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GE Steam Power has signed a new turbine island maintenance agreement...
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Framatome launches new protective coatings
France’s Framatome has launched “a suite of new protective coatings approved for use in plant applications that reduce maintenance costs and extend the operating life of components...
Electrical discharge machining used on live reactor pipeline system
US-based machining specialist Hydratight has become the first company to use electrical discharge machining (EDM) for maintenance work. The company said it had completed the...
Canada’s Bruce Power increases production of radioactive cobalt
Canada’s Bruce Power NPP on 4 September placed medical-grade High Specific Activity (HSA) Cobalt rods into the unit 8 reactor during a planned maintenance inspection programme. All...
Framatome completes refurbishment of reactor coolant pump motors
Framatome announced on 10 July that it had completed the refurbishment of 31 reactor coolant pump motors for three southeastern nuclear energy facilities in the USA.
Amarinth supplies replacement pump for Sellafield
UK-based Amarinth, which specialises in the design, application and manufacture of centrifugal pumps and associated equipment to the Oil & Gas, petrochemical, chemical, industrial...
South Korean phase out may impact exports
South Korea's Nuclear Safety and Security Commission on 18 June approved the restart of unit 3 at the Shin Kori NPP, which was shut down in January for scheduled maintenance. The...
More cracks found at Hunterston B
New cracks have been identified during a routine inspection in the core of unit 3 at the UK’s Hunterston B advanced gas-cooled reactor (AGR). The unit is now expected to remain...
Sulzer wins pump maintenance contract for UK Heysham NPP
Under a contract for availability, Sulzer is providing maintenance and continued support of the boiler feed pumps at EDF Energy's Heysham 2 NPP, near Morecambe in the UK. The...
Spains Tecnatom to supply valves to Argentina
Nucleoeléctrica Argentina SA (NA-SA), the owner and operator of the Atucha 1 and 2 and Embalse NPPs, on 7 August awarded Spain’s Tecnatom a contract for the supply of valves and spares...
GE to service turbines at Daya Bay
GE’s Power Services business has signed a 12-year agreement with Daya Bay Nuclear Power Operations and Management (DNMC) to provide services to three nuclear power plants in China.
Skoda JS to supply equipment to Armenian NPP
Rusatom Service, part of Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom, has signed a contract with Czech company Skoda JS to supply equipment to the Armenian NPP, which is undergoing...
Bilfinger awarded contract by EDF to modernise NPPs
Germany-based industrial services provider Bilfinger has won a framework contract from Electricité de France (EDF) for the modernisation of 58 French reactor units.
PSEG Nuclear forms partnership with Sargent & Lundy
PSEG Nuclear and design engineering company Sargent & Lundy LLC on 18 April announced they have entered into an alliance agreement for ongoing engineering services for the US Salem...
Repairs planned for damaged components at Russia’s Novovoronezh NPP
The damaged stator turbogenerator at unit 6 of Russia’s Novovoronezh NPP (unit 1 of the Novovoronezh-II NPP) will be sent to the factory for repairs, Novovoronezh NPP Director...
Russia removes copper tubing from unit 3 at Kalinin NPP
Russia’s Kalinin NPP has completed procedures to replace the turbine condenser as part of the large-scale modernisation of equipment at unit 3, the plant said on 5 September. The work...
BWXT Canada awarded steam generator contract for Bruce NPP
BWXT Canada, a subsidiary of BWX Technologies, has been awarded a CDN130m ($100m) steam generator design, manufacturing and delivery contract from Bruce Power for the Bruce-6...
Areva NP uses new maintenance technology
Areva NP has completed the first use of an "innovative new maintenance technique". The company has used cavitation peening on the reactor vessel closure head of unit 2 of Exelon's...
Progress at Russia’s Kursk NPP
Repair and restructuring has been completed on the graphite stack of the RBMK-1000 reactor at unit 1 at Russia’s Kursk NPP, which was reconnected to the grid on 9 April. The unit has...
Russia develops equipment for annealing
Atomenergoremont, a subsidiary of Russian state nuclear corporation owned Rosatom specialising in maintenance work, has completed development of equipment for thermal...
