The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is launching a special inspection at Progress Energy’s Harris nuclear power plant in North Carolina after two main steam isolation valves failed in April.

Heat exchangers used in the new British Antarctic Survey (BAS) research station have survived 'years of freezing conditions' in the world's harshest climate to provide much needed heat for the new Halley VI research station.

Exelon Corp. said operators at the two-unit, 2,345 MW Limerick Generating Station removed Unit 1 from service at approximately 8 a.m. April 19 following an electrical malfunction on the non-nuclear side of the plant.

Curtiss-Wright Corp., Westinghouse Electric Co. LLC, and the State Nuclear Power and Technology Corp. of China said they have successfully completed the design, manufacture and qualification of the lead AP1000 reactor coolant pump.

Unit 1 of the Vogtle nuclear power plant was brought back online April 15 after Southern Nuclear plant operators responded to an issue with a water pump and safely took the unit offline the previous day.

It is easy to take valves for granted. They have been used since the days of the Roman Empire and designs are pretty routine, so people tend to assume that a standard valve will do the job.

Westinghouse Electric Co. has awarded Emerson Process Management a contract to provide critical control valves to be used in two AP1000 pressurized water reactors at the 2,430 MW Alvin W. Vogtle Electric Generating Plant in Georgia.

Pentair Inc. and Tyco International Ltd. signed a definitive agreement to combine Tyco's Flow Control business with Pentair in a tax-free, all-stock merger.

New Brunswick Power on March 5 said the refurbishment project team has completed the 760 lower feeder installations at the 635 MW Point Lepreau Generating Station (PLGS), the last major construction activity of the project.

Flowserve Corp is supplying key pumping systems to the 110 MW Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project in Nevada.

In steam boiler applications, pressure relief valves (PRVs) are the silent sentinels – the last line of defense against potentially disastrous overpressure situations.

Fly ash is a general name used for the residual products of combustion that rise with flue gases.

A study to understand the effects of geometry and water supply pressure on the void transport has been performed using RELAP5.

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The China Nuclear Energy Industry Corp. (CNEIC) awarded a $16.2 million contract to Velan SAS, a unit of Velan Inc., for the supply of nuclear-classified gate and globe valves for the two new nuclear power plants of FuQing Units 3 and 4 located in Fujian province, China.

Emerson Process Management has received a purchase order valued at more than $10 million for Fisher control valves to be used in Saudi Electricity Co.’s (SEC) 2,800 MW Rabigh Power Plant No. 2 project.

Power plants—especially coal-fired boilers—pose a set of process control problems unparalleled in other industries.

The Tennessee Valley Authority is now taking steps to correct concerns over safety at its three-unit, 3,440 MW Browns Ferry nuclear power plant in Alabama.

Colfax Fluid Handling signed a contract with Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction Co. Ltd. to provide pumps for the 2,800 MW oil-fired Rabigh Power Plant No. 2 power station Stage 6 Expansion in Saudi Arabia.