The plant utilizes boiling water reactors (BWR), the same type as the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, which suffered triple meltdowns following the earthquake and tsunami. The resumption ...

Chugoku Electric Power Company is gearing up to restart unit 2 of its Shimane nuclear power plant, marking a significant ...

The power company operates three large GE boiling water reactors at its Browns Ferry site that use the same fuel that would ...

The power company operates three large GE boiling water reactors at its Browns Ferry site that use the same fuel that would power the BWRX-300. "GE Hitachi is a known quantity," Hunnewell said.

Pressurized Water Reactors (PWRs), which produce steam for the turbine in separate steam generators; and Boiling Water Reactors (BWRs), which use the steam produced inside the reactor core directly in ...

If restarted, the No. 2 unit will be the first boiling water reactor in Japan brought online since the 2011 nuclear disaster. The reactors at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, which suffered a ...

The Shimane No. 2 unit will be the second boiling water reactor, after the No. 2 unit at Tohoku Electric Power's Onagawa nuclear plant, to be brought back online since reactors of the same type ...