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energiesmedia.com > one-standby-pump-louisiana-boiling-water

At 97 percent power a standby service water pump tripped the instant its own diesel generator started at a Mississippi reactor, where that single trip left the emergency core spray system inoperable

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (742+ words) A plant room under fluorescent light, concrete floor, a pump the size of a small car sitting on a pad. It has not run in weeks. That is the point of it. On a winter evening a crew starts a…...


autonocion.com > us > 615-megawatt-reactor-no-cooling-towers-iowa

A 615-megawatt reactor lost its cooling towers, its transformer and its power lines to a teardown crew, so rebuilding all three to get it on the grid by early 2029 takes up to $1.9 billion in federal money, the biggest check any American restart has drawn

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (648+ words) Sep 13, at 9:30am ET Restarting a dead nuclear plant gets pitched as the cheap way to add power to the grid, and you can see why. The reactor’s already built. The site’s already licensed, and nobody has to spend ten years…...


nab.usace.army.mil > Media > Images > igphoto > 2003995150

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers completes decommissioning and dismantlement of historic SM-1 nuclear power plant

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (56+ words) nab.usace.army.mil Deliver vital engineering solutions, in collaboration with our partners, to secure our Nation, energize our economy, and reduce disaster risk. The official public website of the Baltimore District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. For website corrections, write…...


energiesmedia.com > cobalt-60-production-nuclear-jersey

Westinghouse, Nordion, and PSEG to produce cobalt-60 at New Jersey nuclear plant, ending U.S. reliance on foreign supply

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (698+ words) Westinghouse, Nordion, and PSEG Nuclear signed agreements in January 2026 to produce cobalt-60 at Units 1 and 2 of PSEG’s Salem nuclear power plant in New Jersey. It’s the first commercial-scale effort to manufacture the critical medical isotope domestically using pressurized water reactor…...


autonocion.com > us > ohio-reactor-470-ton-steam-generators

Two heat exchangers 74 feet tall and 470 tons each had to go into an Ohio reactor building with no door big enough for them, so crews cut a hole through the shield building and the steel containment, slid the old pair out and the new pair in, and welded the wall shut behind them

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (291+ words) Sep 10, at 11:00am ET The whole outage ran $600 million. For two heat exchangers. It keeps two batches of water apart while letting heat cross between them. That sounds like a footnote and it’s actually the entire safety argument for the design....


energiesmedia.com > nrc-raven-flint-license-uranium

NRC dockets Raven-Flint Nuclear Corp. license application for uranium conversion pilot plant

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (521+ words) The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has formally docketed a license application from Raven-Flint Nuclear Corp. for a uranium conversion pilot plant. It’s a significant regulatory milestone for the startup, which was previously selected by the Department of Energy for its Nuclear…...


geoexpro.com > drilling-a-well-to-produce-nuclear-energy

Drilling a well to produce nuclear energy

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (229+ words) How a US company brings together technology from the oil and gas and nuclear sectors to build small nuclear reactors one mile below the ground The first time I heard about the company Deep Fission was through a conversation with…...


marketscreener.com > news > deep-fission-installs-and-retrieves-full-scale-prototype-reactor-canister-using-commercial-drilling-ce785bdedc80f02d

Deep Fission Installs And Retrieves Full-Scale Prototype Reactor Canister Using Commercial Drilling Equipment

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (273+ words) marketscreener.com Deep Fission successfully installed and retrieved a full-size prototype reactor canister from a borehole using standard commercial drilling equipment operated by a commercial drilling and rigging crew On Thursday, September 3, 2026, the crew lowered the 20-foot canister to 100 feet…...


en.interfax.com.ua > news > economic > 1201985.html

Energoatom highlights Westinghouse fuel performance for VVER-440 reactors over three years of operation

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (355+ words) KYIV. Sept 10 (Interfax-Ukraine, Energoreforma) – State nuclear operator Energoatom has highlighted the successful operation of VVER-440 reactor units running on Westinghouse Electric Sweden AB fuel since it was first loaded at the Rivne Nuclear Power Plant on Sept 10, 2023. "Three years of…...


nucnet.org > news > kairos-power-completes-hardware-demonstration-at-oak-ridge-to-advance-hermes-2-reactor-9-4-2026

Kairos Power Completes Hardware Demonstration At Oak Ridge To Advance Hermes 2 Reactor

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (102+ words) NucNet Kairos Power Completes Hardware Demonstration At Oak Ridge To Advance Hermes 2 Reactor Company welcomes ‘important step’ towards establishing sustainable maintenance concept Want to know more? - Independent news and information for and about the global nuclear industry - For nuclear incidents,…...