The RBMK reactor, infamous for its role in the Chernobyl disaster, was a Soviet nuclear reactor design that carried inherent ...

(Click here for a larger diagram, also on page 3 ... The scientists there have come up with a preliminary design for a reactor that requires only a small amount of enriched fuel–that is ...

THIS could be the start of something big. In the next few weeks, the UK government is expected to sign a deal to start building the country’s first new nuclear reactors for 25 years. The reactor ...

That could be a big deal for nuclear’s persistent financial problems, while also enabling some design features that further improve safety. On Friday, the first small modular reactor received a ...

NASA and the Department of Energy have selected BWX Technologies, General Atomics and Ultra Safe Nuclear Technologies to further develop their reactor design concepts for a nuclear thermal ...

PRESTON, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Westinghouse Electric Company announced today an agreement with Rolls-Royce SMR Ltd to support the development and the design of the nuclear fuel for Rolls-Royce ...

NuScale Power Corp., the only company with US approval for a small nuclear reactor, has now won regulatory support for a second design that may go into service by the end of the decade. The US ...

to enter the Generic Design Assessment (GDA) for the AP300™ Small Modular Reactor (SMR). This is the first of the 2-Step GDA process that will initiate work with the Office for Nuclear ...