Corrosion cracking in the steam generators at the Palisades nuclear reactor "far exceed" estimates and will require repairs to go forward with plans to restart, according to a document published ...

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 ...

Over the last 20 years, the power industry has experienced a shift in steam turbine (ST) maintenance strategies driven by two compounding factors. The first factor has become the overwhelming task of ...

MD&A performed a Full-Service Steam Turbine Major outage, which included the HP/IP inspection and repairs on a 610MW GE® G2 steam turbine. While keeping tight to the schedule deadline, several of MD&A ...

Mechanical Dynamics & Analysis (MD&A) was contracted to bring its expertise to a planned major outage of a GEC Alsthom® / ...

An inspection has uncovered "a larger than anticipated number" of defects with an expensive and important component of the decommissioned Palisades Nuclear Power Plant in west Michigan, according to a ...

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 ...

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 ...