Paris — French energy group EDF has reported discovering a significant new crack in a cooling pipe at a nuclear power plant on the Channel coast, in the latest such incident to plague the energy ...

Combining the dose values with the proportion of that isotope present in the heat pipe reactor inventory enabled the team to calculate both short-term and long-term health impacts of the studied ...

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is inviting companies to propose experiments using its Microreactor Application Research Validation and Evaluation (MARVEL) reactor, a testbed scheduled to begin ...

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 ...

The new generation of advanced nuclear reactors differs from existing plants in size, technology, and safety features, and this requires updated licensing methodology both domestically and ...

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 ...

Michigan's Palisades plant is planning to turn on again this fall after Democrats and Republicans got behind the project — but it's not free from ...

Another advantage is that thorium-fuelled reactors could be much more environmentally friendly than their uranium counterparts. In addition to the fact that these reactors — and nuclear power in ...

France is starting up its first newly built nuclear reactor in a quarter of a century, 12 years behind schedule and after multiple setbacks as the industry looks to a revival with plans for more ...