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The Nuclear Power Daily Editorial Team produces Nuclear Power Daily's coverage of nuclear energy. We report on reactors and small modular reactors, the fuel cycle, waste and safety, policy, and fusion research. Articles reflect our team's collective editorial process, source verification, drafting, technical review, and editing, rather than a single writer's work. Nuclear Power Daily takes editorial responsibility for content under this byline. For more on how we work, see our editorial policy.

New concept to cool boiling surface may help prevent nuclear power plant accidents

Manoa HI (SPX) Oct 04, 2018 - A new University of Hawaii at Manoa study has produced a new technique involving heat that could help prevent nuclear power plant accidents. Boiling is usually associated with heating, howev

Oct 4, 2018

TVO joins FROG as EPR reactor operator

Paris, France (Spx) Oct 02, 2018 - On the occasion of the FROG Steering Committee held in Gangneung, South Korea, Framatome brought together nuclear operator members from all around the world to review the past year's activities and

Oct 2, 2018

First fuel cladding tubes delivered for Hualong-1 nuclear power plant

Shanghai, China (SPX) Oct 01, 2018 - On September 20, Framatome and CNNC, through their joint venture CAST, delivered on time and on scheduled, the first batch of fuel cladding tubes for Fuqing nuclear power plant unit 5 Hualong-1.

Oct 1, 2018

Framatome wins I and C modernization contract for EDF’s 900 MW reactors

Paris, France (SPX) Sep 27, 2018 - Framatome will be upgrading the Instrumentation and Control (I and C) system on EDF's 900 MWe reactor fleet in France. Following on from the studies already underway since 2015, the first on-site op

Sep 27, 2018

Engie denies plans to sell Belgian nuclear plants

New York (AFP) Sept 26, 2018 - The head of French energy firm Engie on Wednesday denied reports her company planned to sell Belgian nuclear reactors to France's EDF, calling Belgium a strategic country for Engie.

Sep 26, 2018

Framatome to deliver ATRIUM 11 fuel to Talen Energy’s Susquehanna Station

Berwick PA (SPX) Sep 26, 2018 - Framatome has signed a contract with Talen Energy's Susquehanna Nuclear, LLC, to supply its advanced ATRIUM 11 fuel design. The company will deliver the first of six fuel reloads - consisting of app

Sep 26, 2018

US Nuclear Lab Building Micro-Reactor That Can Power an Army Brigade

Washington DC (Sputnik) Sep 24, 2018 - The US' top nuclear lab is touting a new nuclear micro-reactor than can provide electricity quickly in remote places. While the driving force behind the research is battlefield utility, the technolo

Sep 24, 2018

Framatome and Entergy sign contract for accident tolerant fuel coated cladding delivery to ANO

Paris, France (SPX) Sep 21, 2018 - Framatome signed a contract with Entergy to deliver and insert lead use fuel rods that utilize chromium-coated rods into Unit 1 at Arkansas Nuclear One (ANO). Chromium coating is a feature of the ac

Sep 21, 2018

Nuclear energy may see role wane, UN agency says

Vienna (AFP) Sept 10, 2018 - The UN's nuclear agency on Monday said global capacity for electricity generation through nuclear power may be shrinking over the coming decades.

Sep 10, 2018

MIT Energy Initiative study reports on the future of nuclear energy

Boston MA (SPX) Sep 06, 2018 - How can the world achieve the deep carbon emissions reductions that are necessary to slow or reverse the impacts of climate change? The authors of a new MIT study say that unless nuclear energy is m

Sep 6, 2018

Austria to appeal EU court ruling on UK nuclear plant

Vienna (AFP) Sept 5, 2018 - Austria said Wednesday it would appeal an EU court's dismissal of its case against Europe-approved, British subsidies for a new nuclear power plant in England.

Sep 5, 2018

S.Africa drops Zuma’s nuclear expansion dreams

Johannesburg (AFP) Aug 27, 2018 - South Africa confirmed on Monday it had scrapped plans to build a series of nuclear power stations, burying one of former president Jacob Zuma's most controversial policies.

Aug 27, 2018

Experts voice safety concerns about new pebble-bed nuclear reactors

Washington DC (SPX) Aug 24, 2018 - Researchers advise caution as a commercial-scale nuclear reactor known as HTR-PM prepares to become operational in China. The reactor is a pebble-bed, high-temperature gas-cooled reactor (HTGR), a n

Aug 24, 2018

Framatome supports its customers with a solution to increase plant efficiency

Paris (SPX) Aug 22, 2018 - Over the last weeks, a heat wave has broken temperature records notably in Scandinavia and the British Isles. As a consequence, conventional and nuclear power plants (NPPs) in Europe have been force

Aug 22, 2018

Extreme makeover: Fukushima nuclear plant tries image overhaul

Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, Japan (AFP) Aug 3, 2018 - Call it an extreme makeover: In Japan's Fukushima, officials are attempting what might seem impossible, an image overhaul at the site of the worst nuclear meltdown in decades.

Aug 3, 2018

Framatome becomes main distributor of Chesterton valve packing and seals for the nuclear energy industry

Paris (SPX) Jul 27, 2018 - Framatome recently signed a teaming agreement with AW Chesterton to become the exclusive distributor of its valve packing and mechanical seals to the majority of North America's nuclear energy fleet

Jul 27, 2018