Innovative reactor developer Newcleo has acquired a site in Chusclan in the Gard department in southern France on which it ...

Fuel is poured into the tank via a filler neck, and submersed in the tank is the fuel pump assembly. It commonly sits in a baffled section (a walled off area that allows fuel to enter but not exit) ...

These studies also include analyses of fuel structural damage and other fuel assembly issues potentially affecting core performance – synthesized together, they provide guidance on preventing fuel ...

A 12′ SiGa fuel assembly, demonstrating the ability to scale to full-sized fuel rods. (Credit: DoE) Now it seems that silicon carbide (SiC) may soon replace the traditional zirconium alloy with ...

together with the 2006–2015 fuel failure data, to reveal long term tendencies in fuel performance. In addition to fuel rod leakers, fuel structural damages and other fuel assembly issues are ...

Kansai Electric Power Co. has angered Fukui prefectural assembly members for claiming to have kept its oft-broken promise to remove spent nuclear fuel accumulating at its nuclear power plants in ...