El Salvador Sets Sights on Joining the ‘Nuclear Power Club’

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2023 16:37:40 +0000

El Salvador is taking steps to add nuclear power to the country’s energy mix, as the nation of about 6.5 million people looks to diversify its electric power generation fleet. In support of that effort, the government of El Salvador and the Thorium Energy Alliance, a Harvard, Illinois–based non-profit advocacy group that endorses thorium-fueled reactors, […]

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Sampling Procedures for Inspection and Sampling Plans for Lot Inspection Using ISO 2859

Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2023 16:27:35 +0000

Sampling is a technique in which samples are drawn at random (without any favor or bias). For this, suitable measures or procedures may be laid down and adopted according to the nature and configuration of parts under inspection for ensuring complete randomness in sample selection. The term sample implies a subset chosen from the population. […]

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Enel and Newcleo Agree to Partner on New Gen-IV Small Modular Reactors

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2023 20:58:39 +0000

The Enel Group and clean nuclear technology company newcleo signed an agreement under which they will work together on Generation IV nuclear technology projects. Under the deal, Enel will collaborate with newcleo by providing “specialized expertise” through the sharing of “a number of the company’s qualified personnel.” newcleo, for its part, will secure an option […]

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Is a Nuclear Reactor Headed to the Heart of Your City?

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2023 17:33:33 +0000

It’s not uncommon for nuclear power plants to be sited relatively close to large metropolitan areas (within 50 miles, for example), after all, that is where the biggest loads are, but reactors are rarely placed near the center of large cities. This is mainly due to the risks associated with a meltdown, or even a […]

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Major Nuclear Players Team on Innovative Construction Delivery Approach for BWRX-300 SMR at Darlington

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2023 16:26:29 +0000

Ontario Power Generation (OPG), GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH), SNC-Lavalin, and Aecon have signed a trailblazing six-year alliance agreement designed to bolster the deployment of a BWRX-300 small modular reactor (SMR) at the Darlington New Nuclear Project (DNNP) in Clarington, Ontario. The contract unveiled on Jan. 27—a year after OPG selected GEH’s BWRX-300 for the […]

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Texas Utility Will Add More Peaking Power

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2023 16:13:53 +0000

The Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) said it will build a new 190-MW peaker power plant in central Texas to provide additional dispatchable power to the state’s electric grid. A peaker plant is one that is typically used only for brief periods during times when the demand for power approaches or surpasses the amount of […]

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Texas Utility Will Add More Peaking Power

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2023 16:13:53 +0000

The Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) said it will build a new 190-MW peaker power plant in central Texas to provide additional dispatchable power to the state’s electric grid. A peaker plant is one that is typically used only for brief periods during times when the demand for power approaches or surpasses the amount of […]

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Distributed Generation in Cuba: Present and Future

Credit to Author: Amaury Perez Sanchez| Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2023 12:10:03 +0000

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Distributed generation stands out in the Cuban power system, where there are hundreds of units dispersed throughout the country. In times of contingency, and as usually happens when a hurricane hits the country, distributed generation ensures the vitality of electrical service through interconnected systems in the form of “islands.” Of the slightly more than 6,000 […]

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What Will a Fusion Power Plant Look Like?

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2023 05:19:00 +0000

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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced on Dec. 13 “the achievement of fusion ignition.” The milestone is a major scientific breakthrough, decades in the making. Fusion, of course, is the process by

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Floating Nuclear Power Buoyant on New Prospects

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2023 05:00:00 +0000

In July 1968, the U.S. Army sent the world’s first floating nuclear power plant, the Sturgis, to the Panama Canal to help overcome a regional hydroelectric power plant shortage, which was driven by a severe

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