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.
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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.
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
Paris (AFP) July 25, 2018 - Energy giant EDF said Wednesday that it had discovered faulty welds at the next-generation EPR nuclear reactor being built in northwestern France, the latest problem to push the project behind schedule and over budget.
Paris, France (SPX) Jul 24, 2018 - Framatome has successfully performed a complete visual inspection of the tube bundle top structure of a steam generator in the Spanish nuclear power plant at Asco Unit 2. Framatome's team used
Le Creusot, France (SPX) Jul 19, 2018 - The Framatome Le Creusot site will provide the main forged components for nuclear new build projects internationally well as parts for replacement components to equip French reactors. Supporte
Wilmington NC (SPX) Jul 19, 2018 - GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) has been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy to lead a team of industry experts for an advanced nuclear technology development project. The project will b
South Ukraine Nuclear Power Plant, Ukraine (AFP) July 19, 2018 - Ukrainian authorities said on Thursday that the first unit of a nuclear power plant was fully loaded with fuel from Westinghouse Electric Co as Kiev seeks to break its dependence on Russian energy supplies.
