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SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA / ACCESS Newswire / June 24, 2025 / General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) announced today ...
A 12′ SiGa fuel assembly, demonstrating the ability to scale to full-sized fuel rods. (Credit: DoE) Now it seems that silicon carbide (SiC) ...
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) confirmed that it reached another significant milestone in its Silicon ...
In the world of nuclear energy, the Idaho National Laboratory this week accomplished a first-of-its-kind test. The experiment proved successful and could ultimately decrease the amount of waste ...
The fuel rods themselves are generally made out of a zirconium alloy, which has the beneficial properties of having a high melting point, high resistance to chemical corrosion, vibrations and impacts.
More than 10,000 protesters converged on the plant's gate in 1981 to try to prevent fuel rods from being loaded into the two reactor cores. They said a major earthquake in the seismically active ...
The fuel rods were manufactured at GNF’s Wilmington, North Carolina, facility (Figure 1). Evaluation of the rods will help provide GNF and DOE with valuable information about high-burnup fuel, ...
Korea's KHNP has loaded the first HIPER16 ATF into Hanul NPP's Unit 6, targeting increased safety margins and global ...
Idaho Cleanup Project (ICP) crews have successfully transferred 40 spent nuclear fuel baskets into safer, long-term storage ...