A San Diego-based firm has achieved a breakthrough in the development and testing of a new type of nuclear fuel cladding technology. General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) confirmed that it ...

Part of a nuclear reactor fuel rod element. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has completed a study of advanced, better performing accident tolerant fuels being developed by three U.S. companies ...

A demonstration accident-resistant nuclear fuel assembly has been loaded into the core of unit 6 of the Hanul nuclear power plant, marking the first time in Korea that such a fuel assembly has been ...

Nuclear power has a lot of potential, but many fear the dangers of nuclear meltdowns. Fortunately, some new reactors might make that possibility even slimmer.

Reactor pressure vessels (RPVs) constitute a critical safety barrier in nuclear power plants, safeguarding against the potentially catastrophic release of radiation. The structural integrity of these ...

With concrete already being poured, this startup’s molten salt–cooled reactors could be the first to deliver cheaper, safer nuclear power. Like many new nuclear startups, Kairos promises a path to ...

The Fuel Division of Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom has manufactured and accepted a unique OS-5 fuel assembly based on mixed nitride uranium-plutonium nuclear fuel with a liquid metal ...