Emerson announced that it has acquired ISE Magtech.

Ventyx, an ABB company, signed multimillion-dollar deals with CDEC-SIC in Chile and UTE in Uruguay.

Capstone Turbine Corp. said it has sold a dual-mode C1000 power package to a Michigan hospital that will operate in a combined heat and power (CHP) application.

Duke Energy on April 5 said power has been restored to the two-unit, 2,258 MW Catawba Nuclear Station and the unusual event emergency classification has been terminated.

Emerson Process Management will install its Ovation expert control system at a new 660 MW, supercritical coal-fired power plant in Indonesia.

GSE Systems Inc. has signed separate contracts with two Chinese nuclear engineering companies to deliver engineering simulation solutions that provide a verification and validation (V&V) platform of instrumentation and control (I&C) systems for new third generation nuclear plants being built in China.

L-3 Mapps has won a contract from Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) to upgrade the Operator Training Simulator (OTS) at the 2,300 MW Diablo Canyon Power Plant (DCPP) near San Luis Obispo County, Calif.

The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) said on March 22 NB Power Nuclear (NBPN) can proceed with reloading fuel in the newly refurbished 635 MW Point Lepreau reactor.

L-3 Mapps said it has delivered a research simulator to the Center for Advanced Engineering and Research (CAER) in Bedford, Va.

Westinghouse Electric Co. has received five orders for 37 of the company’s shield reactor coolant pump (RCP) passive thermal shutdown seal to enhance the safety of U.S. nuclear power plants.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has proposed a $140,000 civil penalty against Entergy Operations Inc. at the 978 MW River Bend Station, for control room operators accessing the internet without authorization and failure by the utility to take timely corrective actions once the issue was identified.

L-3 Mapps said it has been awarded a contract from Entergy Nuclear to upgrade the existing Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station (PNPS) full scope simulator and to equip the plant with an additional classroom simulator.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said electrical breakers installed in a key safety system would not have functioned during certain scenarios at the Duke Energy three-unit, 2,538 MW Oconee nuclear power plant.

Ventyx, a unit of ABB, said that Belgian energy company Electrabel has licensed Ventyx asset health management software to facilitate enhanced equipment reliability at the company's nuclear power plants in Belgium.

Dominion Virginia Power told the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) that multiple inspections have found no significant damage to equipment at the two-unit, 1,800 MW North Anna Power Station resulting from the 5.8 magnitude earthquake on Aug. 23.

Foster Wheeler will use Emerson Process Management’s PlantWeb digital plant architecture to control a 190 MWe biomass boiler at the Polaniec Power Station in Poland.

ABB has signed an agreement with the Ministry of Electricity and Water, Kuwait’s central power and water utility, to provide maintenance services related to the 1158 MW Doha East power station and the Shuwaikh desalination plant.

The Tennessee Valley Authority said September 29 that the company’s 550 MW Lagoon Creek combined cycle plant is up and running.

We hear a lot about the commendable “performance” of the nuclear power industry. But a discussion about its performance cannot be done in a vacuum. Performance is not a static metric. It changes over time, hopefully for the better, in response to multiple factors, including technological advances, ongoing learning, the introduction of new participants and regulatory and market forces. So although the nuclear industry is performing well today, standing still will never sustain high performance, particularly as plants age and as new designs and new players come on-stage.