Fireplaces are cozy until it’s time to shovel out the ashes. Nuclear power has the same problem: abundant, reliable energy paired with a growing pile of difficult-to-discard spent fuel. But a new ...

Burnable absorbers are key components in modern nuclear reactor design, serving to mitigate the excess reactivity inherent in fresh reactor cores while simultaneously enhancing operational safety and ...

France-headquartered innovative reactor developer Newcleo announced that its LFR-AS-200 small modular lead-cooled fast reactor design has been accepted to enter the UK's Generic Design Assessment ...

Reactor radiation-shielding optimization methods are proposed by combining many-objective evolutionary algorithms with particle-transport calculation software that can optimize the reactor ...

Fincantieri, newcleo and Pininfarina have unveiled the look of the next-generation sustainable nuclear generator for maritime applications. The look of newcleo’s fourth-generation lead-cooled fast ...

The utilisation of heat pipes in nuclear reactor systems represents a transformative approach to thermal management, combining inherent safety with enhanced efficiency. Heat pipes offer a passive, ...

Belgian engineering firm Tractebel announced it has signed a new mutual agreement with NRG-Pallas to extend their long-standing collaboration on the construction of the Pallas research reactor in ...