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Framatome delivered ATRIUM 11 reload fuel assemblies to Olkiluoto 1
Mar 05, 2019 (SPX)
ATRIUM 11, the market leader in boiling water reactor fuel assemblies, features unrivalled economic performance, more safety margins and greater flexibility in ...
IEA: Nuclear energy set for risky, significant decline
Mar 01, 2019 (SPX)
"Nuclear energy plays a major role in both energy security and sustainability," said Fatih Birol, executive director of the IEA. "However without appropriate po...
RT2, New Rotation Technology That Will Change Future of Power Generation, Receives Japanese Patent
Mar 01, 2019 (SPX)
Framatome modifies Loviisa nuclear power plant's control rod systems
Feb 28, 2019 (SPX)
The project started in 2016 when Fortum awarded Framatome the contract for the PPS and included the modification of the TELEPERM XS technology, originally deliv...
EU clears RWE takeover of EON electricity generation assets
Feb 26, 2019 (AFP)
The European Commission's competition authorities said the proposed transaction, which will see RWE acquire a 16.67 percent minority share in EON along with the...
Framatome signs first fuel contract with the Palo Verde Generating Station
Feb 22, 2019 (SPX)
This is the first time Framatome will supply full reload quantities of fuel to Palo Verde, a plant originally designed by Combustion Engineering. Palo Verde wil...
Framatome wins major contract to perform maintenance technique at Wolf Creek NPP
Feb 21, 2019 (SPX)
Framatome's ultra-high-pressure (UHP) cavitation peening technique will be implemented at Wolf Creek to strengthen and prepare the reactor vessel closure head (...
Glowing results for nuclear power at France's EDF
Feb 15, 2019 (AFP)
Operating profit climbed by 11 percent to 15.3 billion euros ($17.2 billion), slightly higher than the consensus of analyst forecasts compiled by data firm Fact...
Framatome receives $49 million grant to accelerate enhanced accident tolerant fuel development
Feb 01, 2019 (SPX)
"EATF designs represent the next evolution in technologies that will support today's and tomorrow's nuclear reactors and unlock value in Framatome's products an...
Strategic French civil nuclear industry contract: Framatome is a committed actor of the sector in France and abroad
Feb 01, 2019 (SPX)
The strategic contract is structured around six actions: + Guarantee necessary skills and expertise for an attractive, safe and competitive nuclear sector + Str...
Storage of nuclear waste a 'global crisis': report
Jan 30, 2019 (AFP)
An analysis of waste storage facilities in seven countries with nuclear power revealed that several were near saturation, the anti-nuclear NGO said. All these n...
Framatome companies and Joint Ventures in China are renamed
Jan 29, 2019 (SPX)
FDJV designs, manufactures, assembles and tests reactor coolant pumps for the CPR 1000 and for the Hua Long model. Operational since 2007, ADJV has 170 employee...
Hitachi wants nationalisation of UK nuclear project: report
Jan 24, 2019 (AFP)
"Nationalisation is the only path," Hiroaki Nakanishi was quoted as saying at the World Economic Forum in Davos. But he added that legal changes would be requir...
Britain's AECOM, AWE announce nuclear waste storage partnership
Jan 23, 2019 (UPI)
AECOM leads a consortium of companies operating U.K. Nuclear Waste Management Ltd., the country's low- and intermediate nuclear waste repositories. A statement ...
Japan's Hitachi freezes British nuclear project
Jan 17, 2019 (AFP)
Shelving the project at the Wylfa Newydd plant on Anglesey island off the Welsh coast will cost Hitachi 300 billion yen ($2.8 billion), it said in a statement. ...
Why does nuclear fission produce pear-shaped nuclei?
Dec 27, 2018 (SPX)
It was expected that the deformation of the fragments could play a role. Indeed, the atomic nuclei can have different shapes depending on their internal structu...
Framatome develops mobile technology for non-destructive analysis of radioactive waste containers
Dec 19, 2018 (SPX)
Thanks to the cost and time effective, innovative QUANTOM technology, the various types of elements within the container are detected through neutron activation...
The first new Generation 3 EPR nuclear reactor enters commercial operation
Dec 17, 2018 (SPX)
As designer of the EPR, Framatome, now part of the EDF group, is delighted to witness the commercial start-up of the Taishan 1 project, a milestone that rewards...
Sweden: Framatome completes successful commissioning for upgrade project at Forsmark nuclear power plant
Dec 14, 2018 (SPX)
Under this contract, Framatome has supplied a new neutron flux measuring system, provided the qualification testing and installed the components. The contract a...
China powers up next-generation nuclear plant
Dec 14, 2018 (AFP)
The Taishan 1 project has been under development for many years and is the world's first EPR reactor -- which uses a pressurised water design -- to enter into c...
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