The nuclear industry consistently reduced its plant outage durations over the past decade to the point where a 30-day refueling outage now is considered the norm. Enhanced outage planning skills…
Nuclear
Nuclear power plant design, licensing, construction, operation and maintenance, refueling, and uprating.
Controlling the power output of a boiling water reactor (BWR)—such as Exelon Nuclear’s Quad Cities Unit 1 or 2 (Figure 1)—requires changing the reactivity of the core by repositioning the…
The January 2007 issue of POWER included an article (“Tow nuclear power I&C out of the ‘digital ditch’ ”) describing instrumentation and control (I&C) upgrade projects at nuclear power plants…
Nuclear power plants measure the dynamic response of their safety-related pressure, level, and flow transmitters for one or more of at least four reasons: To comply with a plant’s technical…
The eyes of Texas—and the rest of the world—are upon NRG Energy after its September application for licenses for two new reactors at South Texas Project (see Global Monitor). The…
NRG applies for first COL This September, NRG Energy Inc. and South Texas Project Nuclear Operating Co. filed the first-ever combined construction and operating license (COL) application with the U.S. Nuclear…
The recent restart of Tennessee Valley Authority's (TVA's) Brown's Ferry Unit 1 following a five-year renovation brings to 104 the number of nuclear plants operating in the U.S. Their 100…
Constellation files partial COL Baltimore-based Constellation Energy Group has dipped its big toe into the nuclear regulatory licensing waters, testing the temperature for a third unit at its 1,165-MW Calvert…
PG&E mounts tidal power project Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E), the city and county of San Francisco, and Golden Gate Energy Co. have agreed to undertake a comprehensive study…