Nuclear

Nuclear power plant design, licensing, construction, operation and maintenance, refueling, and uprating.

Global Monitor (May 2006)
Global Monitor (May 2006)

Nuclear hot streak continues U.S. nuclear power plants kept operating at high levels of safety and efficiency in 2005, according to performance indicators compiled by the World Association of Nuclear…



Monster moisture separators
Monster moisture separators

Thermal Engineering International (TEI) (USA) Inc. (Santa Fe Springs, Calif.)—a subsidiary of Babcock Power Inc. (Danvers, Mass.)—recently shipped two of the largest pressure vessels in the company's 90-year history. The…


Russia says "da" to floating nukes

The Russian Federation plans to start building a floating nuclear power plant this year. According to the country's atomic energy agency (Rosatom), the first plant will be small (3 MW)…


Cold fission?

The remote town of Galena, Alaska, which pays three times as much for electricity as the national average, is seriously considering a very unusual way to generate as much electricity…