The new crack was six inches long and up to an inch deep, covering around a quarter of the circumference of the pipe, which is a little more than an inch thick, France's Nuclear Safety Authority ...

A heat pipe reactor uses an inert gas or liquid metal to cool the core. ... Cesium-137 is the isotope that represents the long-term risk from an accident at a conventional nuclear power reactor.

The race to dominate next-gen nuclear power just hit ignition at Idaho’s Demonstration of Microreactor Experiments. The Department of Energy has conditionally selected Westinghouse and Radiant to ...

Electricite de France SA has found indications that “stress corrosion” cracks may have returned to pipes at a nuclear reactor fixed less than three years ago, renewing fears about the ...

Thorium boasts several advantages over the conventional nuclear fuel, uranium-235. Thorium can generate more fissile material (uranium-233) than it consumes while fuelling a water-cooled or ...