President Trump's orders to fast-track the deployment of small modular reactors on federal sites could help unlock commercial ...

Federal regulators have allowed the owners of the dormant plant to bring nuclear fuel back into the facility, a key step ...

The Palisades nuclear reactor was permanently shut down on May 20, 2022, which was 11 days earlier than its scheduled closure ...

Federal regulators said there are “no significant hazards” expected with the plan to return nuclear fuel to the power plant’s ...

The shutdown process is essential for maintenance, refueling, and ensuring the safe operation of the reactor, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency, and nowhere is this clearer than in ...

Control rods are inserted and retracted to absorb neutrons and regulate the rate of the reaction. The heat generated by the reactor boils water to turn a turbine and make electricity.

--SAIHEAT Limited today announced it has received the Invention Patent Authorization Notice for its proprietary" Control Rod Drive Mechanism for Small Modular Pressurized Water Reactors." This ...

Nebraska Public Power District reduced the 758-megawatt Cooper nuclear power station in Nebraska for a control rod pattern adjustment, a spokesman for the plant said Thursday.

Russia's Balakovo 1 underwent a sudden shutdown late on 29 January as control rods were found to be in an irregular position. The VVER-1000 pressurised water reactor (PWR) was operating at 1030 MWe ...

Reactor operators work in the control room at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Middletown, Pennsylvania, U.S., on April 11, 2018. A new draft executive order could shrink the size of ...

This thermo-acoustic nuclear sensor uses 1100 parallel chambers made of a durable ceramic, and can be made small enough to fit virtually anywhere within the reactor core.