AREVA's VEGAPULS Used Fuel Pool Instrumentation
Our friends at NEI have a new piece up about the nuclear industry’s latest tools for monitoring the water level in used nuclear fuel storage pools, including AREVA’s through-air radar system. Along...
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Southworth Discusses AREVA’s Nuclear Portfolio at Platts Conference
Yesterday, at the Platts 10th Annual Nuclear Energy Conference, AREVA’s Chief Technology Officer Finis Southworth participated on a panel discussing the current status and challenges of new nuclear...
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Diversity in Innovation Creates Opportunity
By Mike Rencheck, CEO, AREVA Inc. North America America has observed and celebrated African-American culture and heritage throughout the month of February since 1976. The origins date back to a...
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NGNP Alliance and NC2I Discuss Commercialization of AREVA’s Gen-IV HTGR
The output of next-generation nuclear reactors can do much more than just generate electricity. In partnership with the U.S.-based NGNP Alliance, the international organization NC2I is considering an...
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AREVA Continues Leading Nuclear Plants into the Digital Age
In December 2013, AREVA Inc. set another benchmark for the U.S. nuclear industry with the third successful installation of a comprehensive Digital Instrumentation & Control (I&C) upgrade...
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Rencheck: Nuclear energy crucial to New England
By Mike Rencheck, CEO, AREVA Inc. North America This op-ed originally appeared in the Providence Journal, March 31, 2014. Since the beginning of the year, cities across the country have experienced...
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Martian Selfie Catches AREVA CANBERRA Technology
Thanks to Planetary blogger Emily Lakdawalla for posting the current “selfie” of dusty Mars rover Curiosity (see image below), and revealing a peak-a-boo view of equipment from AREVA-subsidiary...
View ArticleNew Video Explores Nuclear Reactor’s Digital I&C System
In the United States, AREVA is the only supplier that has supported the successful licensing, engineering, procurement, installation, and commissioning of a nuclear reactor’s full-scope digital Safety...
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AREVA Powers-up Daily Renewal of U.S. Nuclear Energy
The daily renewal of nuclear energy is going strong in the United States. Utilities and nuclear energy technology suppliers (like AREVA Inc.) are ramping up this powerful clean air energy source...
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AREVA’s AIDA SG Inspection Tool Approved for Motorized Rotating Probe Data
AREVA’s integrated data analysis platform (AIDA) is now available to all U.S. utilities to perform the three automated examination techniques for detecting degradation in steam generator tubes:...
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NUHOMS DPX: New Nuclear Fuel Storage Option Features Duplex Stainless Steel
AREVA TN’s new used nuclear fuel storage option resolves concerns of canister aging and chloride-induced stress corrosion cracking (CISCC) during long-term storage by incorporating Duplex Stainless...
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NUHOMS Receives First and Only NRC-Approved Aging Management Plan for...
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) recently approved a 40-year license renewal for the AREVA TN NUHOMS® dry-cask independent spent fuel storage installation at Exelon Generation’s Calvert Cliffs...
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The Future is Now – Safe Used Nuclear Fuel Transport and Storage
Used nuclear fuel transport and storage in the U.S. were hot topics at INMM’s Spent Fuel Seminar last week. Perspectives from the Department of Energy (DOE), Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), AREVA...
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AREVA Federal Services Nearing Final Design of Battelle Energy Alliance INL...
Less than one year after being awarded the contract, AREVA Federal Services (AFS) is nearing final design completion for the Battelle Energy Alliance Remote-Handled Low-Level Waste (RH LLW) Disposal...
View ArticleVideo: Cavitation Peening Extends the Life of Nuclear Reactors
In aging U.S. nuclear power facilities, one of the biggest expenses is the replacement of components due to wear and degradation, such as the reactor vessel closure head. By proactively peening such...
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Visitors Shake, Rattle and Roll with AREVA Operational Excellence Innovations
It’s one thing to talk about the innovative solutions AREVA employees are creating and implementing in the U.S. nuclear energy industry, but showing customers and industry leaders what we’re doing...
View ArticleVIDEO: AREVA’s HawkEye IVVI Peers into Boiling Water Reactors
As utilities look toward nuclear reactor life extension to 60 years … and beyond, examination of reactor systems and components becomes more important than ever—for facility and public safety, and for...
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It’s More than a Robot Show: AREVA’s Steam Generator Technology
.areva-email-table img { margin:0px !important; } It’s More than a Robot Show At AREVA, Every Innovation Has a Mission. We are committed to delivering the latest technology for your fleet — on time,...
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An Idea, A Patent, and 25 Years of Exceptional Performance
By Norm Garner, Technical Sales Manager (FUELGUARD design advisor), AREVA This week marks the 25th anniversary of the patent recognizing AREVA’s innovative FUELGUARD™ debris filter for nuclear fuel...
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Imploding Bubbles Turn Back Time for Nuclear Reactors
Imagine being able to extend the life of an aging nuclear reactor component by simply using water. Enter cavitation peening. Cavitation peening is a process that uses ultra-high pressurized water to...
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