The major goal of the this CRP is to develop experimental procedures for the reproducible measurements of delayed hydride cracking velocity of zirconium alloy cladding tubes so that consistent ...

Even the best alloys can't last forever, so we applied statistical thermodynamics to materials science and found a better way to dope zirconium alloys to use in fuel rod cladding. Share on Facebook ...

RESTON, Va., Feb. 12, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Lightbridge Corporation (Lightbridge), an advanced nuclear fuel technology company, today announced a significant milestone in its innovative nuclear ...

Nuclear fuel rods can melt, in the worst case into a glowing, radioactive blob in the bottom of the reactor vessel. The Pros and Cons of Zirconium Cladding Conventional fuel—enriched uranium oxide ...

Following a planned outage, Unit 1 at the Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant near Baxley in southeastern Georgia returned to service in early March outfitted with first-of-their-kind accident tolerant fuel ...

I have to admit to getting a bit worried about the quality of newspaper reporting these days. We seem to be getting the most alarming, and alarmingly untrue, things repeated about the Fukushima ...

Exploratory research on revolutionary new types of nuclear fuel pellets that would be safer in the event of a nuclear disaster has yielded promising results, according to scientists. Exploratory ...

In the aftermath of Japan's earthquake and tsunami in March 2011, the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant was initially driven into shutdown by the magnitude 9.0 quake; its emergency generators then ...

Electricite de France SA is increasing the iron content of cladding for nuclear fuel rods to address a long-standing issue with corrosion, as a French newspaper reported that a reactor in China is ...

Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2014-0171 when contacting the NRC about the availability of information for this petition. You may obtain publicly-available information related to this petition by any ...

Lead test assemblies of accident-tolerant fuel installed in unit 1 of Southern Nuclear's Edwin I Hatch nuclear power plant in early 2018 have completed a 24-month fuel cycle. A sample of the lead test ...