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… permission to run the 900 MW Fessenheim 1 reactor for a further ten years provided it carries out works to improve the reactor building foundations before June 2013. For more nuclear power news
… detected 5 sieverts of radiation per hour in the No. 1 reactor building , and on Monday in another area radiation of 10 sieverts ..... reading was taken on the second floor of the No. 1 reactor building and will prevent workers from entering the area …
… permanently installed primary cooling loop inside the reactor building or spent fuel pool building, and a mobile secondary ..... loop is stored off-site and located outside the reactor building for either emergency or pre-planned use. The company …
… containment and shield buildings comprise the reactor building . The reactor building is surrounded by four safeguard buildings and ..... internal structures and components within the reactor building , fuel building, and two safeguard buildings …
… containment building, workers began removing concrete to create the necessary 25-by 27-foot opening because the reactor building ’s equipment hatch was too small for the generators. During that work, a crack in the concrete was found in …
… aeroplane or any other external hazard. The US NRC asked a very similar question but, unlike us, only for the main reactor building . Westinghouse is working on this now and they have until 30 October to deliver a final solution. If they don …
… Finland: Construction of the Olkiluoto 3 nuclear plant has reached a major milestone with the installation of the reactor building dome. The 200 tonne, 47 metre diameter steel dome was hoisted into position 44 metres above the ground. The dome …
… outside the province, to work on the massive job of pulling special environmentally qualified cable throughout the reactor building and supporting areas. In September of last year, the construction management team implemented a tactic designed …
… of the project team was the achievement of the lowest leak rate recorded for CANDU 6 containment from the Unit 1 reactor building leak rate test. Lessons learned on Unit 1 reduced that even further on the second unit. The learning experience …
… Steam generators are massive heat exchangers about 75 feet in length weighing over 500 tons located inside the reactor building . They create steam by transferring heat from water heated in the reactor to water in a secondary system. The steam …
