Pebble bed nuclear reactors are still in the development phase and have yet to be placed into operation in any nation, but these reactors promise to eliminate many of the roadblocks that have ...

Trickle-bed reactors (TBRs) represent a critical technology in the chemical process industry, combining a packed bed of catalyst with cocurrent downflow of gas and liquid. The interplay between ...

Packed bed reactors constitute a pivotal element in chemical engineering and thermal energy storage applications by utilising a fixed matrix of solid particles to enhance reaction rates and facilitate ...

South Africa’s plan to revive its small modular reactor project has been criticised over funding gaps and lost expertise.

Specialist flow chemistry firm Vapourtec has recently launched their high temperature packed bed reactor which will open up 'exciting opportunities' for a host of new types of reaction. The modular ...

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will review Kairos Power’s construction permit application (CPA) for its Hermes non-power demonstration reactor, which the firm has proposed to build at the ...

South Africa expects to lift the care and maintenance status of its Pebble Bed Modular Reactor by the first quarter of next ...

The second reactor of the High Temperature Gas Cooled Reactor-Pebble-bed Module at the Shidaowan plant in China’s Shandong province has reached criticality for the first time, China Huaneng has ...

Here is an update on advanced molten salt reactors and pebble bed reactors. For the past 60 years, the world has had water and pressurized water reactors which follow the same principle as a coal ...

South Africa expects to lift the care and maintenance status of its Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (PBMR) by the first quarter of ...

Tristructural isotropic (TRISO) particle fuel has long been used in high-temperature gas-cooled nuclear reactors, but it is seeing a resurgence as a result of other applications. Modern TRISO fuel ...