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Safety Program
Constellation Energy announced
that its R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power
Plant in Ontario, New York has been
recognized for its outstanding safety
program by achieving STAR status under
the Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA) Voluntary
Protection Program (VPP). STAR is
the highest safety designation given by
OSHA and the federal government.
Ginna employees celebrated the
achievement in a ceremony, along with
OSHA officials and local leaders. The
highlight was the presentation of the VPP
STAR flag by Mike Levy, OSHA’s New
York State VPP manager.
Contact: Dave Joslin, telephone:
(585) 771-5221, email: David.Joslin@
Constellation.com.
Development Services
Entergy Nuclear is teaming with
ENERCON to offer distinct nuclear
development services ranging from
existing plant relicensing to full service
new plant deployment.
The new venture will tap the
combined expertise of both nuclear
renaissance leaders, allowing a full
spectrum of customer-focused services
that further the companies leadership in
the nuclear arena.
Together, Entergy Nuclear and
ENERCON will leverage their experience
to offer services from a unique, customerfocused
perspective. Primarily, the team
will provide a full spectrum of services.
Contact: Mike Bowling, telephone:
(601) 368-5655, email: mbowlin@
entergy.com.
Industry
Request for Information
The Canadian Nuclear Safety
Commission (CNSC) has put out a
Request for Information (RFI) seeking
responses from suppliers with Light
Water Reactor (LWR) technology
expertise, in Canada and internationally.
The RFI closes on June 1, 2009 at 2:00
PM Eastern Time.
The CNSC has initiated this RFI
to prepare for the potential license
applications for new nuclear power plants
that are based on light water reactor
technology. The CNSC would need to
increase its LWR expertise to prepare for
and assess such license applications.
Responses to the RFI process will be
used for procurement planning of LWR
expertise. Once the new nuclear power
plants/light water reactor applications are
received, a Request for Proposal process
will be initiated to retain the required
professional services.
Contact: Andree Mongeon,
telephone: (613) 947-3578, email:
andree.mongeon@cnsc-ccsn.qc.ca.
EPA Recertification
Ten years after the start of disposal
operations, the U.S. Department of Energy
(DOE) Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
(WIPP) will demonstrate its continued
compliance with U. S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) regulations for
radioactive waste disposal. DOE submitted
its second Compliance Recertification
Application (CRA) to EPA, initiating a
recertification process required by Congress.
Contact: Roger Nelson, telephone:
(575) 234-7213.
Public Comments
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission
is seeking public comment on
regulatory issues and options for potential
changes to the agency’s radiation
protection regulations, to achieve greater
alignment between the regulations and
the 2007 recommendations of the International
Commission on Radiological
Protection (ICRP).
The NRC believes that the agency’s
current regulations continue to provide
adequate protection of health and safety of
workers, the public and the environment.
The ICRP recommendations, contained
in ICRP Publication 103, propose
measures that go beyond what is needed
to provide adequate protection. In a Staff
Requirements Memorandum dated April
2, 2009 the Commission directed the staff
to engage stakeholders and interested
parties on the benefits and burdens of any
potential regulatory changes based on the
ICRP recommendations.
The staff will use public comments
over the next two to three years to
develop a technical basis for potential
rulemaking, for presentation to the
Commission. The staff will consult with
state regulatory agencies, the Conference
of Radiation Control Program Directors,
the Interagency Steering Committee
on Radiation Standards, other federal
agencies, and other organizations while
developing the technical basis.
The NRC is currently developing a
dedicated Web site for public comments
on this issue. Comments may also
be submitted by e-mail to Regs4RP.
Resource@nrc.gov.
Contact: NRC, telephone: (301) 415-
8200.
Corporation
Merger
Patrick Kron, Chairman & CEO
of Alstom, reorganized the company
by merging into a single entity all the
activities related to power generation,
currently managed by two Sectors, Power
Systems (plants, equipments and retrofit)
and Power Service (after-sales, from
service to renovation and spare parts).
The set-up of a single Power Sector
will improve the commercial performance
of the Group and optimize its engineering
and production means.
Contact: Philippe Kasse, telephone:
33 1 41 49 29 82 33 08, email: philippe.
kasse@chq.alstom.com.
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