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Hollysys Receives Automation Controls Contract for China’s Fangchenggang Nuclear Power Plant
Source: NewsHollysys Automation Technologies, Ltd. (Hollysys), a provider of automation and control technologies and applications in China, today announced that its nuclear joint venture, China Techenergy Co., Ltd. (CTEC), established with China Guangdong Nuclear Power Holding…
Peach Bottom Unit 3 Completes Transformer Replacement – Back Online
Source: NewsOperators at Exelon Nuclear’s Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station safely returned Unit 3 to service Saturday after a safe and successful maintenance outage. During the five-day outage, workers replaced one of the station’s main power…
Go Nuclear – INL Internship Program Named Among Nation’s Best
Source: NewsPay, job offers, housing allowances, meaningful work. Idaho National Laboratory scored high enough in those areas and others to make a national company's ranking of top internship programs in the United States. This is the…
Nuclear Material from BN-350 Fast Reactor in Kazakhstan Secured By NNSA
Source: NewsLocated on the eastern shore of the Caspian Sea, the BN-350 fast reactor was designed to both generate electric power and to breed plutonium for the former Soviet Union’s nuclear weapons program. “Moving the BN-350…
UEC Launches First New ISR Uranium Mine in U.S. in 5 years
Source: NewsFirst production area comes on-line in South Texas below budget and on schedule Uranium Energy Corp is pleased to announce that the Company has started uranium production using in-situ recovery (ISR) methods at the Palangana…
Georgia Power Names Paul Bowers President and CEO
Source: NewsPresident and CEO Michael D. Garrett today announced his retirement and the Georgia Power Board of Directors elected W. Paul Bowers as his successor, effective Dec. 31. "Paul grew up in the business, he's very…
Labor Relations Site Coordinator Appointed for Plant Vogtle Nuclear Plant Construction Project
Source: NewsThe National Joint Labor-Management Administrative Committee – as established under the auspices of the National Nuclear Power Construction Labor Agreement negotiated by the North American Contractors Association and the Building and Construction Trades Department –…
Nova Installs First HydraNut Tensioning System on RX Vessel at KHNP Yonggwang Nuclear Plant in Korea
Source: NewsCurtiss-Wright Flow Control Company announced today that its business unit, Nova Machine Products, completed the first of two HydraNut Bolt Tensioning System installations on the reactor vessel at Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co, Ltd.'s…
Fluid Components International (FCI) Opens China Subsidiary
Source: NewsFluid Components International (FCI) announces the opening of its Beijing, China, subsidiary, FCI Measurement and Control Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd. FCI is a global manufacturer of gas flow meters, gas and liquid flow switches and…
Exelon to Invest $5 Billion in Clean Energy Projects Such as Nuclear Plant Uprates
Source: NewsWe are committed to a clean and secure energy supply at the lowest cost to the communities and customers we serve and the markets in which we operate," said John W. Rowe, chairman and CEO…
Mitsubishi Electric Wins Additional Order for Digital I&C Systems for Chinese Nuclear Power Plants (CPR1000)
Source: NewsMitsubishi Electric Corporation announced today it has won an additional order for two digital instrumentation and control systems (digital I&C systems) to be used in two 1,000-megawatt (MW) nuclear power plants in Fangchenggang, Guangxi Province,…
Executive Changes Announced at Southern Company
Source: NewsSusan N. Story joined Southern Company in 1982 as a nuclear power plant engineer is named president and CEO of Southern Company Services Southern Company President Thomas A. Fanning today announced two high-level executive moves,…
TechPrecision Corporation Names Ken Stephens to Account Manager of Nuclear Markets
Topics: Industry & BusinessSource: News"Ken recognizes the tremendous growth potential in the markets we serve and is committed to understanding customer requirements, which is a primary reason he has been so successful in his career," said Mr. James Molinaro,…
AREVA’s Sue Coleman Wins ANS’s Mary Jane Oestmann Professional Women’s Achievement
Source: NewsAREVA engineer and Principal Project Manager Sue Coleman received the American Nuclear Society’s (ANS) Mary Jane Oestmann Professional Women’s Achievement Award at the ANS Winter Meeting in Las Vegas on Nov. 9. This award was…
Westinghouse and Curtiss-Wright Flow Control Successfully Complete Testing of World’s Largest Canned Motor RCP for AP1000
Source: NewsWestinghouse Electric Company LLC, working in conjunction with EMD, a business unit of Curtiss-Wright Flow Control Company (CWFC), is on schedule to deliver the world's largest canned motor reactor coolant pumps (RCPs) for use in…
Peach Bottom Enters Outage to Replace Main Power Transformer
Source: NewsOperators at Exelon Nuclear’s Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station safely shutdown the Unit 3 reactor yesterday at 8 a.m. ET to allow workers to replace one of the station’s main power transformers. Station operators, who…
South Carolina Electric & Gas Company Requests Update To Capital Cost Schedule For New Nuclear Plants
Source: News“These are not additional costs related to the project, nor is this a request to raise customer rates,” said SCE&G President Kevin Marsh. SCANA subsidiary South Carolina Electric & Gas Company (SCE&G) today filed a…
Rally Being Held by Locked Out Honeywell Nuclear Workers
Source: NewsThe USW says 230 nuclear workers have been locked out from their jobs for 20 weeks since Jun. 28. Leaders of the Solidarity Ride have asked for a face-to-face meeting with Honeywell CEO Dave Cote…
Westinghouse Engineer Appointed to Leadership Roles in ASME
Source: NewsWestinghouse Electric Company today announced that Kenneth R. Balkey, a consulting engineer in its Engineering Services business segment, has been appointed senior vice president-elect of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Council on Standards…
Consortium Researching Hyperion’s Small Modular Reactors for Ship Propulsion System
Source: News“We are enthusiastic about participating in the historic opportunity presented by this truly groundbreaking consortium," said John R. 'Grizz' Deal, the CEO of Hyperion Power. A consortium of British, American and Greek interests have agreed…