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End of the line for France's oldest nuclear plant
Jun 29, 2020 (AFP)
The second and last reactor of the plant at Fessenheim in eastern France -- opened in 1977 and three years over its projected 40-year life span -- went offline ...
France pulls plug on country's oldest nuclear plant
Jun 28, 2020 (AFP)
The Fessenheim plant, opened in 1977 and already three years over its projected 40-year life span, became a target for anti-nuclear campaigners after the catast...
X-energy Teams with NFI to fuel the High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor in Japan
Jun 26, 2020 (SPX)
X-energy will use the TRISO-X fuel facility and the former NFI compact press equipment to form tri-structural isotropic (TRISO) fuel, which seals uranium partic...
Framatome signs memorandum of understanding with Rosatom State Corporation
Jun 19, 2020 (SPX)
Kirill Komarov, first deputy director general of Corporate Development and International Business of Rosatom, and Frederic Lelievre, senior executive vice presi...
South Africa revives idea of new civilian nuclear program
Jun 14, 2020 (AFP)
"Given the long lead-time of building additional new nuclear capacity, upfront planning is necessary for security of energy supply to society into the future," ...
Framatome completes modernization project at Doel nuclear power plant
Jun 12, 2020 (SPX)
As part of the project, Framatome designed, manufactured, tested and installed its TELEPERM XS digital platform, which enhances the plant's safety and supports ...
GE Hitachi awarded long-term outage services contract by TVO
Jun 11, 2020 (SPX)
GEH will provide control rod drive mechanism exchange services for Olkiluoto units 1 and 2 for the remainder of the plant's operating license. The first outage ...
Steel Guard Safety expands product lines for radiation shielding in nuclear power plants
Jun 04, 2020 (SPX)
Steel Guard Safety CEO Gregory Pretsch said, "Some of our Clients in Nuclear Power have been using our Temperature Isolation Barriers and asked if this is somet...
Framatome completes acquisition of BWXT's US commercial nuclear services
Jun 03, 2020 (SPX)
"We continue to expand our portfolio of solutions to reach more of the nuclear energy market with products and services that will sustain this reliable and comp...
Framatome to provide engineering services to EDF in the United Kingdom
May 27, 2020 (SPX)
"Nuclear power stations provide vital, reliable, around-the-clock energy to residents and businesses every day," said Marc Duret, managing director of Framatome...
EDF submits plans for controversial UK nuclear plant
May 27, 2020 (AFP)
The 3.2-gigawatt Sizewell C nuclear project, situated in Suffolk, would generate low-carbon electricity to power six million homes, EDF Energy said in a stateme...
General Atomics integrates nuclear division into Electromagnetics Systems Group
May 26, 2020 (SPX)
"NTM brings an exciting new level of expertise to GA-EMS," stated Scott Forney, president of GA-EMS. "GA has a proud history in the nuclear industry dating back...
US awards two projects utilizing the BWRX-300 Small Modular Reactor Design
May 15, 2020 (SPX)
GE Research and MIT have been awarded grants through the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) Generating Electricit...
Study reveals single-step strategy for recycling used nuclear fuel
May 05, 2020 (SPX)
Now, Texas A and M University engineering researchers have devised a simple, proliferation-resistant approach for separating out different components of nuclear...
Framatome and the Technical University of Munich to develop new fuel for research reactor
May 05, 2020 (SPX)
Framatome and TUM will design and install the fuel manufacturing production line, and develop, produce and irradiate new fuel prototypes. The project will take ...
Are salt deposits a solution for nuclear waste disposal?
Apr 30, 2020 (SPX)
In the United States, scientists are studying several solutions for disposing of these wastes. Phil Stauffer and researchers at Los Alamos National Labs have be...
Framatome awarded to modernize research reactor at Technical University of Munich
Apr 24, 2020 (SPX)
"Working with exceptional organizations like the FRM II to advance research strengthens our capabilities and allows us to better serve our customers," said Fred...
Supercomputers and Archimedes' law enable calculating nanobubble diffusion in nuclear fuel
Apr 22, 2020 (SPX)
Why does nuclear fuel 'age'? During the reactor operation, fission fragments, flying at high speeds through the crystal lattice of the nuclear fuel material, cr...
Framatome signs long-term support contract for Taishan EPR operations
Apr 15, 2020 (SPX)
"This contract marks an important step in our long-lasting collaboration with TNPJVC and illustrates the cooperation between France and China in the nuclear ind...
Framatome to deliver reactor protection system to Kursk Nuclear Power Plant II in Russia
Apr 09, 2020 (SPX)
This contract builds on the 2018 memorandum of understanding Framatome signed with Rusatom Automated Control Systems (RASU), a company of Russia's Rosatom State...
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