The majority of nuclear power plants in the United States are approaching 40 years of age and some of the components installed during initial construction are beginning to show signs of wear. This is ...

Remember the slogan, "Never trust anyone over thirty?" Chances are you’ve joined the ranks of the over-thirty generation and are dealing with your own personal "maintenance" issues—not unlike the ...

A new advance in vibration monitoring, developed with EPRI, facilitates the measurement of torsional vibration and is expected to be of significant value to power plants relying on a wide range of ...

SCHAUMBURG, IL--(Marketwired - September 23, 2014) - Planning maintenance activities on wind turbine generators, rather than dealing with emergencies, can result in significant reductions in operating ...

Magnetostrictive vibration based power generator is technology that generates power from environmental vibration efficiently. In this research project, the power generation device will be ...

A number of kinetic energy chargers have been hitting the market in recent years including the nPower PEG. Researchers have also been working to improve the technology, developing such devices as the ...

ATHENS — A unit at the Browns Ferry nuclear power plant remained shut down on Tuesday, two days after workers noticed its electricity generator was vibrating more than usual. The Tennessee Valley ...