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GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy announces intent to acquire specialized expertise
Dec 12, 2018 (SPX)
REI Nuclear specializes in performing preliminary design, testing, tooling, project management, technical support, segmentation planning and waste management fo...
Uranium in mine dust could dissolve in human lungs
Dec 06, 2018 (SPX)
Uranium ore is weakly radioactive, which could damage DNA and cause disease. However, the chemical toxicity of uranium may be a greater risk than its radioactiv...
Framatome signs MoU with Bruce Power for safety-related Life-Extension Program updates
Dec 03, 2018 (SPX)
Framatome will design and implement Bruce Power's filtered containment venting systems, a safe technology that helps to control the build-up of excessive pressu...
Bulgaria leader opposed to increased carbon-cutting targets
Nov 29, 2018 (AFP)
Radev, who will head the Bulgarian delegation at the COP24 UN climate talks next week in the Polish city of Katowice, said that measures to limit climate change...
France to close 14 nuclear reactors by 2035: Macron
Nov 27, 2018 (AFP)
The total includes the previously announced shutdown of France's two oldest reactors in Fessenheim, eastern France, which Macron said was now set for summer 202...
Hard choices as Macron charts France's energy future
Nov 27, 2018 (AFP)
The 10-year blueprint comes as Macron is facing fractious "yellow vest" protests by French citizens' angry over a string of yearly fuel tax increases to finance...
Japan faces difficult energy choices
Nov 19, 2018 (SPX)
The company's latest report, 'Japan Power Market Outlook to 2030, Update 2018 - Market Trends, Regulations, and Competitive Landscape', reveals that Japan's pow...
GE Hitachi and PRISM selected for US Dept of Energy's Versatile Test Reactor program
Nov 14, 2018 (SPX)
The project is focused on advancing the reactor design and developing cost estimates for a new fast spectrum neutron irradiation capability. The results of the ...
Global Nuclear Fuel's GENUSA Awarded Long-Term Fuel Supply Contract by TVO
Nov 13, 2018 (SPX)
The new fuel supply contract awarded by TVO to GENUSA following a competitive bid, runs from 2020 through 2038 and includes reloads of GNF2, a high-performance ...
Framatome marks opening of nuclear parts center at expanded solutions complex
Nov 09, 2018 (SPX)
Over the past year, Framatome expanded its Solutions Complex on Mount Athos Road to house the NPC, which was previously located on Old Forest Road in Lynchburg,...
Levitating particles could lift nuclear detective work
Nov 08, 2018 (SPX)
"Our idea relies on trapping a particle using 'optical tweezers,' a technique which is the subject of this year's Nobel prize in Physics," said Alonso Castro of...
Framatome develops and implements high performance repair at Savannah River waste storage site
Nov 08, 2018 (SPX)
"We pride ourselves on efficiently and effectively helping customers overcome complex and technically challenging maintenance operations," said Craig Ranson, se...
Toshiba slashes 7,000 jobs, pulls out of British nuke plant
Nov 08, 2018 (AFP)
Toshiba also expects to scrap or consolidate some factories and reduce its subsidiaries by 25 percent -- announcing the withdrawal from a US-based liquid natura...
Saudi Arabia to build first nuclear research reactor
Nov 05, 2018 (AFP)
The reactor was among seven projects launched by the prince during a visit to Riyadh's King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, the official Saudi Press ...
Russia, Uzbekistan hail $11 bn nuclear plant project during Putin visit
Oct 19, 2018 (AFP)
Russian President Vladimir Putin was paying a first state visit to Uzbek counterpart Shavkat Mirziyoyev since Mirziyoyev replaced the late Islam Karimov, who ru...
Scientists discover new properties of uranium compounds
Oct 16, 2018 (SPX)
The phenomenon of superconductivity was discovered in 1911 by a group of scientists led by Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes. Superconductivity means compl...
US curbs China nuclear exports as Trump warns Americans not 'stupid'
Oct 11, 2018 (AFP)
The US Energy Department said it would make it more difficult to ship nuclear technology to China, one of the few growing markets for new plants as the Asian ec...
At Le Creusot, dimensional inspection of test pieces is going digital
Oct 08, 2018 (SPX)
A test piece is a sample of steel taken from the solid part of a forging or casting and machined to be used for the purposes of a given mechanical test. Before ...
New concept to cool boiling surface may help prevent nuclear power plant accidents
Oct 04, 2018 (SPX)
Boiling is usually associated with heating, however, in many industrial applications associated with extremely hot components, such as nuclear power plants and ...
TVO joins FROG as EPR reactor operator
Oct 02, 2018 (Spx)
The arrival of this new member means that the EPR reactor design is now represented within FROG alongside the other Framatome reactor designs. "Framatome's OEM ...
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