Sentences with phrase «at the reactor site in»

ITER, which is poised to begin construction at the reactor site in southern France, has yet to gain final approval for its design, schedule, and cost, collectively known as the project's baseline.

Not exact matches

Instead of 10 reactors, by 2025 we will probably have two, and even these, planned by EDF to be sited at Hinkley Point in Somerset, are in doubt if arrangements to fund EDF very generously towards the cost of producing power over a 40 - year period are not concluded soon.

But even at a reactor that does not fare as well in a large earthquake and is not immune to the loss of off - site power, there is «essentially zero risk of early fatalities,» according to the NRC worst - case modeling.

Magnets, instruments and reactor sections will arrive from around the world to be cobbled together at the central site in St - Paul - lès - Durance in southern France.

Fuel units must be stored initially in pools at reactor sites for about five years, until the decay heat drops enough to permit movement into dry cask containers.

The Department of Energy is developing a prototype modular reactor at its Savannah River site in Georgia, and Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois and Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico are also considering modular plants.

With no permanent waste repository in sight, the nuclear industry is storing spent fuel at reactor sites.

A test facility near Lynchburg, Va. is up and running to ensure that what looks good on paper will also work in practice and B&W already has one potential customer in the U.S. — the TVA — expressing an interest in building as many as six of the small modular reactors at its Clinch River site, former home of a failed effort to build a fast breeder reactor in the 1970s.

The reactor which exploded in 1986 was one of four at the site.

The NRC analysis found that a fire in a spent - fuel pool at an average nuclear reactor site would cause $ 125 billion in damages, while expedited transfer of spent fuel to dry casks could reduce radioactive releases from pool fires by 99 percent.

The problem of spent fuel storage Nuclear reactor operators must store spent fuel removed from reactor cores for several years at least, in large pools at reactor sites until the remaining heat from the uranium fuel cools sufficiently.

The NRC has begun discussions with Babcock & Wilcox Co. about its proposed mPower modular reactor design that is currently under consideration by the Tennessee Valley Authority for construction at TVA's Clinch River site in Tennessee.

To create another $ 111 million in savings, Motojima proposed to the council changes to the «in - kind» components that are being built and paid for by each member and then delivered to the reactor site at Cadarache in France for assembly.

The Tennessee Valley Authority hopes to catalyze development of such reactors by installing one at its Clinch River site in Tennessee, former home of the U.S.'s failed attempt to build its own commercial fast reactor.

During the 2003 heat wave in Europe, reactors at inland sites in France were shut down or had their power output reduced because the water receiving the discharge was already warmer than environmental regulations allowed.

Areva's third - generation nuclear reactor, EPR, is now under construction at four sites: two in China, one in France and one in Finland.

Since fuel re-processing is not commercially available in the United States and has not been shown to be commercially viable n this country, spent fuel is typically being held in temporary storage at reactor sites until a permanent long - term waste disposal option becomes available.

Construction work began in December 2007 on the 1650 MWe unit at the Flamanville site in Normandy - where two reactors have been operating since 1986 and 1987.

In the United States, used fuel from a reactor is stored at the plant site pending placement in long - term storagIn the United States, used fuel from a reactor is stored at the plant site pending placement in long - term storagin long - term storage.

Corey McDaniel, vice-president of business development and commercial ventures at CNL, said: «Based on the volume and quality of responses CNL received to the RFEOI, it is clear there is enormous interest in establishing an SMR industry in Canada, and in testing the technology through a prototype reactor at a CNL site.

Two nuclear reactors have been in operation at the site for over 40 years, with two more scheduled to be added, starting next year.

The Obama administration deserves credit for authorizing funding for two small modular reactors, which will be built at the Savannah River site in South Carolina.

«Israeli warplanes bombed a reactor project at the site in 1981.

Two coal - fired power generators will remain in operation at the Citrus County site, as will a nuclear reactor.