CANDU reactor

Catching the Incredible Candus, an Amazing True Love Story by Dr. Lawrence Birnbaum, Garners Increasing Interest in 2022

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Thursday, June 23, 2022

New York, New York--(Newsfile Corp. - June 23, 2022) - Dr. Lawrence "Larry" Birnbaum inspires readers with a true love story that rivals any romantic legend.

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  • New York, New York--(Newsfile Corp. - June 23, 2022) - Dr. Lawrence "Larry" Birnbaum inspires readers with a true love story that rivals any romantic legend.
  • In Catching the Incredible Candus he details the tale of his prodigious efforts wooing the woman of his heart that required all of his persistence, creativity, and commitment.
  • Never before in the pantheon of recounted love stories has there been displayed the unique wooing efforts that are so clearly documented in this telling.
  • Dr. Lawrence Birnbaum "caught" the incredible Candus in fascinatingly distinctive ways and with astonishing persistence in a love story that spans decades and runs the gamut from the ecstatic to the tragic.

Canada Strengthens Nuclear Collaboration with Romania

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Thursday, August 5, 2021

This collaboration builds on existing relationships between Canada and the European Union and highlights the long-standing partnership in the nuclear energy sector and upcoming projects in Romania.

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  • This collaboration builds on existing relationships between Canada and the European Union and highlights the long-standing partnership in the nuclear energy sector and upcoming projects in Romania.
  • The MOU also demonstrates both countries' joint leadership on advancing nuclear energy and positions Canada as a partner of choice to support nuclear development in Romania.
  • Canada is also committed to disposing of nuclear waste in a safe and responsible way, in accordance with international and domestic best practices.
  • We will collaborate with our partner Canada on the development of nuclear reactors of SNN, Romania's state-owned nuclear energycompany,including collaboration on CANDU refurbishments and new build projects in Romania.

Cameco, GE Hitachi and Global Nuclear Fuel to Examine Potential Collaboration to Support BWRX-300 Small Modular Reactor Deployment

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Wednesday, July 7, 2021

Cameco supplies uranium, uranium refining and conversion services to the nuclear industry worldwide and is a leading manufacturer of fuel assemblies and reactor components for CANDU reactors.

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  • Cameco supplies uranium, uranium refining and conversion services to the nuclear industry worldwide and is a leading manufacturer of fuel assemblies and reactor components for CANDU reactors.
  • Utilities around the world rely on our nuclear fuel products to generate power in safe, reliable, carbon-free nuclear reactors.
  • Established in 2007, GEH is a global nuclear alliance created by GE and Hitachi to serve the global nuclear industry.
  • Global Nuclear Fuel (GNF) is a world-leading supplier of boiling water reactor fuel and fuel-related engineering services.

Westinghouse Completes Acquisition of Laveer Engineering

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Tuesday, June 1, 2021

CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, Pa., June 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Westinghouse Electric Company completed the acquisition of Laveer Engineering, a Canadian-based provider of custom tooling and solutions.

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  • CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, Pa., June 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Westinghouse Electric Company completed the acquisition of Laveer Engineering, a Canadian-based provider of custom tooling and solutions.
  • The acquisition will further expand Westinghouse's CANDU capabilities, particularly in outage maintenance services.
  • Westinghouse Electric Companyis the world's pioneering nuclear energy company and is a leading supplier of nuclear plant products and technologies to utilities throughout the world.
  • Westinghouse supplied the world's first commercial pressurized water reactor in 1957 in Shippingport, Pa., U.S. Today, Westinghouse technology is the basis for approximately one-half of the world's operating nuclear plants.

Westinghouse Completes Acquisition of Laveer Engineering

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Tuesday, June 1, 2021

CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, Pa., June 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Westinghouse Electric Company completed the acquisition of Laveer Engineering, a Canadian-based provider of custom tooling and solutions.

Key Points: 
  • CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, Pa., June 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Westinghouse Electric Company completed the acquisition of Laveer Engineering, a Canadian-based provider of custom tooling and solutions.
  • The acquisition will further expand Westinghouse's CANDU capabilities, particularly in outage maintenance services.
  • Westinghouse Electric Companyis the world's pioneering nuclear energy company and is a leading supplier of nuclear plant products and technologies to utilities throughout the world.
  • Westinghouse supplied the world's first commercial pressurized water reactor in 1957 in Shippingport, Pa., U.S. Today, Westinghouse technology is the basis for approximately one-half of the world's operating nuclear plants.

Westinghouse Grows CANDU Capabilities

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Monday, May 3, 2021

The acquisition will further expand Westinghouse\'s CANDU capabilities, enabling the company to deploy its expertise to CANDU reactor operators worldwide.

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  • The acquisition will further expand Westinghouse\'s CANDU capabilities, enabling the company to deploy its expertise to CANDU reactor operators worldwide.
  • It also brings a unique combination of tooling and nuclear plant design to Westinghouse customers.\n"We are always looking to bring our customers the most innovative and customized solutions," said Patrick Fragman, Westinghouse President and Chief Executive Officer.
  • I look forward to our future as part of Westinghouse, and I am excited to see what we can accomplish together.
  • Westinghouse supplied the world\'s first commercial pressurized water reactor in 1957 in Shippingport, Pa., U.S. Today, Westinghouse technology is the basis for approximately one-half of the world\'s operating nuclear plants.

SPEA: Nuclear Most Profitable Segment in SNC-Lavalin Earnings Report

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Tuesday, March 9, 2021

MISSISSAUGA, Ontario, March 09, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, SNC-Lavalin announced that its nuclear business was the most profitable segment within its portfolio, accounting for 14.4% of total revenue for Q4.

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  • MISSISSAUGA, Ontario, March 09, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, SNC-Lavalin announced that its nuclear business was the most profitable segment within its portfolio, accounting for 14.4% of total revenue for Q4.
  • This coupled with strong future opportunities buoyed hopes for a nuclear renaissance for made-in-Canada CANDU technology.
  • Candu Energy is well positioned to take advantage of a low carbon economy that is fueled by nuclear energy, said Mark Chudak, President of the Society of Professional Engineers and Associates (SPEA).
  • CANDU technology has produced the safest nuclear energy globally since it was first introduced in the sixties.

Candu.ai Raises $5M Seed Led by Two Sigma Ventures to Bring Their No-Code Web Builder to SaaS

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Thursday, December 10, 2020

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Candu , developer of the world's first native no-code web builder for SaaS applications, announced today it has raised $5 million in seed funding led by Two Sigma Ventures with participation from CRV .

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  • SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Candu , developer of the world's first native no-code web builder for SaaS applications, announced today it has raised $5 million in seed funding led by Two Sigma Ventures with participation from CRV .
  • They'll have different use cases different priorities but we drop everyone in the same product experience," said Villi Iltchev, Partner at Two Sigma Ventures.
  • Two Sigma Ventures and CRV join existing investorsincluding Angular Ventures , Entrepreneur First , and Haystack , as well as founders from Datadog, LaunchDarkly, and Sourcegraph.
  • Candu is the world's first native web builder, empowering customer-facing teams and management in SaaS companies to create intuitive product experiences without coding a line.

CNL Partners With Kairos Power on SMR Research

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Thursday, September 3, 2020

Funded through CNLs Canadian Nuclear Research Initiative (CNRI), the agreement includes the research and engineering of technologies to better separate, analyze and store tritium, a radioactive isotope of hydrogen, generated through the operation of Kairos Powers proposed SMR design.

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  • Funded through CNLs Canadian Nuclear Research Initiative (CNRI), the agreement includes the research and engineering of technologies to better separate, analyze and store tritium, a radioactive isotope of hydrogen, generated through the operation of Kairos Powers proposed SMR design.
  • Known as the Kairos Power FHR (KP-FHR), Kairos SMR design uses tri-structural isotropic (TRISO) fuel a fully ceramic fuel that maintains structural integrity at high temperatures combined with a low-pressure fluoride salt coolant.
  • Given our decades of experience working on research related to CANDU reactors, tritium is really an area of strength for CNL.
  • As part of the program, CNL issued an invitation in 2018 to SMR developers for the construction and operation of an SMR demonstration reactor at a CNL-managed site.

Ultra Safe Nuclear Opens Salt Lake City Facility to Support Development of Fully Ceramic Micro-encapsulated Fuel

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Tuesday, September 1, 2020

SEATTLE, Sept. 1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- U.S.-based, Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation ( USNC ) has established a new facility in Salt Lake City to support the development of the company's proprietary Fully Ceramic Micro-encapsulated (FCM) fuel.Materials developed at the new facility will be used in Ultra Safe Nuclear's Micro-Modular Reactors (MMR) and other nuclear reactors, including gas-cooled reactors, light water reactors, CANDU reactors, and molten salt cooled reactors.

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  • SEATTLE, Sept. 1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- U.S.-based, Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation ( USNC ) has established a new facility in Salt Lake City to support the development of the company's proprietary Fully Ceramic Micro-encapsulated (FCM) fuel.Materials developed at the new facility will be used in Ultra Safe Nuclear's Micro-Modular Reactors (MMR) and other nuclear reactors, including gas-cooled reactors, light water reactors, CANDU reactors, and molten salt cooled reactors.
  • Salt Lake City was selected as the Ultra Safe Nuclear fuel-development site because of the region's well-established infrastructure, knowledgeable workforce, and status as a technology growth hub.
  • The Salt Lake City Lab augments Ultra Safe's materials development efforts at the University of Tennessee Knoxville and collaborations with the Chalk River Laboratories.
  • "Establishing the new advanced materials facility in Salt Lake City will help expedite development and adoption of FCM fuel."