The company says the investment could help extend the life of the plant, which generates close to 40% of all energy in ...

Fuel loading is the process of placing bundles of cylindrical nuclear fuel assemblies into a reactor. Chugoku Electric said it started the refueling process at 1 p.m. on Oct. 28, after gaining ...

Specifically, refueling a nuclear carrier requires dismantling the old reactor's core, which is comprised of numerous rods, ...

longer refueling intervals and more varied utilization capabilities. At the same time, its use increases the risk of nuclear material being misused. However, most research reactors can utilize ...

These would replace other types of thermal plants with one that would produce no exhaust gases, no fly ash and require only occasional refueling ... As nuclear reactors popped up ever faster ...

According to Rosatom engineers, it will enable to extension the reactor refueling period from the current 12-18 months to 24 months, i.e. power units will be stopped less often to replace ...

Small modular reactors present potential advantages in safety, cost and a broader range of applications than traditional nuclear reactors, and could play a key role in the energy transition. But the ...

The reactor does not need water for cooling ... and have 330 GWd/t burn-up with 30% of energy from thorium. Online refueling would enable eight years of operation before shutdown, with the graphite ...