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 ...

The official opening of a new fuel assembly plant at the Ulba Metallurgical Plant, in Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan, was marked today at a ceremony attended by high-level representatives from ...

The common pool, where 5,197 spent and unused fuel assembly units were being cooled in water as of March, is expected to hold them for a prolonged period. TEPCO is expected to remove about 100,000 ...