US advanced nuclear technology developer X-energy Reactor Company and Japanese engineering firm IHI Corporation have signed a ...

Gas‐cooled reactors, particularly those utilising helium as a coolant, rely on natural convection and associated heat transfer processes to maintain safe and efficient operational temperatures. In ...

A materials expert told Friends of ORNL that advanced nuclear reactors need 21st-century materials to withstand extreme ...

Graphite dust is generated as a by-product of normal operations in high temperature gas-cooled reactors (HTGRs), predominantly arising from mechanical wear of graphite-based components. Typically ...

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These methods are how the nuclear industry safely manages the 10,000 metric tons of spent fuel waste that reactors produce as ...

Government decommissioning body, Nuclear Restoration Services will take over ownership of the North Ayrshire reactor from EDF ...

The US Department of Defense (DoD) and the Department of the Air Force have signed an agreement with X-energy Reactor Company to advance the development of its commercial microreactor. The agreement ...

EDF said its UK nuclear fleet performance was "very good" in 2025, meeting 12% of total UK electricity consumption. The company said it plans to operate its last two Advanced Gas-cooled Reactors until ...

The demand for reliable, 24/7 power for data centers is driving a historic level of interest in building new nuclear reactors. Current regulations and the high cost of qualifying new materials push ...