Cladding: The thin-walled metal tube that forms the outer jacket of a nuclear fuel rod. It prevents both corrosion of the fuel by the coolant and the release of fission products into the coolant ...

The first breeder reactor, went online almost 75 years ago. But today, only two remain active across the globe. Our question is simply, why?

Southern Company's Plant Vogtle nuclear power complex made history in 2023 by bringing the first new U.S. nuclear reactor built from scratch in the past 30 years online, according to a Fortune report.

Both utilize uranium dioxide fuel, but six of the rods are clad with zirconium alloy containing a chromium coating, while the other six are clad with 42XHM, which is a chromium-nickel alloy. 2.

TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian scientists have produced the nation's first nuclear fuel rod, a feat of engineering the West has doubted Tehran capable of, the country's nuclear agency said Sunday.

Developments in fuel rod design by Lightbridge may lead to a 17% increase in output of current nuclear power plants, once safety concerns have been allayed ...

Custom-designed alloy enhances nuclear safety. A team led by researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory has developed a safer cladding for nuclear fuel rods.

Nuclear fuel rods contain little pellets of uranium, somewhere between the size of Tootsie Roll and Cadbury eggs. Those uranium pellets are stacked inside thin, 12-foot-long metal tubes, which we ...

About 6 percent of the fuel rods in reactor No. 3 at the Fukushima Dai-ichi power plant are made from so-called "mixed-oxide" (MOX) fuel, which contains plutonium as well as uranium.

The rods were produced after Iran failed to come to an agreement with Western nations on purchasing nuclear fuel for the reactor, which is used for nuclear medical treatment. Forwarding the News ...

Dominion Virginia Power has found two damaged nuclear fuel rods in its North Anna 2 power plant during the Louisa County reactor’s scheduled refueling this month. The Richmond-based utility ...

Nuclear engineers at Purdue University have developed a better nuclear fuel that could save millions of dollars annually and last longer than current fuels.