San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station’s four generators each contain nearly 10,000 tubes that transfer heat from one high-pressure steam loop — circulating through the reactor core — to a second ...
Dear James: I always enjoy using the steam room at my tennis club. I have seen small steam generators advertised for home use. Can I just install glass bathtub doors and a steam generator, or is more ...
Everyone knows baby boomers in the power sector have reached retirement age, meaning many new hires will be thrust into technical positions where fundamental information is valuable. One such area is ...
The first of four steam generators destined for the second unit of the Leningrad II nuclear power plant in western Russia has begun its journey from the manufacturing plant near Moscow. The first of ...
When I began my power industry career years ago (initially in the chemistry lab of a coal-fired power plant), the criticality of proper chemistry control of steam boilers, cooling water systems, and ...
Beneath the streets of hundreds of North America's oldest cities lies a network of pipes delivering steam heat to office buildings and hospitals. These steam loops could be a clean energy solution.
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 ...