Supercritical-Water-Cooled Reactor (SCWR) are high temperature, high-pressure, light-water-cooled reactors that operate above the thermodynamic critical point of water (374°C, 22.1 MPa). The reactor ...

Waiting game Hinkley Point C – a European pressurized water reactor – would, if built, be the first nuclear new build in the UK for more than 20 years. (Courtesy: EDF Energy) The headlines have not ...

Some heat is absorbed in the water—drawn from water bodies—used to cool these nuclear power plants and then returned, still with considerable heat, to these rivers or seas. The heat wave going on in ...

Throughout the 60-year-long history of the commercial nuclear power sector, light-water reactors (LWRs) have remained a cornerstone technology for the industry, today accounting for most of the ...

The Korean Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) has announced two new technological developments - a remote-controlled robot for refuelling pressurized heavy water reactors, and an indigenous ...

This innovation gives the design its name: Integral Inherently Safe Light Water Reactor (I2S-LWR). If all goes to plan, construction of the first I2S-LWRs could begin in around 10 years, making ...

Iran Builds First Domestically-Produced Nuclear Reactor Simulator. By. Hana Levi Julian - 17 Tammuz 5783 – July 6, 2023. 0. Share on Facebook. Tweet on Twitter ...

A “who’s doing what” addendum to "THE BIG PICTURE: Advanced Fission" in our November 2012 issue. Argentina: Site excavation for a 27-MW CAREM prototype—integral-type pressurized light ...

India’s government has given the state-owned Nuclear Power Corp. of India Ltd. (NPCIL) the green light to develop 10 new domestically designed pressurized heavy water reactors (PHWRs).

Kansai Electric Power Co. and other utilities will install filter-equipped venting systems for their pressurized light-water reactors to release vapor and prevent damage to containment vessels in ...