Huaneng Shidao Bay High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor Demonstration Project officially commenced commercial operation in Rongcheng, #Shandong, on Dec 6, which is the world's first fourth ...

In the early 1960s, with the nuclear industry looking for higher thermal efficiencies, development work began on the high temperature gas-cooled reactor (HTGR). At that time, the steam water cycle ...

At Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee, a half-dozen workers are making what appear to be gray billiard balls.

Virginia-based BWX Technologies has announced that work is underway on the reactor core for the Pele microreactor at its BWXT ...

Advanced nuclear energy is on the upswing thanks also to supportive state policy, expected load growth, technology companies’ interest in “clean firm” power and federal tax incentives that largely ...

T he advanced nuclear reactor company founded by Bill Gates said it will have to delay the demonstration of its novel reactor technology because its exclusive fuel supply arrangement with Russia ...

French-based global power developer EDF Energy vowed to put all seven of its advanced gas-cooled reactor nuclear power stations in the United Kingdom into the defueling and decommissioning stages ...

That’s the dream.” The TCR’s gas-cooling system is fundamentally a souped up version of the X-10, the world’s first nuclear reactor designed for continuous operation.

The TRi Energy Partnership said it could be operating its first advanced reactor within seven years, and the project could be scaled up to a four-reactor, 320-megawatt power plant.

The TRi Energy Partnership said it could be operating its first advanced reactor within seven years, and the project could be scaled up to a four-reactor, 320-megawatt power plant. “As ...

The reactor in Shidao Bay, China is the world’s first gas-cooled nuclear power plant built for commercial demonstration. It is cooled by helium and can reach high temperatures of up to 750 ...