London UK (SPX) May 30, 2018 - The cost of building new nuclear power plants is nearly 20 per cent higher than expected due to delays, a new analysis has found. A new analysis of the history of nuclear power plant projects
Paris, France (SPX) May 29, 2018 - Framatome and the Russian company JSC Rusatom Automated Control Systems (JSC RASU, the integrator of Rosatom in I and C and electrical engineering) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the s
Wilmington NC (SPX) May 25, 2018 - Global Nuclear Fuel (GNF) has announced that it has been awarded a long-term contract by Entergy Nuclear to continue to fuel its boiling water reactors. The new fuel supply contract, valued at more
Wilmington NC (SPX) May 25, 2018 - GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) has announced that Dominion Energy will provide funding to help progress the BWRX-300, a 300 MWe small modular reactor design being developed by GEH. Engaging
Berlin (AFP) May 23, 2018 - The German government approved a draft law Wednesday that paves the way for energy giants RWE and Vattenfall to receive hundreds of millions of euros in compensation for the country's decision to phase out nuclear power.
Washington DC (SPX) May 22, 2018 - Framatome signed a multimillion-dollar contract with Dominion Energy to provide steam generator services to the company's entire nuclear reactor fleet. Scheduled to take place during eight outages f
Washington (AFP) May 21, 2018 - The Supreme Court said Monday it will examine the legality of a ban on exploiting the largest known deposit of uranium in the United States.
Murmansk, Russia (AFP) May 19, 2018 - To meet its growing electricity needs in its drive to develop oil resources in remote Arctic regions, Russia has built a floating nuclear power station, a project that detractors deride as a Chernobyl on ice.
Toronto, Canada (SPX) May 18, 2018 - Canada's Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) has signed or renewed co-operation agreements with counterparts from five countries: Belgium, France, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdo
Cleveland OH (SPX) May 03, 2018 - NASA and the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) have successfully demonstrated a new nuclear reactor power system that could enable long-duration crewed missions
Paris (SPX) Apr 30, 2018 - Framatome will deliver, between 2021 and 2024, 10 reloads of fuel assemblies to the Swedish nuclear power reactors Forsmark 3* and Ringhals 3 and 4*, operated by Vattenfall. The contracts include ad
Argonne IL (SPX) Apr 26, 2018 - Nuclear power plants typically run either at full capacity or not at all. Yet the plants have the technical ability to adjust to the changing demand for power and thus better accommodate sources of
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 20, 2018 - Framatome Inc. received two patent awards over the last year for innovations that solve unique challenges in the nuclear energy industry. The patents address inventions to improve the inspection and
Tehran (AFP) April 19, 2018 - A moderately strong 5.9-magnitude earthquake Thursday hit Iran's southern region of Bushehr, home to the country's only nuclear power plant, without causing casualties or damage, media reported.
Paris, France (SPX) Apr 12, 2018 - The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has approved Framatome's AURORA-B AOO methodology, which will allow plants to analyze a wide range of events required for licensing. Additionally, it will hel
Paris, France (SPX) Apr 11, 2018 - Framatome successfully supported 44 scheduled outages at nuclear energy facilities across North America, including 16 emergent outages in 2017. The maintenance and inspection work, completed by over
