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…
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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…
Pistachio plant gives new meaning to green Now you can feel really green about those tasty green pistachio snacks. Paramount Farms in California's agriculture-rich Central Valley, billing itself as the…
NUCLEAR PLANT OVERHAUL Hydro-demolition speeds reactor dome entry Replacements of the steam generators (SGs) of nuclear power plants have become commonplace since the first one was completed 25 years ago.…
SYSTEM RELIABILITY Ready for your NERC close-up? In the U.S., where electricity service is so reliable that it is taken for granted, one catastrophic failure can overshadow decades of flawless performance. Such…
Perhaps the most interesting aspect of the nuclear track at the ELECTRIC POWER 2007 Conference & Exhibition (EP07) in Chicago last month was the attendance. For the most part, its…
Consider these three facts: The U.S. power industry hasn't ordered a nuclear unit in several decades (the last one was completed more than 15 years ago); nuclear unit construction has…
At the Platts Third Annual Nuclear Conference in Washington this February, most of the several hundred participants were extremely enthusiastic about the long-stalled future of U.S. nuclear power. During the…
China to buy four AP1000 reactors In a deal brokered by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), China is ordering four Westinghouse AP1000 nuclear reactors for plants to be constructed…
Assumptions and complacency are two of safety's worst enemies. If the following story hits uncomfortably close to home for you, it will have served its purpose. In January 1993, two…