The first European pressurized water reactors are expected to be switched on next year, but they have been hit by redesigns, cost hikes and delays, as Michael Banks reports Waiting game Hinkley Point ...

Westinghouse Electric Company is working with a Finnish energy company, Fortum Corporation, to deploy an advanced AP1000 reactor. According to a Westinghouse press release, the two companies signed an ...

Countercurrent flow limitations (CCFL) represent a critical safety and operational consideration in pressurised water reactors (PWRs). In these systems, opposing flows of coolant and vapour within ...

Deep Fission’s technology centers on small cylindrical reactors that can be lowered into 30-inch diameter boreholes drilled a ...

Divisions within the EU persist, as its two largest economies remain at odds over nuclear power — France relies heavily on it ...

Feds, the state, cities, counties, companies are looking at next-gen nuclear power. But no small modular reactors have been ...

Small modular nuclear reactors, which offer greater flexibility and lower upfront cost than large nuclear reactors, have both some advantages and disadvantages when it comes to nuclear waste ...

Around the world, the majority of the world still derives its energy from dirty, pollution-heavy, and toxic petrochemical-fired power stations. As the world at large scrambles like headless chickens ...

The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued the final rule certifying NuScale Power’s small modular reactor (SMR), making it the seventh reactor design – and the first SMR – to be cleared by ...

The nuclear industry is racing to launch advanced small reactors by the early 2030s, aiming to meet the deep-pocketed technology sector's growing need for electricity to fuel artificial intelligence.