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A demonstration accident-resistant nuclear fuel assembly has been loaded into the core of unit 6 of the Hanul nuclear power ...
"Explained so well my caveman brain can understand." PhD student debunks common false claim about nuclear energy: 'This ...
Idaho National Lab partners with Clean Core to test a new thorium-based nuclear fuel that may improve safety, cut waste, and ...
The company has been fabricating PWR fuel since 1989 and PHWR fuel since 1998. Its manufacturing capacity enables it to meet the fuel requirements of Korea's entire fleet of reactors. KNF has also ...
After spending months inside the ruins of a nuclear reactor at Japan's tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi plant, a robot has delivered a small sample of melted nuclear fuel.
US team develops scalable, safe nuclear fuel recycling using advanced tech to cut waste and boost energy recovery.
For those concerned about Iran becoming a nuclear-armed state, it’s essential to understand not just what the attacks by the ...
Westinghouse Electric Company recently completed the first VVER fuel reload deliveries to Temelín and Dukovany Nuclear Power Plants (NPP) in the Czech Republic, marking a key milestone in ČEZ’s ...
Ten years after use, the surface of a spent fuel assembly releases 10,000 rem/hr of radiation, far greater than the fatal whole-body dose for humans of 500 rem received all at once.” ...
A robot tasked with navigating the wreckage inside Fukushima Daiichi's Unit 2 reactor has successfully retrieved a small sample of melted nuclear fuel, marking a crucial step in Japan's journey ...
A typical nuclear fuel assembly contains about 500 kg of uranium (1,100 lbs.). A large plant has about 155 (or more) assemblies, thus about 175,000 lbs./plant.
A robot at Japan's tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi plant delivered a tiny sample of melted nuclear fuel in what officials said was the start of the cleanup.