NDT News September 4, 2010
View NDT related news stories from around the world. Keep up to date with industry happenings.
NTSB says 'fatigue' crack caused hole in Southwest Airlines jet
The National Transportation Safety Board has issued its final report on an incident on a Southwest Airlines flight where a football-sized hole opened up in the top rear of the Boeing 737 aircraft.
http://www.dallasnews.com Posted 2 days ago
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Japan’s Fukushima Reactor Using MOX
Tokyo Electric Power Co. on Saturday loaded a nuclear reactor in Fukushima Prefecture with MOX, a fuel made with reprocessed plutonium and uranium oxides, as it prepares to become Japan’s leading power utility’s first facility to go “pluthermal”.
http://nuclearstreet.com Posted 9 days ago
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SGS Appoints Jason Scott as New Strategic NDT Operations Development Leader for Asia
Jason Scott was appointed by SGS as the new Strategic NDT Operations Development Leader for Asia on August 1, 2010. Mr. Scott will focus on developing strategic operations in the field of Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) and Project Management globally but with a particular focus on Asia.
http://www.sgs.com/ndt Posted 12 days ago
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Stork Testing Lab Completes NADCAP Audit Process
Following successful audits on August 16, 17, 18, and 19th, Stork Twin City Testing of St. Paul, Minnesota, has moved another step closer to being 7th independent Stork laboratory to achieve Nadcap approvals in the United States.
Stork Posted 15 days ago
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Shaw Signs Contract to Support Additional AP1000 Nuclear Power Plants in China
The Shaw Group Inc. (NYSE: SHAW) announced it has signed an initial contract with State Nuclear Power Engineering Corp. Ltd., a subsidiary of China’s State Nuclear Power Technology Corp. Ltd. (SNPTC), to provide technical support services for additional AP1000 nuclear power plants in China. AP1000
http://nuclearstreet.com Posted 15 days ago
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Dispersant used in Gulf 'no more toxic' than oil alone
The dispersant used after the Gulf of Mexico oil spill is no more toxic than oil alone, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has said.
http://www.bbc.co.uk Posted about 1 month ago
- GE and Westinghouse Close to a $10 Billion Agreement for the First Nuclear Plants in India
According to The Financial Express, General Electric and Westinghouse Electric, owned by Japan’s Toshiba Corp, could spend a combined $10 billion to build two nuclear reactors in India.
- http://nuclearstreet.com/blogs Posted about 6 hours ago
- Mystery Crack in the Crystal River’s Containment Building Solved
From the start, one question especially has concerned the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission: Why Crystal River?
- http://nuclearstreet.com/blogs Posted about 6 hours ago
- BP: Blowout preventer that failed to stop Gulf of Mexico oil leak removed from well
NEW ORLEANS – BP PLC said the blowout preventer that failed to stop oil from spewing into the Gulf of Mexico was removed from the company’s well on Friday afternoon.
- http://ca.news.finance.yahoo.com Posted about 6 hours ago
- Romania Delegation Coming to U.S. To Discuss Nuclear Power Plans – Suppliers Welcome to Attend
Energetics Incorporated, a wholly owned subsidiary of VSE Corporation, reported today that the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) is hosting a delegation from Romania on a visit to Washington, DC and other U.S. locations to encourage partnerships with U.S. businesses
- http://nuclearstreet.com Posted 1 day ago
- Chinese VVER Reactors Start Using Domestically Made Fuel
The first domestically produced VVER fuel assemblies have been loaded into the cores of the Russian-designed units 1 and 2 of the Tianwan nuclear power plant in Jiangsu province, China.
- http://nuclearstreet.com Posted 1 day ago
- China Natural Gas Announces Completion of First LNG Fueling Station in Shaanxi Province
XI’AN, China, Sept. 2 /PRNewswire-Asia/ — China Natural Gas, Inc. (“China Natural Gas” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: CHNG), a leading provider of compressed natural gas (CNG) for vehicular fuel and pipeline natural gas
- http://ca.news.finance.yahoo.com Posted 1 day ago
- Coast Guard: no sign of oil leak after Gulf platform fire, but crews continue to monitor
By Alan Sayre, The Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard is saying there are no immediate signs of a spill from an oil platform fire in the Gulf of Mexico off the Louisiana coast.
- http://ca.news.finance.yahoo.com Posted 1 day ago