Commercial nuclear reactors all work pretty much the same way. Atoms of a radioactive material split, emitting neutrons.
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US firm to build Gen IV nuclear reactor that uses molten salt as both fuel and coolant
The OTA provides a framework for the DOE to review and authorize the design and operation of the TETRA reactor. This system ...
Westinghouse Electric Co., Sanmen Nuclear Power Co., Shandong Nuclear Power Co., State Nuclear Power Engineering Co. and China Nuclear Industry Fifth Construction Co. have together installed eight ...
The fatal December 2007 explosion and fire at T2 Laboratories in Jacksonville, Fla., was caused by a runaway chemical reaction that likely resulted from an inadequate reactor cooling system, ...
Southern Company and TerraPower have completed construction and installation of a new test facility at TerraPower's laboratory in Everett, Washington. The Integrated Effects Test will be used in the ...
Georgia Power Co. said Thursday that vibrations found in a cooling system of its second new nuclear reactor will delay when the unit begins generating power. Plant Vogtle's Unit 4 now will not start ...
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