

EdF seeks to bolster decommissioning fund
Electricité de France (EdF) is considering allocating half of its Réseau de Transport d’Electricité (RTE) power grid to a portfolio of assets set up to fund the decommissioning of its nuclear power reactors. Meanwhile, RTE said that the security of France's power supply should be guaranteed until 2013.

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