Flow-induced vibration (FIV) poses a substantial challenge in nuclear reactor design, particularly in the context of fuel rod assemblies. These vibrations arise from the complex fluid–structure ...

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 ...

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 ...

Four lead test assemblies supplied by Westinghouse featuring 3D-printed bottom nozzles have been used at Southern Nuclear's Farley nuclear power plant in Alabama. Westinghouse says the components ...

The assembly is now scheduled to complete its third 24-month cycle in the spring of 2027. Following this, it will be shipped ...

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (Tepco) has just taken a major step toward cleaning up the site by removing the first spent-fuel assembly from reactor 3. Of course, they did it with a robot ...

Framatome’s accident tolerant fuel (ATF) assembly has completed four years of operation at Constellation Energy’s Calvert ...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- North Korea says it has turned the plutonium from 8,000 spent nuclear fuel rods into nuclear weapons to serve as a deterrent against increasing U.S. nuclear threats and to ...

Southern Nuclear, a subsidiary of Southern Company and operator of more than 8.2 GW of nuclear power capacity, said it has completed the installation of lead test assemblies with additively ...

COVERT TOWNSHIP, Mich. — The Palisades Nuclear Plant has taken another significant step toward becoming the first shuttered nuclear facility in U.S. history to restart operations after receiving new ...