Fretting wear in nuclear power plant components is a critical issue that impacts both safety and operational longevity. This wear mechanism, arising from small oscillatory motions between contacting ...

Bechtel‘s plant machinery business has secured a potential $575.1 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract from the U.S. Navy for various naval nuclear propulsion components. The Defense Department said ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The New York Power Authority recently reached the latest milestone for its $1.1 billion Next Gen Niagara project, as the Unit 6 ...

In a strategic move,Areva NP has completed the purchase of forged parts manufacturerSfarsteel. The acquisition follows announcements of orders for heavyforgings for new US nuclear plants and for the ...

Modern power plant systems demand increasingly sophisticated control strategies to ensure safe, efficient and reliable operation amid ever-changing load and environmental conditions. Researchers have ...

Countries are racing to build new reactors. But we've barely figured out how to clean up the old ones — and the bill is potentially staggering.Standing in a 1960s industrial building by the German ...

Utah’s Intermountain Power Project, which generates electricity for communities in six states and as far away as Los Angeles, is getting a refresh that will allow it to continue operating for decades ...