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The main components of the turbine plant of Akkuyu unit 1 - including the stator, turbine generator rotor and low-pressure cylinder - have been delivered to the construction site in Turkey.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 18 March 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Turbine-equipment-for-Akkuyu-1-delivered
US-based GE Steam Power said on 15 March that it had designed, manufactured and tested the Arabelle turbine’s first low pressure rotor equipped with the largest ever last-stage blade at 75 inches.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 18 March 2021
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsge-tests-largest-ever-last-stage-blade-for-arabelle-turbines-rotor-8606322
GE Steam Power announced today that it has designed and manufactured the largest-ever (75-inch) last-stage blade for its Arabelle low-pressure rotor. The blade will enable the Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant under construction in Somerset, England to produce 3.2 GWe of CO2 free power, GE said. Once completed, this Arabelle steam turbine will be the most powerful nuclear steam turbine in operation. It was tested at GE's factory in Belfort, France.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 16 March 2021
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/GE-Steam-Power-unveils-largest-last-stage-blade-ev