The assembly of the reactor has been completed at unit 3 of Turkey's Akkuyu nuclear power plant. Meanwhile, the fuel to be ...

If the reactor were real, the pressure vessel would weigh as much as two 747 jets! Despite the high-tech, the business end is a conventional steam generator. The only difference is that the steam ...

Work to segment and package the steel reactor pressure vessel head of the Brunsbüttel nuclear power plant in Germany has been ...

The fuel debris is considered to be distributed not only within the reactor pressure vessels but also in the primary ...

Workers installed the 42-foot reactor pressure vessel on Tuesday night. The 500-tonne steel container will be used to safely house nuclear fuel. This in turn will heat water into steam that drives a ...

The installation of the first of two 13-metre-long reactor pressure vessels is a pivotal development. Once both units are operational, Hinkley Point C will supply 7% of Britain’s electricity.

Korea allows Hanul Unit 4 restart after inspection confirms reactor head suitability Nuclear safety regulators greenlight ...

The reactor pressure vessel is the first to be built for a British power station for more than 30 years. At just 13 metres tall and weighing 500 tonnes, it will create the heat needed to make ...

TerraPower has awarded contracts for the first Natrium plant reactor enclosure system (RES) for its Natrium sodium-cooled ...

It fell to him to inform Thornburgh and Carter about a possibly explosive hydrogen bubble discovered above the cooling water, at the top of the reactor pressure vessel. That bubble-and whether or ...

Images taken by the robot under the No. 1 reactor at the plant also confirmed heavy damage to a concrete “pedestal” under the pressure vessel. The inspection by the robot started on March 29.

“There have been events that caused anxieties among residents of our prefecture, including damage to the foundation supporting the No. 1 reactor’s pressure vessel,” Uchibori told a ...