Since the construction of the first commercial light water nuclear power ... A 12′ SiGa fuel assembly, demonstrating the ability to scale to full-sized fuel rods. (Credit: DoE) Now it seems ...

GE Vernova has announced plans to invest more than USD50 million in GE Hitachi's Wilmington site in North Carolina as part of ...

Performance and reliability of nuclear fuel are ... all operating units on fuel rod failures, including statistics, root causes and mechanisms. These studies also include analyses of fuel structural ...

A hands-on workshop at Idaho State University is helping train professionals to safely handle the fuels that will power the next generation of nuclear reactors.

The Brunswick Nuclear Plant, located near Southport ... Each rod contains about 350 pellets with 85 fuel rods in a fuel assembly and about 560 fuel assemblies inside each reactor's core.

An Update of IAEA Nuclear Energy Series No. NF-T-2.1 IAEA Nuclear ... In addition to fuel rod leakers, fuel structural damages and other fuel assembly issues are considered in the report.