Nuclear power plant units

Nine Mile Point nuclear power plant (United States)... 

Wolf Creek Nuclear Power Plant (United... 

WASH (1975) Reactor safety study . An assessment of Accident Risks in U.S. commercial Nuclear Power Plants, United States Regulatory Commission, WASH-1400(NUREG-75/014). 

Looking to the energy market in The EU one can expect a relatively stable number of power plants operated in the foreseeable future. The industry in most of the countries has changed already from a construction-oriented profile towards a profile, which serves the needs of utilities for maintenance and technical support. Most of the nuclear power plant units are approaching or are already in their second half of design lifetime. The main goals for the next decade will hence be [3] ... 

Teollisuuden Voima Oy (TVO) is a Finnish power company owned mainly by industry. The company was founded in 1969 primarily to satisfy the electrical power needs of the forest industry. The company aims at developing and operating large-scale power plants and producing electricity for its shareholders at cost price. TVO s first nuclear power plant unit, Olkiluoto 1, was connected to the national grid in September 1978, and the second unit, Olkiluoto 2, in February 1980. TVO s output of nuclear power covers about one fifth of the total national production in Finland. 

The construction of Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant unit No. 6 that is the first ABWR plant in the world was started September 1991, and that of unit No. 7 was started February 1992 (Table I). We used effective construction methods, such as large block construction method and all weather construction method, to shorten the construction duration from first concrete to commercial operation start to 51.5 months (Table II). 

There is an increasing interest among Member States in the potential for deployment of smaller nuclear power plant units as energy sources for power production, heat generation, co-generation of heat and electricity, desalination, etc., and the IAEA has made an updated survey of the design and development status of small and medium power reactors (SMR) systems. 

In order to update the already existing reliability data (in particular, failure rates per hours of plant operation) as well as to extend the database covering an additional plant unit the following components and systems installed in six nuclear power plant units at five plant sites ... 

As of Feb. 2, 2012, 435 nuclear power plant units with an installed electric net capacity of about 368 GW were in operation in 31 countries and 63 plants with an installed... 

To ensure that professionalism is maintained or enhanced, it is important that maintenance organizations have clear responsibility and accountability for work done and that they ensure that their expectations are clearly communicated. Additionally, an awareness of safety aspects and the consequences of improper actions need to be taken into account, specifically, the safety implications of confusing the nuclear power plant unit or train. 

These calculations were used for compiling the draft standard "Nuclear Power Plant Unit Closure. Residual Radioactivity Grounds of Recycle Materials for Unrestricted Release". 

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