water
-
Nuclear
Improved Resin Material Boosts Capture of Cobalt at Nuclear Plants
The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) has teamed with Purolite Corp. to begin the commercial manufacture of a new resin for removing radioactive elements from the internal water streams of nuclear power plants. The resin, called CoSeq, increases the amount and efficiency of cobalt (Co) removal compared to conventional resins. In-plant demonstrations have shown that […]
-
NuclearEntergy: State-Proposed Forced Nuclear Outages at Indian Point are Unnecessary
Forced outages at Entergy’s two Indian Point nuclear units proposed by the New York Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) to protect fish are “unnecessary” and a “terrible idea,” a company official testified at a public hearing on Tuesday. The DEC has proposed Entergy shutter the two units for at least 42 outage days every summer […]
-
WaterPower Sector Link to Water Is Deep, Complex
The interlinkages between water and energy are complex and run deep, warns a United Nations (UN) World Water Development water and energy–themed report released this March. As global water demand (in terms
-
WaterWhy Your Power Plant Needs a Water Management Plan
Recent articles in POWER and elsewhere have noted that all types of generating technologies are more frequently feeling the pain of constrained water supplies. The limitations can come from increased