Author: Rick Ankrum

Generators Go Forward and Step Backwards

NRC Certifies Amended ABWR Design POWERnews The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on Tuesday certified an amended version of the Advanced Boiling Water Reactor (ABWR), the third-generation reactor design offered separately by GE-Hitachi and Toshiba, which has been chosen for new…

Deregulated Markets Do Not Hurt FirstEnergy Financials

FirstEnergy nearly triples 3Q earnings Columbus Business Journal FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE:FE) nearly tripled its third-quarter earnings compared to a year ago thanks to higher sales margins and the company’s acquisition of Greensburg, Penn.-based Allegheny Energy, the Akron Beacon Journal reports.…