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The safety of nuclear power, as well as the prospects for new plants, has been questioned since the events at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant in Japan begun unfolding on March 11, 2011.
The energy industry is facing a set of challenges in regards to the industry's workforce.
This article presents an example of an ongoing upgrade project at a nuclear power plant site in Finland. As a result of this upgrade project, a major part of the low voltage systems within two nuclear power plant units will be replaced during a period of six years.
Now in its fifth year and co-located with POWER-GEN International, the world's largest power generation event, NUCLEAR POWER International 2011 heads to Las Vegas, Nev., December 13-15 to provide the industry with up-to-date information and products for the nuclear power business.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) responded to the events at Fukushima by sending NRC staff to Japan, monitoring the event in our Operations Center at the agency headquarters in Maryland, sharing evolving information regarding the event with the U.S. nuclear industry and public and focusing our inspections on the plant design and plant procedures that will help ensure U.S. nuclear plants safely ride out a similar event if it occurs in the United States.
Construction of the Sanmen nuclear power plant in China has reached a milestone with the installation of the pressure vessel for the first reactor.
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