The rods feature a zircalloy cladding material. A total of 177 CF3 fuel assemblies will be loaded into the core of the Hualong One reactor. In March, long-term irradiation testing of the CF3 fuel was ...

The probe handling a piece of fuel debris within unit 2 (Image: Tepco) A pre-investigation of the area directly below the pressure vessel - known as the pedestal - was carried out in January 2017 at ...