A supercritical plant uses a steam generator design that operates at full load above critical pressure 22.1 MPa (3,208 psia). The Benson boiler refers to a steam generator design that is capable of ...

BWX Technologies Inc. (NYSE: BWXT) said that subsidiary BWXT Canada Ltd. was awarded contracts for steam generator design and component manufacturing for a nuclear power plant in China. China Nuclear ...

Testing activities have been successfully completed for a first-of-a-kind helical coil steam generator for use in NuScale Power's small modular reactor design. Testing activities have been ...

Steam energy is widely used for a range of applications including industrial processing, heating, cooling, and power-generating. However, steam production consumes an intensive amount of energy ...

A small number of steam generator tubes have failed pressure tests at unit 3 of Southern California Edison's San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) in California as the company investigates the ...

CAMBRIDGE, Ontario - BWX Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:BWXT), whose stock has surged over 83% year-to-date and maintains a market capitalization of $18.65 billion, has secured a nuclear steam generator ...

Thermal efficiency improvement for economic gain has been an important power engineering endeavor for more than 250 years. The Newcomen steam engine appeared in 1750 and attained 0.5% efficiency.