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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The main control room for the first unit at Sanmen has been declared fully operational, marking another major milestone on the journey towards operation for the first AP1000 reactor. The main control ...

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 ...

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) ...

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.

A nuclear power plant control room. (Photo by D. Calma, IAEA) Despite the COVID-19 crisis, all 442 of the world’s nuclear power reactors are operational, providing more than 10% of the world’s ...