(The second phase of the Urenco USA uranium enrichment plant is now fully operational, with the plant working at a capacity of 3.7 million separative work units (SWU). ESGI supplied up to 80 of the engineers and construction management that was instrumental in building this facility.) The first phase of the New Mexico plant began… Read more »
Abdualaziz Alqahtani grew up in oil-rich Saudi Arabia. But after studying at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, the engineering student is eager to return to his native country to work on another form of energy. The 25-year-old graduate student says he would like to work at one of the 16 nuclear power plants Saudi… Read more »
Energy Services Group International, Inc. (ESGI) is pleased to announce that it has signed a Master Services Agreement (MSA) with KeyLogic Systems Inc. (KeyLogic). KeyLogic is a leading provider of IT solutions and management consulting, and is focused on the federal government as its primary customer. With practice areas as diverse as Energy/Environmental Management, National… Read more »
An American Physical Society group chaired by Roy Schwitters reports that if U.S. nuclear plants continue to shut down instead of extending operations the nation risks losing 60 percent of its clean electricity production starting as soon as 2030. That’s the baseload share that runs 100% of the time and is the lowest cost electricity… Read more »
Nuclear Energy Leadership intends to share some insight into the ‘hows’ and ‘whys’ of the phenomenal improvement in the management of US nuclear power plant operations over the last four decades. Who is the author’s intended audience? In part, it is oil and gas operators. The author makes explicit reference to the transfer of US… Read more »
Global warming notwithstanding, 2013-2014 will likely go down as America’s coldest winter in decades. As of the second week in January, 187 million people were dealing with subfreezing weather, and record low temperatures were being recorded in many eastern and southern communities. Not surprisingly, the electric power grid is being tested as never before with… Read more »
People in a wide area across the USA and Canada have been hit by temperatures much lower than usual during a weather phenomenon where fluctuations in the polar vortex have seen dense cold air move south from the Arctic. Demand for electricity and heating fuels has surged, prompting requests for conservation of energy by people… Read more »
US nuclear power plant refueling and maintenance outages in 2014 will take about 4,500 more net megawatts out of service in 2014 than in 2013, according to an analysis by Platts of historical refueling data and a review of US Nuclear Regulatory Commission documents. According to the analysis, 58 units totaling 59,831 MW are expected… Read more »
Think nuclear energy is collapsing? Think again — now that the federal government is ponying up an additional $226 million to help advance small nuclear reactors. The Department of Energy and NuScale are entering a cost-sharing arrangement to build 100-megawatt modules. Big nuclear reactors can cost a ton of money, estimated at $10 billion for… Read more »
“If I only knew then what I know now!” I was having a conversation with a friend who had spent years working full time while putting himself through college. His business degree had landed him a good job in the corporate support organization of a large electric utility. He was happy to have it and… Read more »