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2018 Exceptional Year for Nuclear Power Firsts

September 5, 2019 admin Business, climate change, Environmental, flexible operations, Gas, iaea, iea, International, load-following, Markets, news, Nuclear, nuclear power, nuclear retirements, nuclear subsidies, Technology, world nuclear association

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 05 Sep 2019 13:18:54 +0000

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Last year, five of the world’s 449 operable nuclear reactors reached 50 years of operation for the first time, four first-of-their kind reactor designs were brought online, and while the industry showed capacity factor impacts from load-following, the global nuclear fleet performed at an average capacity factor of about 80%, says a new report from […]

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Flexible Operation of Nuclear Power Plants Ramps Up

March 31, 2019 admin Canada, Columbia, core, Czech Republic, EDF, Environmental, flexibility, foratom, framatome, France, Fuel, GERMANY, iaea, International, licensing, load-following, Markets, modifications, news, NRC, Nuclear, Research and Development, Safety, South korea, u.s., Westinghouse

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0000

A widespread misconception persists that nuclear plants can only function as inflexible baseload sources of power—and it’s hurting prospects for the nuclear sector’s role in the world’s future power

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