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WEBRosatom opens industrial robot showcase. Rosatom Service (part of Rosatom’s Electric Power Division) has opened the first demonstration hall of industrial robots of the AIM…. Tracey Honney. News.
Canada agrees funding for Cernavoda expansion
WEBSep 21, 2023 · Canada and Romania have signed a CAD3bn ($2.2bn) export development deal to support construction of two new units at the Cernavoda NPP. Canadian Energy Minister Jonathan Wilkinson said the financing offer for Romania’s national nuclear operator, Nuclearelectrica, to buy supplies or services from Canadian companies. Traceyhonney September 21 ...
Hydrogen production begins at Nine Mile Point
WEBMar 14, 2023 · Hydrogen production begins at Nine Mile Point. US Constellation Energy said hydrogen production has started at a demonstration facility at the Nine Mile Point Nuclear NPP in Oswego, New York. This came after the US Department of Energy (DOE) in 2022 awarded $5.8m for the construction and installation of an electrolyser system at …
Hanford stabilizes final reactor fuel basin - Nuclear Engineering ...
WEBAug 22, 2024 · Workers at the US Hanford Site in Washington state recently finished filling the last large concrete basin at the K Reactor Area with cement-like grout. The basin had stored reactor fuel rods from the plutonium production mission. The K West Reactor and nearby K East Reactor were built in the 1950s and operated through the early 1970s to ...
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WEBRecirculation piping critical to Tarapur’s plant life extension. A first-of-its-kind endeavour to replace the primary recirculation piping at units 1 & 2 of the Tarapur Atomic Power Plant in India stemmed from the discovery of stress corrosion cracking. It aims to revitalise the nation’s first nuclear power facility, which initially began ...
Explosion at Russian enrichment facility - Nuclear Engineering ...
WEBJul 18, 2023 · An accident at the Urals Electrochemical Combine (UECC) at Novouralsk in Russia’s Sverdlovsk Region has left one worker dead, according to the plant’s administration. A cylinder containing depleted uranium tails ruptured after a pressurisation failure at the the UECC uranium enrichment facility (part of …
Chinese components - Nuclear Engineering International
WEBJun 3, 2002 · The Shanghai First Machine Tool Works (SFMTW) has successfully manufactured reactor components for the second phase project at Qinshan. As nearly 90% of the components were domestically produced, it appears that China can now independently manufacture components for PWRs in the 300-1000MWe range. SFMTW is the only reactor component manufacturer ...
AI and automation streamlining nuclear
WEBAug 22, 2024 · According to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which has supported AI’s impending place in nuclear power plants, AI “holds promising potential for advancing nuclear energy production.”. This is especially true with its ability to improve processes and increase efficiency, automation, predictive maintenance, and safety.
Containment shell installed at China’s ACP100 SMR
WEBNov 7, 2023 · The lower section of the 450-tonne containment shell – some 15 metres in height – was installed in February 2022, 46 days ahead of schedule. The following July the 720-tonne upper cylinder of the containment shell was installed. “The key structures are now capped and the main period of internal installation has begun,” CNNC said.