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Contracts for St Lucie simulator upgrade
Contracts for St Lucie simulator upgrade
St Lucie 48L3-MAPPS will upgrade the full-scope simulator at the St Lucie nuclear power plant in Florida under multiple contracts. It will also supply a new classroom simulator.
Corporate · Wednesday, 28 August 2013
Korean reactor returns in heatwave
Korean reactor returns in heatwave
Permission to restart a South Korean nuclear power reactor which has been in an extended outage may offer limited relief as the country struggles to meet electricity demand during a heatwave.
Regulation & Safety · Tuesday, 13 August 2013
NPPD decides against Cooper uprate
NPPD decides against Cooper uprate
Cooper NPP (Xcel) 48A proposed power uprate of the single-unit Cooper nuclear power plant has been shelved after Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD) concluded that it could not justify the expense of the project.
Corporate · Monday, 12 August 2013
Simulator to aid control room digitalization
Simulator to aid control room digitalization
HSSL virtual control room 48A new virtual control room at the Idaho National Laboratory will help utilities convert old nuclear power plant control rooms running on analogue systems to digital ones.
New Nuclear · Friday, 9 August 2013
Arkansas back in action
Arkansas back in action
Arkansas (Entergy) 77x48The Arkansas Nuclear One power plant is preparing to have both reactor units back in operation, four months after a fatal industrial accident during refurbishment work.
Corporate · Wednesday, 7 August 2013
SCE claim rails against Mitsubishi
SCE claim rails against Mitsubishi
Southern California Edison (SCE) claims that Mitsubishi's failure to repair or replace the defective replacement steam generators it supplied led to the premature closure of the San Onofre nuclear power plant. The utility has started proceedings for claiming damages.
Corporate · Friday, 19 July 2013
Japan readies for restarts
Japan readies for restarts
Power companies in Japan now know the regulations they are required to meet in order to restart nuclear reactors idled as a result of the 2011 Fukushima accident. The first units could potentially come back online before the end of this year.
Regulation & Safety · Wednesday, 19 June 2013
Improved venting ordered at US BWRs
Improved venting ordered at US BWRs
Operators of most of the USA's boiling water reactors (BWRs) must upgrade their emergency venting systems under a revised order from the country's nuclear regulator.
Regulation & Safety · Friday, 7 June 2013
Areva venting systems for Japanese BWRs
Areva venting systems for Japanese BWRs
Japanese boiling water reactor (BWRs) will be fitted with Areva-supplied filtered containment venting systems under an agreement with Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy.
Regulation & Safety · Tuesday, 4 June 2013
Bruce A1 can go full power
Bruce A1 can go full power
The newly refurbished Bruce A1 reactor has been given permission to increase to full power, marking the completion of commissioning and the start of normal operation.
New Nuclear · Wednesday, 29 May 2013
Swedish plants look to 60 years
Swedish plants look to 60 years
Ringhals (Annika Örnborg)_48Vattenfall has announced it is planning to operate its newest nuclear units at Forsmark and Ringhals for up to 60 years thanks to an extensive upgrade program.
Corporate · Thursday, 23 May 2013
New steam generators arrive at Prairie Island
New steam generators arrive at Prairie Island
Prairie Island steam generators 48Areva has delivered two replacement steam generators for use in Xcel Energy's Prairie Island nuclear power plant in Minnesota.
Corporate · Monday, 29 April 2013
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