Since the construction of the first commercial light water nuclear power plants (LWR) the design of their fuel rods hasn’t changed significantly. Mechanically robust and corrosion-resistant zirconium ...

General Atomics has manufactured the first batch of full-length SiGA silicon carbide composite tubes designed for pressurised water reactors. The company is developing nuclear fuel rods that can ...

In the aftermath of Japan's earthquake and tsunami in March 2011, the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant was initially driven into shutdown by the magnitude 9.0 quake; its emergency generators then ...

The Sodium-cooled Fast Reactor (SFR) is a next-generation reactor that uses liquid sodium (Na) instead of water as a coolant. It offers advantages such as efficient energy production and reduced spent ...

Southern Nuclear has agreed to load four Lead Test Assemblies (LTAs) with “next-generation” fuel features into Unit 2 of the Alvin W. Vogtle Electric Generating Plant in Georgia. The installation will ...

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 ...

Westinghouse Electric Company and EDF are partnering to explore the capabilities of Westinghouse’s EnCore enhanced Accident Tolerant Fuel (ATF) technology. The study will use Westinghouse EnCore fuel ...

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) announced it has completed preliminary development of four individual performance models in support of its SiGA silicon carbide composite nuclear fuel ...

Electricite de France SA is increasing the iron content of cladding for nuclear fuel rods to address a long-standing issue with corrosion, as a French newspaper reported that a reactor in China is ...

Following a planned outage, Unit 1 at the Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant near Baxley in southeastern Georgia returned to service in early March outfitted with first-of-their-kind accident tolerant fuel ...