You have to balance the control rods, the coolant pumping, and the steam output to produce as much power as possible without melting the core. If the reactor were real, the pressure vessel would ...

as a platform for analysis and visualization of behaviour of the nuclear reactor core from the viewpoint of reactor physics, fuel performance and thermal–hydraulics. The simulator is mainly used as an ...

Another important aspect of reactor technology is the thermal behavior of dry-type air-core reactors. Research has employed multi-physics coupling modeling to analyze the thermal performance of ...

France’s increased use of solar and wind power could be adding to the strain on its aging nuclear ... s known as increased modulation among reactors operated by state-owned Electricite de ...

In 2022, the U.S. National Ignition Facility's fusion reactor briefly achieved ignition in its core using a different experimental method to EAST, relying on quick bursts of energy, but the ...