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The world’s leading civilian nuclear power plant vendors announced Sept. 15 a common set of principles they said reflect global best practices for the export of nuclear power plants, including export to countries with an emerging interest in developing civilian nuclear energy.
As a result of renewed interest in nuclear power worldwide along with an increasingly global supply chain for nuclear power generation, compliance with U.S. and non-U.S. export control laws is a critical issue for the nuclear industry. Driven by growing concerns regarding the proliferation of ...
A single, easily identifiable, body responsible for regulating the civil nuclear energy sector has been proposed by the UK Government.
Pre-commissioning works, carried out with Russia's technical assistance, have reached their finishing stage at the first power unit of the Tianwan Atomic Energy Plant near the Chinese city of Lianyungang, the head of the Federal Atomic Energy Agency of the Russian Federation Aleksandr Rumyantsev ...
Nuclear power plants in the United States generated a record amount of electricity in 2007 while operating at record capacity factors, according to preliminary data from the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI).
For years, scientists, government officials and energy groups have defended nuclear energy as a safe, reliable way to keep the lights on. They have flooded the public with information explaining why a Chernobyl-like meltdown could not happen in U.S. plants. Has all of the hard work paid off?
Invensys Production Management, a specialist in resource productivity, has formed an alliance with INVAP, S.E. of Argentina, a supplier of turn-key nuclear research reactors.
… agreement to collaborate in providing integrated services and life-cycle management of critical components to the nuclear power industry . Under the terms of the agreement, Enertech will focus its efforts on sales and marketing for Chalmers & Kubeck …
… station was built at Windscale in 1956 and around 17% of Britain'selectricity comes from nuclear energy. The nuclear power industry employs some 44,000people. But it has remained a controversial and divisive energy source. And the potentially …
… Associate Editor Spring 2011 was busy for those working in the refueling and maintenance outage sector of the nuclear power industry . In total, the industry scheduled 44 unit refueling outages for Spring 2011, compared to 22 in Fall 2010 …
