Framatome has earned US qualification for its ultrasonic inspection of PWR core barrels, achieving 100% analyst pass rate ...

Companies in a variety of business sectors embrace mobile technology to improve any number of operational processes. Even the relatively conservative nuclear energy industry sees much promise in using ...

The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has for the first time accepted a single dry run inspection of multi-purpose canister (MPC) lid welding representing used fuel loading at multiple nuclear power ...

Engineers in the United States have unveiled a new inspection method that could speed ...

Sheffield Forgemasters has completed weld-assembly of a full-sized small modular reactor nuclear vessel demonstrator assembly using Local Electron-Beam Welding. It said the technique took less than 24 ...

The United States commercial nuclear industry appears to be on the verge of resuming construction of new-build, nuclear power plants. This can be attributed to two primary drivers, increased energy ...

New weld filler materials and fabrication processes are capable of eliminating toughness losses associated with fast-neutron irradiation of reactor pressure vessel (RPV) weldments in new nuclear power ...

PARIS, March 10 (Reuters) - France's nuclear safety watchdog ASN has ordered energy utility EDF (EDF.PA), opens new tab to inspect about 200 pipe weldings across its 56-nuclear reactor fleet after ...

COVERT, MI – A “large number” of steam generator tubes require more analysis or repair after the first major inspection at the shuttered nuclear power plant in Southwest Michigan being considered for ...

One truism of nuclear reactors is that you really don't want to be next to one. Unfortunately, reactor cores need to be inspected and maintained, which means teams of workers going inside the ...