Modelling nuclear power stations is essential to reduce costs and streamline development, especially as regulation focuses more on a plant’s performance.
BWX Technologies (BWXT) has announced it is expanding manufacturing capabilities in Ontario as part of what many are calling the Canadian nuclear renaissance.
The Canadian province of Ontario announced in January it would refurbish the country’s oldest operating nuclear power plant, the latest overhaul for the aging nuclear fleet.
Studies into Accident Tolerant Fuels (ATFs) and high burn rate fuels will help safeguard reactors in the case of accidents and lend a significant boost to existing reactor efficiency...
Nuclear power plants for decades relied on analogue systems and human operators, but increasingly sophisticated artificial intelligence applications are helping streamline operations.
An increasing number of aging nuclear power plants are being cleared for long-term operations (LTOs) and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) say solving obsolescence will be key to...
Soon-to-be-closed nuclear plants in California and Ontario, Canada, were granted life extensions recently, in part due to tireless pro-nuclear advocacy by concerned citizens.
Innovations in controlling costs and schedules, and streamlined, globally harmonized regulation are key to developing and deploying next generation nuclear reactors, say industry heads...
