As previously reported in Power Engineering and other sources (but where regular reminders are extremely important), the phenomenon of flow-accelerated corrosion (FAC) has for years been a serious ...

Even minor traces of chloride, sulfate, and sodium hydroxide can cause severe problems in steam systems, and especially turbines. In the case of sodium hydroxide, stress corrosion cracking of turbine ...

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 ...

Coal-fired plants have been powering the electric grid for more than a hundred years, but the technology being used in them is not stagnant, as many advancements have been made. One new design—the ...

Arabelle Solutions has been selected by Bechtel/Westinghouse to supply three steam turbine-generator sets for Poland's first ...

Testing activities have been successfully completed for a first-of-a-kind helical coil steam generator for use in NuScale Power's small modular reactor design. Testing activities have been ...

COVERT TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — The Palisades Nuclear Power Plant will need more inspections, testing and repairs on its steam generator, according to a recent report from the Nuclear Regulatory ...

COVERT, MI – Federal nuclear regulators will hear about plans to repair damaged steam generator tubes at the Palisades nuclear plant during a meeting next month with facility owner Holtec ...

PetroChina Co. Ltd. improved production safety, realized greater oil production, and saved energy costs after implementing model-free adaptive (MFA) control on its steam generators in Liaohe oil ...