Curtiss-Wright Corp. (NYSE: CW), Westinghouse Electric Co. LLC, and the State Nuclear Power and Technology Corp. (SNPTC) of China said they have successfully completed the design, manufacture and ...

Patent filings cover advanced coolant flow distribution and variable-speed pump systems for small modular reactors and ...

This Safety Guide provides recommendations on how to meet the requirements established in IAEA Safety Standards Series No. SSR-2/1 (Rev. 1) in relation to the reactor coolant system and associated ...

FRANKENTHAL, Germany, Aug. 12, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The Frankenthal-based pump and valve manufacturer has been awarded the certificate for its RUV reactor coolant pump allowing it to be used in the ...

PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Westinghouse Electric Company announced a new Compound D – Extended Life O-ring for Westinghouse-designed reactor coolant pump (RCP) seals. The Compound D O-ring uses ...

Final performance testing and post-test inspections have been successfully completed for the reactor coolant pump for the first Westinghouse AP1000 reactor, under construction in China. The first two ...

The reactor core is the central part of a nuclear reactor where nuclear fission occurs. It consists of four basic systems and components: the fuel (including fuel rods and the fuel assembly structure) ...

Sheffield Forgemasters of the UK has received its first order from the US nuclear power market, thanks to a stainless steel reactor coolant pump casing originally created for China. Sheffield ...

Nuclear power is back in vogue as a source of energy, thanks to revived interest in safe and less expensive reactor technologies. • Reactors using liquid-metal coolant can be thermally more efficient ...