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• Shaw Looks To Uprates To Create $25 Billion Market In The U.S.

  Exelon and Entergy have announced plans to uprate some of their reactors. Shaw already provides fleet-wide maintenance services to these companies - By Stephen Heiser - During a presentation of Shaw financials, Shaw's chairman Jim Bernhard said that 37 reactors out of the USA's total of 104 had already completed or were in the process of implementing power uprates. According to Bernhard, Shaw had participated in more than half of these uprates, helping to add over 3000 MWe to the grid - about the equivalent of three new reactors. ... Posted Jan 11 2010, 08:50 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: NRC, Entergy, Exelon, maintenance, Shaw, uprate, reactor, plants, Shaw Group, nuclear, quad cities, Dresden, Peach Bottom, market, grand gulf, jim bernhard, LaSalle, limerick

• NRC Monitoring Company’s Response To Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant Contamination

  The levels of contamination were low and do not pose a health or safety concern. No radioactivity left the site as a result of the event and there was no threat to public health and safety - By Stephen Heiser - The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is continuing to monitor Exelon’s actions in response... Posted Nov 25 2009, 08:51 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: NRC, Exelon, maintenance, Safety, TMI, three mile island, alarm, millirem, repairs, workers

• STP Unit 1 Now Back Online After Refueling Outage

  Several major plant components were replaced during the outage, including the reactor vessel head, a main transformer, and expansion bellows - By Stephen Heiser - Unit 1 at the South Texas Project nuclear power facility has been refueled and is back online. STP Unit 1 returned to full power operation... Posted Nov 25 2009, 08:42 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: maintenance, refueling, outage, components, South Texas Project, STP, unit, reactor vessel head, replaced, condenser, main transformer, expansion bellows

• TMI Safe: Normal Outage Work At Three Mile Island Resumes

  Event cause traced to airflow change inside containment building - Edited by Randy Brich - Outage workers at Three Mile Island Unit 1 who were sent home Saturday evening returned to work Sunday and today and normal outage work has resumed. About 150 workers stationed in the containment building of TMI... Posted Nov 24 2009, 08:55 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: NRC, Exelon, maintenance, Safety, TMI, three mile island, alarm, millirem, repairs, workers

• AEP Awards Alstom Power Contracts Worth Over USD 100 Million (€70 Million)

  Contracts Will Add Power and Reliability to Its DC Cook 1 and Conesville 4 Power Plants in the U.S. - By Stephen Heiser - American Electric Power (AEP) will purchase steam turbines from Alstom Power for its DC Cook 1 nuclear power plant in Michigan and its Conesville 4 coal-fired generating unit in Ohio... Posted Nov 18 2009, 08:55 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: AEP, maintenance, contract, Alstom, ENERGY, nuclear, power, performance, replacement, american electric power, turbine, dc cook

• Bruce Power's Unit 6 Back In Service

  The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) requires all CANDU operators to conduct a thorough examination of the structure every 12 years - By April Murelio - Unit 6 at the Bruce B generating station has returned to service following a brief outage that allowed workers to perform maintenance on the... Posted Nov 17 2009, 08:06 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: maintenance, outage, Bruce Power, ENERGY, nuclear, power, service, Bruce B, returned, unit 6

• Exelon's Peach Bottom Unit 3 Returns To Service Following Planned Refueling And Maintenance Outage

  During this outage, workers replaced about one-third of the uranium fuel and completed a large number of equipment maintenance tasks - By Stephen Heiser - Exelon Nuclear’s Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station Unit 3 resumed generating electricity on Oct. 13 at 1:16 a.m. ET for Pennsylvania and Maryland... Posted Oct 14 2009, 08:55 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: uranium, Exelon, maintenance, Safety, refueling, outage, fuel, Maryland, Peach Bottom, reliability, pennsylvania, planned

• Under The Hood With Duncan Williams - Westinghouse Boiling Reactor Fuel Rods are Less Susceptible to Hydrogen Embrittlement

  Westinghouse Boiling Reactor Fuel Rods are Less Susceptible to Hydrogen Embrittlement - By Duncan Williams - Many technological advances are currently taking place that make nuclear reactors safer than ever before. One such technological advance is U.S. Patent No. 7,570,728, titled “Nuclear Fuel... Posted Oct 07 2009, 08:57 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: Westinghouse, uranium, pressurized water reactor, boiling water reactor, Sweden, maintenance, Safety, Hydrogen, fuel, PWR, BWR, fuel rods, core, Under The Hood With Duncan Williams, patent, pu239, u235, u238, embrittlement

• TechPrecision Corporation Enjoys Renewed Growth In Nuclear Business

  Company recently shipped $1.1 million of precision components to be used in the retrofit of an operating domestic nuclear power plant - By Linton Levy - TechPrecision Corporation, a leading manufacturer of large-scale, high-precision machined metal fabrications with customers in the alternative energy... Posted Oct 06 2009, 08:40 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: maintenance, repair, reactor, ENERGY, nuclear, power, Next Generation Nuclear Plant, ngnp, TechPrecision, replacement, metal fabrications

• Flowserve Gets Customer Service Leadership Award

  Pump Division Honored by Frost & Sullivan for Second Time in 2009 - By Stephen Heiser - Flowserve Corporation, a leading provider of flow control products and services for the global infrastructure markets, has been honored by Frost & Sullivan with its 2009 European Pump Services Customer Service... Posted Oct 06 2009, 08:08 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: maintenance, repair, Flowserve, Frost & Sullivan, Awards, ENERGY, nuclear, power, installation, flow control, customer service

• AREVA And Progress Energy Ink Nuclear Alliance

  AREVA will provide refuelling and outage services, replace and repair plant equipment and provide engineering and maintenance support - By Stephen Heiser - AREVA has announced that it has signed a five-year alliance with Progress Energy to become its comprehensive supplier of services and products for... Posted Sep 25 2009, 08:55 AM by steveheiser with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Engineering, AREVA, maintenance, refueling, outage, repair, Progress Energy, components, ENERGY, nuclear, power, service, supplies, replace, equipment, progress

• GE Announces First Phased Array Corrosion Inspection Solution

  Phasor CV/DM provides extensive inspection coverage with every scan, and even the smallest corrosion pit can be identified, measured and evaluated - By Stephen Heiser - The new Phasor CV/DM from GE Sensing & Inspection Technologies is the first phased array inspection device for corrosion spot identification... Posted Sep 23 2009, 08:55 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: GE, maintenance, inspection, corrosion, phased array, scan, phasor

• Shaw Gets Nuclear Power Maintenance Contract From AmerenUE

  Shaw will provide routine maintenance/modifications, refueling maintenance/modifications and capital construction services - By Stephen Heiser - The Shaw Group Inc. has announced that it has been awarded a new six-year contract with AmerenUE, a subsidiary of St. Louis-based Ameren Corporation, to provide... Posted Sep 18 2009, 08:55 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: maintenance, AmerenUE, Shaw, construction, contract, Shaw Group, ENERGY, nuclear, power, modifications

• Entergy Nuclear Expects To Save As Much As $1 Million Per Day With Dassault Systemes PLM

  3D Modeling and Simulation for Nuclear Plant Maintenance - By Stephen Heiser - Dassault Systèmes (DS), a leader in 3D and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, has announced that Entergy Corp., the second largest nuclear power operator in the U.S. managing 10 commercial sites with a total... Posted Sep 17 2009, 08:28 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: Entergy, maintenance, simulator, economics, ENERGY, nuclear, power, waterford 3, modeling, Dassault Systèmes, Product Lifecycle Management, 3D, plm

• Mitsubishi Gets Instrumentation And Control Systems Order For Chinese Nuclear Plants

  Mitsubishi Electric Wins Order to Manufacture Digital Instrumentation and Control Systems for Nuclear Power Plants in Guangdong Province, China - By Stephen Heiser - Mitsubishi Electric Corporation and consortium partner China Techenergy Corporation Ltd. (CTEC) jointly won an order for digital instrumentation... Posted Sep 15 2009, 08:55 AM by steveheiser with | with no comments Filed under: China, Japan, maintenance, controls, ENERGY, nuclear, power, Mitsubishi, CTEC, guangdong, instrumentation, China Techenergy Corporation