Fuel cladding is a barrier between the reactor coolant and nuclear fuel pellets and is essential to protecting the fuel while also ensuring the safety of a nuclear power plant. Fuel is stacked into ...

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 ...

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 ...

TEHRAN, Iran - Iran said Sunday that its scientists had produced the country's first nuclear-fuel rod, and its navy had test-fired a new medium-range surface-to-air missile - announcements that were ...

RALEIGH, N.C., March 1, 2001 (PRNewswire) — Twenty-six months after CP&L filed its proposal for continued interim storage of used nuclear fuel rods at the Harris Nuclear Plant in Wake County, the ...