Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In a major step forward for nuclear safety, General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) has announced the successful ...

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 ...

Such fuels may incorporate the use of new materials and designs for cladding and fuel pellets. KHNP, together with Kepco Nuclear Fuel (KNF), began developing accident-resistant nuclear fuel in 2017 as ...

Westinghouse Electric Company's lead test assemblies with LEU+ fuel have been loaded into Unit 2 of the Vogtle nuclear power plant - a first for such fuel in a commercial reactor in the USA. The ...

Fuel-coolant interaction dynamics play a central role in the prevention and mitigation of severe accidents in nuclear power plants. When molten core materials, commonly referred to as corium, breach ...