Light water reactors

Westinghouse Launches WEConnect™ System

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Thursday, June 4, 2020
Light water reactors, Pressurized water reactor, Westinghouse, Science and technology in the United States, Economy of the United States, Westinghouse Electric Company, Westinghouse Electric Corporation

Leveraging Westinghouse's nuclear industry expertise and Guardhat's technology, the WEConnect system will help utilities initiate or accelerate their digitalization strategies.

Key Points: 
  • Leveraging Westinghouse's nuclear industry expertise and Guardhat's technology, the WEConnect system will help utilities initiate or accelerate their digitalization strategies.
  • "Westinghouse and Guardhat are an impressive combination of industry expertise and technology," said David Howell, president, Westinghouse Americas Operating Plant Services Business Unit.
  • Westinghouse will globally offer the WEConnect system, a mobile connected worker solution that can be utilized across an entire site or plant population.
  • 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 Launches WEConnect™ System

Retrieved on: 
Thursday, June 4, 2020
Light water reactors, Pressurized water reactor, Westinghouse, Science and technology in the United States, Economy of the United States, Westinghouse Electric Company, Westinghouse Electric Corporation

Leveraging Westinghouse's nuclear industry expertise and Guardhat's technology, the WEConnect system will help utilities initiate or accelerate their digitalization strategies.

Key Points: 
  • Leveraging Westinghouse's nuclear industry expertise and Guardhat's technology, the WEConnect system will help utilities initiate or accelerate their digitalization strategies.
  • "Westinghouse and Guardhat are an impressive combination of industry expertise and technology," said David Howell, president, Westinghouse Americas Operating Plant Services Business Unit.
  • Westinghouse will globally offer the WEConnect system, a mobile connected worker solution that can be utilized across an entire site or plant population.
  • 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.

Lightbridge CEO Seth Grae Issues Letter to Shareholders

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Tuesday, April 28, 2020
Nuclear physics, Nuclear technology, Physical sciences, United States Department of Energy national laboratories, Light water reactors, Actinides, Nuclear chemistry, Nuclear fuel, Nuclear reprocessing, Advanced nuclear, Advanced Test Reactor

RESTON, Va., April 28, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Lightbridge Corporation (Lightbridge, or the Company) (NASDAQ: LTBR), an advanced nuclear fuel technology company, today issued an update letter to shareholders from Seth Grae, President & Chief Executive Officer:

Key Points: 
  • RESTON, Va., April 28, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Lightbridge Corporation (Lightbridge, or the Company) (NASDAQ: LTBR), an advanced nuclear fuel technology company, today issued an update letter to shareholders from Seth Grae, President & Chief Executive Officer:
    I hope you and your family are safe and healthy during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • I am not satisfied with our stock price, and dont believe it reflects the value of Lightbridge.
  • Lightbridge has recently won a voucher from DOEs Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear (GAIN) program, to support development of Lightbridge Fuel in collaboration with INL.
  • The scope of the project includes experiment design for irradiation of Lightbridge metallic fuel material samples in the Advanced Test Reactor at INL.

First reactor coolant pump placed at Vogtle nuclear expansion

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Friday, October 5, 2018
Nuclear technology, Energy, Nuclear power, Georgia Power, Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Steam generator, Coolant pump, Light water reactors, International Reactor Innovative and Secure, Nuclear meltdown

ATLANTA, Oct. 5, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --Georgia Power announced today the latest milestones at the Vogtle nuclear expansion near Waynesboro, Georgia the placement of the first of four reactor coolant pumps (RCPs).

Key Points: 
  • ATLANTA, Oct. 5, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --Georgia Power announced today the latest milestones at the Vogtle nuclear expansion near Waynesboro, Georgia the placement of the first of four reactor coolant pumps (RCPs).
  • The 375,000-pound pump was recently placed in the Unit 3 containment vessel where the nuclear components are housed.
  • The reactor coolant pumps will be mounted to the steam generator and serve a critical part of the reactor coolant system, circulating water from the steam generator to the reactor vessel, allowing sufficient heat transfer for safe plant operation.
  • With the latest placement, nearly half of the shield building panels have been placed for Unit 3.