Nuclear News Roundup May 02, 2017 Two UK parliamentary committees have published separate reports - one related to research and development, the other concerning Brexit - that both call on the government to take action to ensure the future competitiveness of the country's nuclear industry. World-nuclear-news.org The owners of the VC Summer and Vogtle nuclear new-build projects have announced extensions to interim assessment agreements with Westinghouse. The extensions will allow work to continue at the AP1000 construction site at Summer until 26 June and Vogtle until 12 May. World-nuclear-news.org The Tennessee Valley Authority said they had seen a quick economic benefit with the addition of the Watts Bar 2 nuclear reactor to its generation mix, noting the new reactor had enabled the company to keep costs down while a drought lowered output from its hydroelectric generators. Nuclearstreet.com Dominion Virginia Power (Dominion) said Monday that the carbon footprint for a typical customer would drop by as much as 25 percent over the next eight years, contributing to an carbon emissions drop of 46 percent between 2007 and 2027. Nuclearstreet.com
