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Rosatom launches PWR fuel fabrication facility

TVEL Fuel Company of Rosatom has launched the new fabrication facility for manufacturing of TVS-K nuclear fuel for PWR reactors at the site of Novosibirsk Chemical Concentrates Plant, one of…


Last Reactor at Oldest French Nuclear Plant Going Offline

The last operating reactor at France’s oldest nuclear power plant is scheduled to shut down June 30, some 43 years after the plant entered commercial operation. The French government, though,…


Plan in Works to Finish Bellefonte Nuclear Plant in Alabama

It’s been 30 years since the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) called a halt to construction of the Bellefonte Nuclear Power Plant in Alabama. Details of a deal to finish the…


GE Hitachi Awarded Outage Services Contract by Exelon Generation

Agreement Includes Services for Two Additional Pressurized Water Reactors  WILMINGTON, North Carolina—April 26, 2017—Exelon Generation, operator of the largest nuclear fleet in the U.S., has awarded an integrated outage contract…


Nuclear Reactor Baffle Bolt Problems Are Widespread Concern

Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG) anticipates extending Salem Nuclear Generating Station’s Unit 1 refueling outage, which began on April 14, so it can inspect, repair, and replace damaged baffle bolts…