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Areva develops advanced tool for nuclear reactor inspection
2014-04-17 01:00:00| Power Technology
France-based Areva has designed an innovative new technology, known as Lower Girth Weld Inspection Tool (LGWIT), for nuclear reactor vessel inspections.
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HMS Vanguards nuclear reactor to be refuelled
2014-03-10 01:00:00| Naval Technology
The UK Royal Navy will refuel the nuclear reactor of the first Vanguard-class nuclear-powered submarine, HMS Vanguard, the UK defence secretary Philip Hammond has announced.
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How Small Reactor Fires Could Result in U.S. Nuclear Disasters Worse Than Fukushima
2014-02-18 19:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: No matter the size, a nuclear reactor pool fire is dangerous enough to change millions of lives forever. The Nuclear Information Resource and Service and dozens of other organizations on Tuesday uncovered an unpublished study by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) that suggests that even a small nuclear reactor pool fire could render up to 9,400 square miles uninhabitable, displacing more than 4 million Americans. The study examined spent fuel storage at the Peach Bottom reactor in Pennsylvania...
NuScale Wins Federal Grant for Small Nuclear Reactor Technology
2013-12-23 00:47:28| ENR.com: Headline News
Second phase of DOE program goes to firm in which Fluor is majority investor; a Bechtel-Babcock & Wilcox venture won the first phase
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NuScale receives DOE funding to advance nuclear small modular reactor technology
2013-12-13 01:00:00| Power Technology
NuScale Power has received up to $226m in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to support a new project to design, certify and help commercialize new small modular reactors (SMRs) in the US.
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