Cadarache, France (SPX) Feb 25, 2020 - Framatome held a ceremonial ribbon-cutting event in Cadarache, France, to mark the opening of its new engineering research and operations center and the expansion of Intercontrole, a Framatome subsi
Fessenheim, France (AFP) Feb 22, 2020 - French state-owned energy giant EDF on Saturday began shutting down the country's oldest nuclear power plant after 43 years in operation.
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 21, 2020 - Framatome is teaming with General Atomics to study the application of silicon carbide for boiling water reactor (BWR) nuclear fuel designs. Advanced nuclear fuel designs using silicon carbide in the
Kinshasa (AFP) Feb 21, 2020 - The Democratic Republic of Congo has authorised the startup of an experimental nuclear reactor that has been mothballed for more than a quarter of a century.
Helsinki, Finland (SPX) Feb 20, 2020 - Finnish digital technologies, mechanical engineering, civil engineering, sensing technologies, material science and nuclear safety know-how are useful as the world's nuclear power plants approach de
Fessenheim, France (AFP) Feb 20, 2020 - France will start closing its oldest atomic power plant on Saturday after 43 years in operation, the first in a series of reactor shutdowns but hardly a signal the country will reduce its reliance on nuclear energy anytime soon.
Helsinki, Finland (SPX) Feb 20, 2020 - Framatome signed a series of service contracts with Finnish utility TVO for the long term operation of the Olkiluoto 3 EPR. These contracts cover nuclear plant outage and maintenance scopes, includi
Abu Dhabi (AFP) Feb 19, 2020 - The United Arab Emirates has started loading fuel rods into the first reactor at its Barakah nuclear plant, operators said Wednesday, two days after regulators gave the green light.
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 18, 2020 - Framatome recently signed a contract to complete the first large-scale digital upgrade to the existing safety- and non-safety-related electromechanical protective relays at a U.S. nuclear power plan
Abu Dhabi (AFP) Feb 17, 2020 - The United Arab Emirates said Monday it has issued an operating licence for a reactor at its Barakah nuclear power plant, the first in the Arab world, hailing it as a new chapter.
Tomsk Oblast, Russia (SPX) Feb 17, 2020 - Researchers at Tomsk Polytechnic University found a method to increase fuel lifetime by 75%. According to the research team, it will significantly increase safety and reduce the operating cost of nu
Wilmington NC (SPX) Feb 04, 2020 - GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) and CEZ, a. s. (CEZ), an integrated electricity conglomerate, have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding through which the comp
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 04, 2020 - Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) awarded Framatome several multimillion-dollar contracts for work across the company's reactor fleet. This includes fuel for the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, fuel hand
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 03, 2020 - The sophistication of autonomous systems currently being developed across various domains and industries has markedly increased in recent years, due in large part to advances in computing, modeling,
Wilmington NC (SPX) Feb 03, 2020 - GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) has officially begun the regulatory licensing process for its BWRX-300 small modular reactor. On December 30, 2019 the company submitted the first licensing top
Newcastle upon Tyne UK (SPX) Jan 30, 2020 - The reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel could become safer and more efficient in future after researchers found a way to modify the structure of molecules to remove radioactive materials. The r
