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CP&L's H.B. Robinson Nuclear Plant has completed examinations of the reactor pressure vessel head and found no indications of control rod drive mechanism cracking and no corrosion of the head itself.
22 June 2010 – The construction of French nuclear power plant reactor manufacturer Areva’s Olkiluoto 3 EPR reactor in Finland has reached a symbolic milestone yesterday, with the installation of
from the work on the original containment wall. The final re-tensioning of tendons within the Crystal River Nuclear Plant reactor building was temporarily suspended while engineers investigated information from monitoring equipment at the repair site
final rule to provide alternate requirements for protection against pressurized thermal shock events in nuclear power plant reactor vessels. New data indicates the overall risk of a vessel failure is much lower than previously estimated. Updated
more information on these and other, more-speculative reactor designs as well as links to details of each type plant . Reactor vendors have managed the technology risk by industry consolidation and by seeking international business. As a result
and handling stem thrusts up to 500,000 lbs. It was the first actuator to be tested and approved for nuclear plant reactor containment applications in the United States. Flowserve Corp. Gas Filtration Filter Mott has developed metal fiber
19 December 2005 - Construction has started on the first 1000 MW nuclear power plant reactor to be built in China using domestic expertise and technology. The Ling'ao II project, being constructed in the province of