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Retrofits & Upgrades – Nuclear
Constellation plans $800m upgrades at two nuclear plants
The projects are expected to replace the main turbines at the two facilities with high efficiency units.
Watts Bar Unit 2 is back in service with four new steam generators
The original steam generators were built in the 1970s using a metal alloy that prematurely developed leaks and other problems at other nuclear plants.
Darlington nuclear power plant refurbishment crosses halfway mark
A decade-long project to extend the station’s life by 30 years began in 2016.
GSE to provide optimization services for nuclear power plant
GSE Systems re-signed several agreements worth about $1 million with a nuclear utility customer for plant optimization services.
SNC-Lavalin gets fuel channel inspection contract at Bruce Nuclear
Candu Energy Inc., under SNC-Lavalin Group, was awarded a three-and-a-half year, C$22 million ($17.32 million) contract to perform advanced non-destructive examination (ANDE) and associated maintenance of fuel channels for the CANDU heavy water reactors at Bruce Nuclear Generating Station. The ANDE tooling system performs ultrasonic inspections in a wet, defueled channel. It takes seven to eight hours to process each channel, according
JV signs contract for upgrades at Bruce Nuclear Unit 3
Aecon Group Inc., SNC-Lavalin Group, and United Engineers & Constructors Inc. were awarded a fuel channel and feeder replacement contract for Unit 3 at Bruce Nuclear Generating Station in Ontario, Canada.
Exelon, DOE pitch in on $92M digitalization upgrade at Limerick nuclear station
Exelon Generation will utilize a $50 million federal cost-share award to fully digitalize the control room at its Limerick Generating Station in Pennsylvania. Once completed, the Limerick plant would be the first fully digital safety system upgrade at a U.S. nuclear power facility. Exelon will spend $42 million while the U.S. Department of Energy will kick in the $50 million.
U.S. nuclear plant outages average 3.1 GW, but length of stoppages dropping by nearly 2 weeks
The length of planned U.S. nuclear power plant refueling outages has been cut by more than 10 days over the past 20 years, while the number of unplanned outages has fallen by more than half the time it used to take. The new study released Friday by the federal Energy Information Administration indicated that daily capacity outages at U.S. nuclear
Retrofits & Upgrades – Nuclear
Exelon, DOE pitch in on $92M digitalization upgrade at Limerick nuclear station
Exelon Generation will utilize a $50 million federal cost-share award to fully digitalize the control room at its Limerick Generating Station in Pennsylvania. O…
U.S. nuclear plant outages average 3.1 GW, but length of stoppages dropping by nearly 2 weeks
The length of planned U.S. nuclear power plant refueling outages has been cut by more than 10 days over the past 20 years, while the number of unplanned outages…
NRC will hear Florida utility’s license renewal request for St. Lucie nuclear power units
Florida Power & Light is vying to maintain and operate its St. Lucie nuclear reactor units into the 2050s and 2060s. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission …
Saved by the bill: Exelon now planning $300M in capital works for Illinois nuclear plants
(correction: An earlier version of this story mentioned Ohio nuclear subsidy legislation, but located it in the wrong state. The story has been corrected). Exel…
GE, Ontario utility complete turbine, generator work as part of Darlington nuclear plant overhaul
Ontario Power Generation and its contractors have completed key segments of their work to refurbish Unit 3 of the 3.5-GW Darlington nuclear power plant. Complet…
EDF Energy completes refueling, maintenance outage on 1.2-GW Sizewell B nuclear plant in UK
The Sizewell B nuclear power station in the United Kingdom is generating electricity again after being offline nearly four months for planning refueling and mai…
FPL wants St. Lucie nuclear power units renewed to run through 2050s and 2063
Florida Power & Light is moving early to ask for federal licensing renewal for its two St. Lucie Nuclear Power Plant units 1 and 2. The U.S. Nuclear Regulat…
Ameren Missouri’s 1.19-GW Callaway nuclear plant back in operation after generator rewind
The 1,190-MW Callaway Energy Center in Missouri is back in operation after an outage to rewind the generator on the single-reactor nuclear power plant. Ameren M…
NRC considering Duke request to renew Oconee nuclear reactor licenses into 2050s
Duke Energy has formally asked the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to re-license the 1970s-era Oconee Nuclear Station’s three reactor units into the 2050s….
Framatome, UECI JV replacing steam generators at Bruce Nuclear plant in Ontario
A joint venture between Framatome, United Engineers & Constructors (United) and Aecon will replace steam generators in two units at the Bruce Nuclear Genera…
OPG selects GE Steam Power for $120M turbine, control upgrade at Darlington nuclear plant
Ontario Power Generation has signed up GE Steam Power to play a significant role in the Canadian utility’s massive refurbishment of its 3-GW Darlington Nuclea…
Duke Energy seeks NRC approval for 20-year extension at Oconee Nuclear Station
The utility which owns and operates one of the nation’s first nuclear power plants to gain 20-year license extensions and utilize digital sensors is seeking t…
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