Framatome’s digital instrumentation and control (I&C) systems at the Doel nuclear power plant in Belgium have passed the final site acceptance test, the company announced on June 11. The news marks the completion of the project to modernize the control and emergency systems of Units 1 and 2, both of which entered commercial operation in 1975.
First complete accident tolerant fuel assembly in operation at Calvert Cliffs
The nuclear industry’s first 100 percent accident tolerant fuel assembly is in operation at Exelon Generation’s Calvert Cliffs plant, the Department of Energy announced yesterday. The...
Framatome completes acquisition of Rolls-Royce I&C business
French nuclear reactor company Framatome has completed its purchase of Rolls-Royce Civil Nuclear Instrumentation and Control. Framatome announced in December 2020 that it had agreed to acquire...
From the pages of Nuclear News: Industry update
Here is a recap of industry happenings over the course of the past month:ADVANCED REACTOR MARKETPLACEUkraine’s Energoatom signs deals for nuclear power exploration and deploymentEnergoatom,...
Framatome signs MOU to advance nuclear technology in Hungary
The Hungarian office of Framatome this week signed a memorandum of understanding with Budapest-based research and economic development company Hunatom and the University of Dunaújváros to...
Bruce-6 gets first of eight new steam generators
The first of eight 160-ton steam generators for Unit 6 at Canada’s Bruce nuclear power plant was installed last week as part of the facility’s major component replacement project....
Group exhorts Belgium to rethink nuclear phaseout
A pronuclear think tank in Belgium has written a letter to the country’s prime minister, Alexander De Croo, urging him to reevaluate the government’s plan to phase out nuclear power...
Taishan-1 taken off line because of fuel rod damage
Unit 1 at the Taishan nuclear power plant in China has been shut down to examine fuel rod damage and conduct maintenance, China General Nuclear Power Group (CGN) reported last Friday....
First major component removed at Bruce-6
Bruce Power has removed the first of eight steam generators from Unit 6 at the Bruce nuclear plant in Ontario, the company announced earlier this week. The work was done as part of the...
EDF: Taishan’s “evolving” fuel failure would merit a shutdown and assessment in France
If Taishan-1 were operating in France, Électricité de France would shut down the reactor in order to assess the situation in progress and stop its development, according to a July 22 press...
Taishan spent three days in the spotlight: What can we learn?
The facts, once known, were uncomplicated. At Taishan-1 in China—the first Framatome EPR to be commissioned—operators detected an increase of fission product gases within the primary...
