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First fuel cladding tubes delivered for Hualong-1 nuclear power plant
Oct 01, 2018 (SPX)
During the delivery ceremony taking place in Songjiang, Shanghai, in which participated numerous guests from Shanghai governments, CNNC, CNEIC, CJNF, Everbright...
Framatome wins I and C modernization contract for EDF's 900 MW reactors
Sep 27, 2018 (SPX)
These works are scheduled to be carried out on 32 reactors. It forms a part of the overall French nuclear reactor modernization program designed in particular t...
Framatome to deliver ATRIUM 11 fuel to Talen Energy's Susquehanna Station
Sep 26, 2018 (SPX)
Framatome has supplied Susquehanna Nuclear with fuel for every reload since 1983 under a series of competitively awarded contracts. To date, Framatome has deliv...
Engie denies plans to sell Belgian nuclear plants
Sep 26, 2018 (AFP)
"There's nothing to this," Chief Executive Isabelle Kocher told reporters during a trip to New York, rejecting claims printed by the weekly French newspaper Le ...
US Nuclear Lab Building Micro-Reactor That Can Power an Army Brigade
Sep 24, 2018 (Sputnik)
Los Alamos National Laboratory has teamed up with power giant Westinghouse to design a safe, portable nuclear power plant the size of a shipping container that ...
Framatome and Entergy sign contract for accident tolerant fuel coated cladding delivery to ANO
Sep 21, 2018 (SPX)
This work also builds on several years of collaboration with its European partners, CEA and EDF in France, as well as Goesgen Nuclear Power Plant in Switzerland...
Nuclear energy may see role wane, UN agency says
Sep 10, 2018 (AFP)
In a new report the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said that the sector would face challenges as "ageing reactors are retired and the industry strugg...
MIT Energy Initiative study reports on the future of nuclear energy
Sep 06, 2018 (SPX)
In "The Future of Nuclear Energy in a Carbon-Constrained World," released by the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI) on Sept. 3, the authors analyze the reasons for t...
Austria to appeal EU court ruling on UK nuclear plant
Sep 05, 2018 (AFP)
The General Court, Europe's second highest, in July confirmed a decision of the European Commission to approve UK government aid for the Hinkley Point C nuclear...
S.Africa drops Zuma's nuclear expansion dreams
Aug 27, 2018 (AFP)
Zuma's nuclear expansion plan was a key battleground for control over South Africa's finances, with his opponents accusing him of seeking a deal that could have...
Experts voice safety concerns about new pebble-bed nuclear reactors
Aug 24, 2018 (SPX)
"There is no reason for any kind of panic, but nuclear technology has risk in any case," says first author Rainer Moormann, a nuclear safety researcher based in...
Framatome supports its customers with a solution to increase plant efficiency
Aug 22, 2018 (SPX)
Nuclear power plants in France, Finland, Sweden and Germany have also been affected by this situation, which is forcing operators to scale back the energy produ...
Extreme makeover: Fukushima nuclear plant tries image overhaul
Aug 03, 2018 (AFP)
At the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, there's a flashy new administrative building, debris has been moved and covered, and officials tout the "light" radioact...
Framatome becomes main distributor of Chesterton valve packing and seals for the nuclear energy industry
Jul 27, 2018 (SPX)
This agreement expands Framatome's valve and actuator machinery solutions, as well as its fluid sealing product lines, further solidifying the company's Nuclear...
EDF sees new delay, cost overruns for nuclear reactor
Jul 25, 2018 (AFP)
Construction of the new reactor at Flamanville began in 2007 and was initially due for completion in 2012. But a string of development problems have tripped up ...
SUSI submarine robot enables successful visual Inspection at Asco Nuclear Power Plant
Jul 24, 2018 (SPX)
Framatome's team used the well-proven underwater inspection submarine system SUSI. This small, remote-controlled submarine navigates the primary circuit as well...
Manufacturing operations are ramping up at Framatome Le Creusot site
Jul 19, 2018 (SPX)
Supported by the implementation of the improvement plan launched over two years ago, the site is now able to execute this workload, with safety and quality bein...
GE Hitachi Selected by U.S. Department of Energy to Lead Advanced Nuclear Technology Development Project
Jul 19, 2018 (SPX)
The project will bring together a team consisting of Exelon Generation, Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy (HGNE), Bechtel and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ...
First Ukraine nuclear reactor loaded 'solely' with non-Russian fuel
Jul 19, 2018 (AFP)
Ukraine's nuclear energy monopoly Energoatom said that a third unit of the South Ukraine Nuclear Power Plant near the town of Yuzhnoukrainsk had become "the fir...
Fukushima nuclear plant operator resumes TV ads
Jul 18, 2018 (AFP)
A retail arm of Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) Holdings said it was placing commercials on television, radio stations, and trains, as competition among energy ...
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