Latest Energy News
SFIL Wins GBP80m Loan To Make Nuclear Components
Sheffield Forgemasters International (SFIL) has secured an GBP80m loan from the UK government, enabling it to install a 15,000 tonne forging press to make nuclear components.
Published: 18-Mar-2010
Westinghouse Plans Involvement In New Nuclear Component Facility In UK
Westinghouse Electric has revealed its intention to become a participant in a new manufacturing facility for nuclear components in the UK. The company has said that it plans to make a substantial contribution to the proposed new 15,000 ton press to be built at the Sheffield Forgemasters plant in Sheffield, Yorkshire.
Published: 18-Mar-2010
NRC Team To Inspect Davis-Besse Nuclear Plant
The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has dispatched an inspection team to the Davis-Besse nuclear power plant to review the circumstances surrounding the discovery of crack indications in multiple control rod drive mechanism (CRDM) nozzles, which guide the control rods into the reactor core to shut down the reactor.
Published: 17-Mar-2010
Refueling Outage At Davis-Besse To Include Reactor Head Nozzles Repair Work
FirstEnergy has said that a planned refueling outage underway at the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station in Oak Harbor, Ohio, will include repair work on several control rod nozzles that penetrate the reactor head vessel. The company has secured nuclear contractor Areva to make the repairs.
Published: 15-Mar-2010
Locus, Overhoff To Offer Tritium Monitoring Software For Nuclear Facilities
Locus Technologies (Locus) and Overhoff Technology have partnered to offer a complete Tritium monitoring software for the nuclear industry using Overhoff's Tritium instrumentation and Locus' Cloud Computing software.
Published: 15-Mar-2010
Exelon LaSalle Station Unit 1 Refueling Outage Complete
Exelon has said that operators at its LaSalle County Generating Station have returned Unit 1 to the electrical grid, completing a scheduled maintenance and refueling outage that began on February 8.
Published: 11-Mar-2010
DOE To Grant $40m For Development Of Next Generation Nuclear Plant
The US Department of Energy (DoE) has revealed selections for the award of approximately $40m in total to two teams led by Pittsburgh-based Westinghouse Electric and San Diego-based General Atomics for conceptual design and planning work for the next generation nuclear plant (NGNP).
Published: 09-Mar-2010
GEH, EnergyLab To Help Italy Pursue Safe Nuclear Power Plants
GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) has signed an agreement with EnergyLab Foundation to support Italy’s pursuit of safe nuclear energy to address the nation’s goals for energy security and cleaner energy.
Published: 09-Mar-2010
Centauri Labs To Conduct Radiochemical Analysis For New Jersey Nuclear Power Plants
Centauri Labs, a full service environmental testing laboratory, has bagged a long term contract from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection to conduct radiochemical analysis in and around the state’s nuclear power plants.
Published: 09-Mar-2010
NPCIL Initiates Set Up Of Nuclear Power Plant In Haryana, India
NPCIL has opened its site office at Hisar in Haryana, India, as a first step towards the setting up of 2x700MWe Pressurized Heavy Water Reactors (PHWRs), nuclear power plant in the state.
Published: 08-Mar-2010
