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EC approves Framatome-Siemens venture - with conditions
15 December, 2000
Big nuclear generators square up to fight over Vermont Yankee
15 December, 2000
Con Edison gets red warning over Indian Point 2 leak
15 December, 2000
Fast Flux Test Reactor looks set for final shutdown
15 December, 2000
WENRA reports on EU candidates
07 December, 2000
Armed men seize MinAtom plant
07 December, 2000
Report By House panel criticises DOE
07 December, 2000
Entergy buys Indian Point 2, plus unit 1
07 December, 2000
Nuclear reactors at sea
29 November, 2000
Decommissioning nuclear powered submarines and ships should not be regarded as a legacy. It will become more widespread and must be done routinely as part of our way of life. By Gulian Crommelin, retired captain of the Royal Netherlands Navy
The future is changing
29 November, 2000
The Energy Information Administration's "International Energy Outlook 2002" report presents international energy projections through 2020. In the reference case, world nuclear capacity is expected to rise from 350GWe in 2000 to 363GWe in 2010 before falling to 359GWe in 2020.
Managing assets - a global issue
29 November, 2000
Utility executives around the world are choosing different ways to manage their nuclear assets. Some are extending the lifetimes of their current plants, while others are building new reactors.By: Stuart Price
Two steps forward, one step back
29 November, 2000
A review of the main events in the nuclear industry worldwide since June 2001.
Nuclear education and staffing: cause for concern?
29 November, 2000
Staffing is likely to be a concern for nuclear operators very soon, and the industry must take steps to deal with the problem, says a new report from the OECD .
I&C has an international flavour at Paks
29 November, 2000
The new I&C systems at Paks replaced ageing Hungarian and Russian systems, and had to be able to use the data acquisition systems that had been installed over the plant’s lifetime
Full marks for Forsmark’s welds
29 November, 2000
Forsmark had been suffering from regular cracks in the nozzles to the reactor pressure vessel as a result of the use of Inconel 182 as a weld filler material.
STAR performance at Brown’s Ferry
29 November, 2000
At Brown’s Ferry, asking for employee input and making use of experience has helped the plant increase its competitiveness. The result has been increased generation, higher capacity factors, and record refuelling outages.
Broadening the role of reactors
29 November, 2000
Naturally safe, efficient, easy to operate, ultimately simple, and small. These are the objectives of the Nereus project, which plans to examine designs for reactors suitable for the non-utility environment.
Decommissioning UTR-10
29 November, 2000
Duke Engineering and Services (DE&S), describe the decommissioning of the research reactor at Iowa State University.
Maple – a multipurpose reactor
29 November, 2000
Two 10MWt Maple reactors have been built at AECL’s Chalk River Laboratories in Canada. The reactors have been licensed by the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, and will begin commercial operation in 2001.
Generating a nuclear future at PBNC2000
29 November, 2000
Optimism about the future of the industry is growing. At the Pacific Basin Nuclear Conference 2000, the tone was one of looking towards the future. In all areas, the industry is starting to see signs of positive growth and development.
