A new virtual control room at the Idaho National Laboratory will help utilities convert old nuclear power plant control rooms running on analogue systems to digital ones. A new virtual control room at ...

The control room is the nerve center of any plant operation: the place where operational personnel makes sure the facility and everything in it runs smoothly, effectively and efficiently. The iconic ...

The control room for the Direct-Feed Low-Activity Waste Facility at the US Department of Energy's Hanford site in Washington State has been commissioned. The facility is one of four major facilities ...

Control rooms are the nerve center of any power plant. Two recent control room upgrades at U.S. facilities highlight the logistical challenges and solutions to issues that come with improving an ...

An emerging generation of small modular reactors is encouraging suppliers and regulators alike to consider new digital instrumentation and control approaches. While instrumentation and control (I&C) ...

Dominion’s 1,346-MW Warren County Generating Station in Virginia uses a 3-on-1 configuration with Mitsubishis Hitachi Power Systems America 501GAC combustion turbines. High-efficiency, combined-cycle, ...

A handful of technicians closely monitor a wall of screens and dial in the control room at the Khmelnytsky nuclear plant – a ...

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) – The Center for Advanced Energy Studies (CAES) announced the opening of its newest laboratory, the Small Modular Reactor (SMR) Simulator Laboratory, featuring NuScale ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook The Fermi 2 nuclear power plant cooling towers. Sam Adler/Daily. Buy this photo. A nuclear power ...

Information contained in this publication and on the accompanying CD-ROM provides useful guidance and a wide range of practical examples that will be helpful for both nuclear power plant (NPP) ...

Take a look at the history of Fort Calhoun nuclear plant. OPPD's Fort Calhoun power plant during its early construction on Aug. 15, 1971. Fort Calhoun nuclear plant shown during construction in 1971.