The pump weighs 187.5 tons, or 375,000 pounds, and is a critical component of the AP1000 design as it circulates hot primary-circuit water within the reactor. There are four reactor coolant pumps ...

It weighs about 187.5 tons, or 375,000 pounds, and is a critical component of the AP1000 design as it circulates hot primary-circuit water within the reactor. Four coolant pumps are needed for ...

The I2S-LWR would be a type of pressurised water reactor (PWR), a technology well-established around the world. Examples include Sizewell-B power station on the Suffolk coast. In a PWR, heat is taken ...

The report, “Analyzing the Global Market for Nuclear Reactor Coolant Pumps,” says more than 30 countries are looking to include nuclear as part of their energy mix.

Westinghouse Electric Company announced a new Compound D – Extended Life O-ring for Westinghouse-designed reactor coolant pump (RCP) seals. Contacts Westinghouse Communications Sheila Holt, 412 ...

Three new reactors are planned for the Moorside site next to Europe's biggest nuclear complex at Sellafield, writes Peter Roche, with a combined capacity of 3.8GW. But a new report for Radiation Free ...

Each AP1000 employs four reactor coolant pumps, each almost seven metres tall and 1.5 metres wide and weighing some 91 tonnes. Engineering company Curtiss-Wright, which manufactured the first such ...

6. A small package. Westinghouse’s unnamed 200-MW integrated pressure water reactor features core and reactor vessel internals that are derived from its AP1000, a third-generation design.

India's innovative nuclear power reactor "As a result of its fuel mix and fuel breeding properties, the 300 MWe plant requires 42 per cent less mined uranium per unit of energy produced than ...

Westinghouse Electric Company announced a new Compound D – Extended Life O-ring for Westinghouse-designed reactor coolant pump (RCP) seals. Contacts Westinghouse Communications Sheila Holt, 412 ...