The United States commercial nuclear industry appears to be on the verge of resuming construction of new-build, nuclear power plants. This can be attributed to two primary drivers, increased energy ...

A $195,000 grant from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, or NRC, will allow Aiken Technical College to design and implement a Nuclear Welding Systems program on campus to meet the critical demand for ...

PARIS (Reuters) – French utility EDF said on Wednesday there was no need to halt any of its nuclear reactors for now following the discovery of problems with weldings in their steam generators last ...

Sheffield Forgemasters has completed weld-assembly of a full-sized small modular reactor nuclear vessel demonstrator assembly using Local Electron-Beam Welding. It said the technique took less than 24 ...

New weld filler materials and fabrication processes are capable of eliminating toughness losses associated with fast-neutron irradiation of reactor pressure vessel (RPV) weldments in new nuclear power ...

Sheffield Forgemasters has completed a full-sized Small Modular Reactor (SMR) nuclear vessel demonstrator assembly, using Local Electron-Beam Welding. According to the UK-based engineering specialists ...

Any plan to build new nuclear power plants can expect to come under extreme scrutiny, usually on two key fronts: cost and safety. With the UK set to spend around £60 billion on a new generation of ...

PARIS, March 10 (Reuters) - France's nuclear safety watchdog ASN has ordered energy utility EDF EDF.PA to inspect about 200 pipe weldings across its 56-nuclear reactor fleet after discovering three ...

The logo of Electricite de France SA (EDF) is pictured at the World Nuclear Exhibition (WNE), the trade fair event for the global nuclear community in Villepinte PARIS (Reuters) - At least five ...

PARIS, Sept 18 (Reuters) - French utility EDF said on Wednesday there was no need to halt any of its nuclear reactors for now following the discovery of problems with weldings in their steam ...