The actual nuclear part of pressurized water reactors (PWR), or nuclear pressure vessels, consists of all the systems involved in generating steam, which is then delivered to the turbines and electric ...

As interest in new generations of nuclear reactors is increasing worldwide ... integrity performance can be severely limited if weld microstructures are not closely controlled.

The assembly of the reactor has been completed at unit 3 of Turkey's Akkuyu nuclear power plant. Meanwhile, the fuel to be used in the second unit has also been delivered to the site. The vessel of ...

TEPCO announced Dec. 24 that it had uncovered 74 instances of defective welding that is essential to safe operations of the nuclear reactor. The utility said it had been tipped off anonymously ...

In June 2018, Russia and China signed agreements, including for the construction of two VVER-1200 reactors at the new Xudabao (also known as Xudapu) nuclear power plant site in Liaoning province. The ...

the first Russian nuclear reactor vessel has arrived in La Paz, it was reported. The Aug. 16 gathering took place after Bolivia signed a “preventive and corrective maintenance” agreement with ...

The steel vessel is 25cm thick ... operates a high-tech semi-automated welding machine “The last nuclear reactor that was built was finished in 1991," Ian Henderson, head of Framatome UK.

Four of the nine vacuum vessel sectors for the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER ... vacuum vessel plays a crucial role in nuclear fusion, creating the high-vacuum environment ...

The firm has completed the first full-sized Small Modular Reactor (SMR) nuclear vessel demonstrator. It said its pioneering industrialisation of Local Electron-Beam Welding (LEBW), means it is now ...

Georgia Power placed a nuclear reactor vessel within the Plant Votgle expansion project near Augusta. The 306-ton reactor vessel was lifted into its permanent location on Nov. 23, using one of the ...