Since the construction of the first commercial light water nuclear power plants (LWR ... fuel rods were partially destroyed, it was the formation of hydrogen gas inside the reactor vessels ...

A US nuclear reactor has switched from Regular to Premium fuel with Southern Nuclear inserting four Lead Test Assemblies ...

Most new nuclear fission reactors being built today are ... is far less efficient than with ‘fresh’ fuel rods. This is the point where an LWR is refueled (generally on a 2-year cycle), and ...

These lead fuel rods have now been reinserted for a fifth ... to describe new technologies that enhance the tolerance of light-water reactor fuel under severe accident conditions as well as ...

Cogeneration options may be different; depending on the technology, reactor type, fuel type and temperature level ... There are major types of nuclear power reactors such as: the light water reactor ...

TEPCO said on Dec. 26 that it would conduct additional retrieval of melted fuel debris from the No. 2 reactor next spring. As with the first removal of the sample, a fishing rod-shaped device will ...

An Update of IAEA Nuclear Energy Series No. NF-T-2.1 IAEA Nuclear Energy Series No. NF-T-2.5 Since the 1970s, the IAEA has been involved in the analysis of fuel failures in water cooled reactors in ...