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SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe (PEJ), Poland’s designated entity tasked with developing the country’s first nuclear plant in Pomerania, has signed an engineering services contract with a Westinghouse-Bechtel consortium, allowing site-specific work […] The post Major Engineering Services Contract Launches Poland’s First Nuclear Power Project appeared (..)

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AUGUST 28, 2023

Centrus, a firm poised to demonstrate high-assay, low-enriched uranium (HALEU) production, will partner with microreactor technology developer Oklo on several pioneering steps to build out the HALEU front-end supply chain, […] The post Centrus, Oklo Set Out to Solidify HALEU Fuel Cycle, Trade Advanced Nuclear Power and Fuel appeared first on (..)

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JANUARY 24, 2024

Westinghouse has revealed it is designing a transportable nuclear power plant (TNPP) featuring an eVinci microreactor with Canadian firm Prodigy Clean Energy, aiming to deliver a first project in Canada […] The post Prodigy and Westinghouse Targeting Launch of eVinci Floating Nuclear Plant in Canada by 2030 appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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POWER Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Community Nuclear Power (CNP), the UK’s only independent small modular reactor (SMR) development company, will spearhead a project to build four Westinghouse AP300 small modular reactors (SMRs) in North Teeside, […] The post UK’s First SMR Nuclear Project to Showcase Four Westinghouse AP300 Reactors appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Government officials have reversed the country’s planned phase-out of nuclear power and are now making commitments to deploy domestic reactor technology across the country and abroad.

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MARCH 1, 2024

Many industries rely upon it, but few uses are more important than in the nuclear power sector The post Sustaining Safe Nuclear Energy with Nondestructive Testing appeared first on POWER Magazine. Nondestructive testing is a multidisciplinary profession that blends quality assurance and materials science.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

India has begun commercial operation of its first domestically designed 700-MWe pressurized heavy water reactor (PHWR) at the Kakrapar nuclear power plant in Gujarat, state-owned Nuclear Power Corp.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

On 11th March 2011, a major earthquake followed by a tsunami caused an unprecedented accident in the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan. The UK-Japan Civil Nuclear Research programme is a partnership between UK Research and Innovation and the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT).

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OCTOBER 25, 2023

A variety of industries are looking at nuclear power as a way to reduce their carbon footprint and provide a reliable source of electricity. Technology companies, along with industries such […] The post The POWER Interview: Nuclear Set to Energize, Decarbonize Industry appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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OCTOBER 31, 2023

Southern Nuclear, Southern Company’s nuclear power plant operations business, announced in late September that it had received “first-of-a-kind approval” from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to use advanced fuel—accident tolerant […] The post Advanced Nuclear Fuel with Enrichment Exceeding Historical Limits Approved for Installation at (..)

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POWER Magazine

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Despite its ongoing war with Russia, Ukraine in early November gave state nuclear operator Energoatom the green light to operate Unit 1 of the South Ukraine Nuclear Power Plant for 10 more years. The approval The post Nuclear’s Glimmer Ushers in Spate of Lifetime Extensions appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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OCTOBER 6, 2023

Standard Power, a provider of infrastructure as a service to advanced data processing companies, has chosen NuScale Power’s small modular reactor (SMR) technology to power two facilities it plans to […] The post NuScale Gets a Win with SMRs for Data Centers in Ohio and Pennsylvania appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

North Teeside will host the first Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) in the UK, with facilities to be delivered by a collaboration between US nuclear firm Westinghouse Electric Company and Community Nuclear Power (CNP), based in Cumbria. GW of power, or enough to power up to two million homes.

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POWER Magazine

APRIL 15, 2024

According to the 2022 Global Energy Talent Index, 25% of its current […] The post A Generational Turnover Could Jeopardize the Nuclear Industry’s Recent Momentum appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The Sizewell B nuclear power plant on the Suffolk coast: The facility will provide electricity for the desalination plant at Sizewell C (image credit: Debra O’Connor / Shutterstock.com). Sizewell C is proposing a series of other measures to reduce carbon emissions during and after construction of the power station.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Department of Energy (DOE) announced an investment of […] The post Hydrogen: ‘The Swiss Army Knife of Decarbonization’ appeared first on POWER Magazine. Last October, the U.S.

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MAY 7, 2024

An executive with the TC Energy, a group that is among the largest operators of natural gas pipelines in North America, said electricity demand from energy-intensive data centers will support […] The post Industry Exec: Data Centers Will Drive Demand for Natural Gas appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The Department of Defense (DOD) has moved to develop a second transportable microreactor under Project Pele, granting X-energy a contract option to advance the design of its mobile advanced nuclear […] The post DOD Advances X-Energy Mobile Nuclear Microreactor as Second Project Pele Design appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 9, 2022

The main source of power for some NASA Mars rovers comes from a multipanel solar array. Specifically, they quantified the requirements of a nuclear-powered system against different photovoltaic and even photoelectrochemical devices. tons for nuclear power. The concept is not new. Weighing the options.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

As a carbon-free energy source, it is a great option for power generation in a world trying […] The post The POWER Interview: Making the U.S. Nuclear Industry Great Again appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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JANUARY 10, 2024

A report published by the Pueblo Innovative Energy Solutions Advisory Committee (PIESAC) says the closure of Comanche Unit 3, a coal-fired power plant capable of generating about 800 MW gross, […] The post Study Finds ‘Advanced Nuclear Is the Clear Winner’ to Replace Comanche Coal-Fired Power Plant appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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JANUARY 18, 2024

LLC, a developer of advanced small modular nuclear reactors and fuel technology for clean energy generation, reported on Jan. 17 that it has successfully completed milestones in […] The post SMR Developer X-Energy Completes Canadian Pre-Licensing Milestone, Projects Look Promising appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 11, 2020

Drainage engineers from Lanes Group have used new pipe cleaning technology to solve persistent drain blockage problems at a nuclear power station. They used a new Picote mini cleaner and an electro-mechanical cutter to clear drains in one of the two reactor halls at Heysham power station in Lancashire (pictured, above).

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 16, 2021

Hinkley Point Nuclear Power Station in Somerset, and the proposed construction site of Hinkley Point C, in February 2016 (image credit: jgolby / Shutterstock.com). This technology, developed by Fish Guidance Systems, is presented as best practice and is already installed at a nuclear power station in Belgium.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 13, 2022

Researchers say it can speed up the development of marine energy technologies while helping to reduce costs, The technology will stress-test blades made from composite materials more quickly, and using significantly less energy, than any other facility of its kind, the group behind it says.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 12, 2023

The platform, developed by the data science and engineering team behind industrial AI company Ada Mode, is designed to bring advanced health monitoring technology to asset managers and engineers in the wind energy sector, empowering them to quickly scale up their predictive maintenance strategies without a requirement for hardware installation. “One

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

The outcomes of their research could be used to develop improved methods to handle potentially hazardous waste produced at nuclear power plants. The nuclear industry works with a range of materials which are highly reactive in air and there is a need to process these materials to ensure their safe management, storage and disposal.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 7, 2022

A big problem with the disposal of nuclear and electronic wastes is that the process wastes precious metals such as gold and platinum-group metals, which are key metals in computer chips.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 24, 2023

“The coming decade is decisive for keeping climate change in check, but fusion is still in its infancy, and neither CCS nor new nuclear plants based on current or small modular reactor technology can be built quickly enough.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 11, 2024

Decarbonizing these modes of transport received an apparent boost with a £270 million joint investment in technologies for zero-carbon aircraft and automotive. The success of ramping up nuclear capacity for energy security and net zero rests a great deal on whether we develop at these sites and others.” This brings the fund up to £1.1

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 26, 2021

The role of data and technology. In the quest to become more sustainable, says the report, businesses understand they need new technology and tools to calculate their footprint accurately. Virtual technology is seen by many energy businesses as key to helping the sector transition to a sustainable future.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 15, 2022

But new technologies and new ways of conceptualising the problems are starting to appear, as specialist contractor Soil Science explains. By using new technologies and seeking out innovative companies. The scheme will link six million homes and businesses to low carbon electricity from Hinkley Point C Nuclear power station.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 21, 2021

That’s almost as much as the UK’s entire nuclear power output. This successfully enabled wind, solar and storage batteries across Kent and Sussex to provide market-based reactive power services, being paid to address voltage challenges on the national electricity system.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 7, 2023

TEPCO subcontractors collect sea water samples near the damaged Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in 2013 (image credit: IAEA Imagebank , CC BY-SA 2.0 Based on our collective professional experience in nuclear science and nuclear power, we have reached the same conclusion. Tritium has a half-life of 12.3

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MARCH 14, 2024

The water industry is a prime destination for these components, although they appear in a vast range of process technology and other systems, including power generation, whether it be from oil, gas, biomass, energy-from-waste, or nuclear. In some systems, valves will be called upon to regulate pressure in different places.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Entergy’s Grand Gulf 1—the largest single-unit nuclear power plant in the U.S.—has

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 21, 2022

The Sizewell B nuclear Power on the Suffolk coast, September 2021 (image credit: Debra O’Connor / Shutterstock.com). Recently the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson boldly stated that the government plan is to “build a nuclear reactor every year rather than once every decade”. Additionally, Scotland wants out.

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