The third and final steam generator has been put in place at unit 5 of the Hongyanhe nuclear power plant in China's Liaoning province. The ACPR-1000 reactor is scheduled to begin operating in late ...

Experience gained by a project team during a steam blowing operation for a combined cycle power project in Indonesia is described in this article. A specific challenge faced by the commissioning team ...

As the Davis-Besse nuclear power plant prepares to begin work to replace its steam generators, the plant's operator is highlighting the benefits to the local economy from the operation. As the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mar. 4—America's newest commercial nuclear reactor will be getting four replacement steam generators this spring during the ...

As previously reported in Power Engineering and other sources (but where regular reminders are extremely important), the phenomenon of flow-accelerated corrosion (FAC) has for years been a serious ...

Proposals for new power plants include sections that cover water treatment and steam-generation chemical treatments. Despite the extensive research and reporting that have been conducted by such ...

When alloy tubing in one of the new steam generators at San Onofre leaked a small amount of radiation four years ago this week, engineers at Southern California Edison immediately instituted emergency ...

Cycling a combined cycle plant places additional stresses on all equipment, but the impacts extend beyond the gas turbine and heat recovery steam generator. Plant owners and managers are beginning to ...

America's newest commercial nuclear reactor will be getting four replacement steam generators this spring during the biggest nuclear refueling and maintenance outage by the Tennessee Valley Authority ...