Video We hear about them all the time: spent fuel rods in cooling pools at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi (FDI) nuclear power plant in Japan. Experts are concerned about radiation released by the ...

Cladding: The thin-walled metal tube that forms the outer jacket of a nuclear fuel rod. It prevents both corrosion of the fuel by the coolant and the release of fission products into the coolant ...

A demonstration accident-resistant nuclear fuel assembly has been loaded into the core of unit 6 of the Hanul nuclear power ...

These assumptions can be about the enrichment ratio of the fissile isotopes like U-235, the density of individual fuel pellets, the spacing between the fuel rods containing these pellets, the ...

Korea's KHNP has loaded the first HIPER16 ATF into Hanul NPP's Unit 6, targeting increased safety margins and global ...

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA / ACCESS Newswire / June 24, 2025 / General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) announced today ...

SiGA is a silicon carbide (SiC) composite material that forms the basis for the development of nuclear reactor fuel rods that ...

A US nuclear reactor has switched from Regular to Premium fuel with Southern Nuclear inserting four Lead Test Assemblies (LTAs) into the Vogtle Unit 2 reactor in Waynesboro, Georgia that contains ...

A 12′ SiGa fuel assembly, demonstrating the ability to scale to full-sized fuel rods. (Credit: ... 27 thoughts on “ Silicon Carbide May Replace Zirconium Alloys For Nuclear Fuel Rod Cladding ” ...

According to the company, debris-wearing action on the fuel rod cladding - known as debris fretting - is the primary source of leaks in pressurised water reactor (PWR) fuel assemblies. Additive ...

In a December 7 statement, Kazatomprom said that 30 tons of low-enriched uranium (LEU) had been sent by rail in the form of nuclear fuel assemblies (large bunches of fuel rods) to China where they had ...

Irradiated fuel assemblies—essentially bundles of fuel rods with zirconium alloy cladding sheathing uranium dioxide fuel pellets—that have been removed from a nuclear reactor (spent fuel) generate a ...