The reactor pressure vessel top cover has been hoisted into place at unit 1 of the San'ao nuclear power plant in China's Zhejiang province, while the first steam generator has been installed at unit 8 ...

The steam generators, each 67-feet in length, are heat exchangers used in the pressurized water reactors, such as Watts Bar. As the name indicates, the components use heat generated by the reactor to ...

Small modular reactor (SMR) developer X-energy has secured a binding reservation agreement with South Korean power-generation equipment giant Doosan Enerbility to manufacture main power system steel ...

The Tennessee Valley Authority’s Watts Bar Unit 2 is America’s newest commercial nuclear reactor and may also have the newest set of steam generators. The Steam Generating Team (SGT), a joint venture ...

Russia's Atommash has begun the manufacture of major components for the first of two VVER-1200 reactors to be constructed at the Xudabao site in China's Liaoning province. Construction of Xudabao ...

China has completed the installation of all three steam generators at unit 3 of the Zhangzhou nuclear power plant, a key construction milestone at what is billed as the world’s largest nuclear power ...