Nuclear Energy

Dominion Virginia Power Selects Mitsubishi’s US-APWR Reactor Design for Possible Expansion at North Anna Nuclear Plant

The US-APWR reactor design of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has been selected by U.S. utility Dominion Virginia Power as the prospective reactor for its potential third nuclear power generation unit at the North Anna Power Station in central Virginia. The station, located on Lake Anna, 45 miles northwest of Richmond, Va., now has two [...]



Dominion Virginia Power Selects Mitsubishi Reactor Technology for Potential North Anna Unit 3

Dominion Virginia Power announced today that it has selected Mitsubishi Heavy Industry’s Advanced Pressurized Water Reactor (US-APWR) technology for a potential third nuclear unit at its North Anna Power Station in central Virginia. Thomas F. Farrell II, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Dominion (NYSE: D), the parent company of Dominion Virginia Power, said: [...]



Pöyry awarded EUR 1.5 million contract for safety assessments for nuclear power plant in Switzerland

Pöyry has been awarded a contract by the Swiss Kernkraftwerk Leibstadt AG to improve and enhance its current integrated Probabilistic Safety Assessment (PSA). The total value of the two-phase contract amounts to EUR 1.5 million. The main objective is to enhance the existing PSA by making it an integrated state of the art PSA that [...]



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