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USA, Washington: After a sudden shutdown due to transformer fault, Columbia Generating Station near Richland reconnected to the regional power grid last week.

Ukraine, Zaporyzhye: Energoatom, a Ukrainian state enterprise operating all four nuclear power stations in Ukraine, has purchased a $73 million transformer from the Ukraininan transformer manufacturer Zaporozhtransformator (ZTR).

USA, New Mexico: Under an interagency agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has awarded a design-build substation contract at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) to Gardner Zemke Mechanical and Electrical Contractors of Albuquerque.