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B&W to apply for small modular nuclear reactor funding

02/01/2012 The Babcock & Wilcox Co. (B&W) said that it plans to apply for a...

Gamesa, NREL team up on wind turbine research

01/30/2012 The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NR...

Nuclear power simulator delivered to the Center for Advanced Engineering and Research

01/27/2012 L-3 Mapps said it has delivered a research simulator to the Center for A...

Nuclear reactor license extensions considered in Japan

01/18/2012 The Japanese government is considering a taskforce’s proposal to set a 4...

Mitsubishi: Nuclear reactors in Japan could restart by spring

01/17/2012 The head of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. said he expects idled nucle...

Experts: Earthquakes are tied to natural gas drilling

01/09/2012 Geological experts say earthquakes in Ohio and Oklahoma are directly tie...

Carbon capture research funding awarded to B&W

01/03/2012 The Babcock & Wilcox Co. said its Babcock & Wilcox Power Generat...

Data acquisition and analysis software

01/01/2012 Kistler, a supplier of precision sensors, systems and instrumentation fo...

Fukushima nuclear reactors deemed stable

12/20/2011 The Fukushima Daiichi reactors are in “a state of cold shutdown,” with t...

Dominion fires boiler for first time at Virginia power plant

11/11/2011 Dominion Virginia Power started one of two boilers Nov. 10 at its 585 MW...