[Reuters, 24 March] Turkey has finally launched the tender process for the construction of the country's first nuclear power plant, originally planned for February. According to a statement in the ...

Under the Eisenhower administration the US became one of the world’s nuclear power pioneers, as it competed with the UK and later others in establishing world’s firsts in commercial nuclear power.

Japanese utility Kansai has received the necessary prefectural and mayoral approval to operate unit 1 at its Mihama nuclear power station beyond its 40th year. The 340 MWe pressurised water reactor ...

This module consists of the 4 lectures and provides World overview, the description of main type of thermal reactors and its fuels (PWR, BWR, VVER, RBMK, AGR, Pressurized Heavy-Water Reactors); design ...