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 ...

The core barrel for the first AP1000 to start construction in the USA has been manufactured at a Toshiba facility in Japan, the first time the company has supplied a component for a pressurized water ...

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 ...

The limited choice in nuclear power plant reactors is rapidly coming to a close. New SMRs and existing Gen III reactors basically come in three sizes NuScale and GE Hitachi’s BWRX 300 seem to be among ...