Power Plant Operations & Maintenance

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Plant Operations & Maintenance

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Plant Automation

EDF selects InStep for plant monitoring software

06/13/2013 European energy giant EDF has selected InStep Software to provide p...

Siemens acquires UK-based software company

06/03/2013 Siemens acquired United Kingdom-based software developer Preactor t...

Plant Optimization

Report: SONGS closure to cause jump in California's CO2 emissions

06/17/2013 The closure of the San Onofre nuclear power plant in southern Calif...

Nuclear turbine modifications completed

06/17/2013 Unit 1 at the Susquehanna nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania was r...

Safety & Protection

Sequoyah nuclear power plant has increased oversight

06/05/2013 Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)’s Sequoyah nuclear power plant in ...

NRC increases oversight at TVA's Watts Bar nuclear plant

06/05/2013 The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is increasing oversigh...

Instrumentation & Controls

Dresser-Rand, Honeywell team on power plant control system

06/10/2013 Dresser-Rand reached an agreement with Honeywell to combine Dresser...

Mitsubishi controls used in new Chinese nuclear power plants

05/08/2013

Testing

DOE research to improve natural gas-fired turbines commercialized by Siemens

06/18/2013 An airfoil manufacturing technology promises to improve the perform...

Southern Research Institute names new president and CEO

06/17/2013 Southern Research Institute announced Monday that Arthur Tipton has...

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Pumps & Valves

Improving Temperature Measurement in Power Plants

03/01/2013 Temperature is one of the most widely measured parameters in a powe...

Agreement signed to market nuclear safety pumps globally

02/15/2013 Westinghouse and ClydeUnion Pumps signed a teaming agreement to joi...

O&M Retrofits & Upgrades

Minnesota Power expects hydropower station in partial operation by end of year

06/19/2013 Minnesota Power said it expects to have its largest hydropower stat...

Xcel investing $1.8bn on nuclear power plants

06/18/2013 Xcel Energy is planning $1.8 billion in investments in two nuclear ...