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 ...

Thermal efficiency improvement for economic gain has been an important power engineering endeavor for more than 250 years. The Newcomen steam engine appeared in 1750 and attained 0.5% efficiency.

BWX Technologies Inc. (NYSE: BWXT) said that subsidiary BWXT Canada Ltd. was awarded contracts for steam generator design and component manufacturing for a nuclear power plant in China. China Nuclear ...

The steam generators meant for reactor 4 of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP), each weighing about 307 tonnes, was assembled and installed in the design position on last Wednesday. All four ...

Critics of the San Onofre nuclear plant say a document released Friday bolsters their belief that the plant operator, Southern California Edison, knew in advance of design flaws that have kept the ...

Foster Wheeler announced that a subsidiary of its Global Power Group has been awarded a contract by BHI Co., for design collaboration on two supercritical pulverized coal fired steam generators for ...

Southern California Edison has not yet concluded what the cause of the problems are at San Onofre, but the company told investors this week it hopes to petition to restart the plant in June. Victor ...

CAMBRIDGE, Ontario - BWX Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:BWXT), whose stock has surged over 83% year-to-date and maintains a market capitalization of $18.65 billion, has secured a nuclear steam generator ...

A supercritical plant uses a steam generator design that operates at full load above critical pressure 22.1 MPa (3,208 psia). The Benson boiler refers to a steam generator design that is capable of ...