The first Russian-made nuclear reactor fuel bundles with experimental ATF (Advanced Technology Fuel) rods have been loaded into Unit 2 at the Rostov nuclear power plant (NPP) in southwest Russia. The ...

High-burnup fuel rods, manufactured by GE Vernova’s Nuclear Fuel business, Global Nuclear Fuel (GNF), have been delivered to the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) ...

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 ...

A nuclear power plant is environmentally beneficial and generates 8000 times more power than fossil fuels, but when accidents do happen, they can have serious consequences, as in the case of the ...

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran has successfully produced and tested fuel rods for use in its nuclear power plants, state television reported on Sunday, in a snub to international demands that it halt ...

Understanding the physical behavior inside an operating nuclear reactor can be done only with simulations on a supercomputer due to the high-pressure, high-temperature, and radioactive environment ...

Engineers at a nuclear plant in southern China have been forced to shut down a reactor after minor fuel damage was detected. China General Nuclear Power Group (CGN) said on Friday that the Taishan ...

Russia's Balakovo 1 underwent a sudden shutdown late on 29 January as control rods were found to be in an irregular position. Russia's Balakovo 1 underwent a sudden shutdown late on 29 January as ...

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 likely to heighten ...