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Chemours investing $200M to expand Nafion production in France

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The Chemours Company will invest $200 million to increase capacity and advance technology for its Nafion ion exchange materials to be located at Chemours’ manufacturing facility in Villers-Saint-Paul, France. Earlier post.). —Mark Newman, President and CEO at Chemours.

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Alstom and MOL to explore use of hydrogen technologies for rail transport in Hungary

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Alstom’s hydrogen technology has also been purchased by SNCF (France) and FNM (Italy). The only emission from a hydrogen train is water; it produces no harmful particulate or gaseous emissions. —Jean-Baptiste Eyméoud, President of Alstom France. Operating these trains requires hydrogen refueling stations.

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Alstom and NTL launch electric Aptis as new mass transit mobility solution; four steerable wheels; Paris trials

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Aptis has four tires instead of six for buses, there is an air-cooling system for the motor instead of traditional water-cooling; components are more accessible as they are located on the roof. In France, STIF has decided to launch two trials, one of which is with RATP.

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Hydrogenics and Alstom Transport to develop and commercialize H2 fuel-cell commuter trains in Europe; €50M, 10-year agreement

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Alstom Transport is a unit of Alstom, a France-based global leader in power generation, transmission and rail infrastructure with sales of €6.2 The agreement, valued at more than €50 million, includes the supply of at least 200 engine systems along with service and maintenance as necessary over a 10-year period.

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Holtec and Mitsubishi Electric partnering to advance SMR-160 small modular reactor program

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Replacing motors and pumps with gravity-driven fluid-flow systems not only hardens the plant against disasters such as those at Fukushima, Chernobyl and TMI, but leads to large reductions in the plant’s overnight, operating and maintenance costs. Tall column of water above the reactor core providing large coolant inventory.

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The Case for Nuclear Cargo Ships

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It was in service from 1962 to 1972, but its pressurized light-water reactor (LWR) proved too complex and expensive for the ship to operate profitably. Another plus for nuclear-propelled ships is easy access to an endless supply of cooling water. The first was the American NS Savannah , built in the late 1950s at a cost of $46.9

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GM Opel Cuts CO2 from 1.7 CDTI ecoFLEX Zafira Van 9% to Below 140 g/km

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liter diesel with 81 kW (110 hp) and 260 Nm (192 lb-ft) of torque available from 2,000 to 2,300 rpm is fitted with a maintenance-free particulate filter and a six-speed manual transmission as standard. CDTI ecoFLEX below the tax bracket in many European states, such as France, the UK and the Nordic countries. L/100km (44.4

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