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First reactor pressure vessel installed at Hinkley Point C
Workers at the Hinkley Point C (HPC) under construction in the UK have installed the first of two reactor pressure vessels ...
Hackaday1 年
Operate Your Own Nuclear Reactor, Virtually
The pressurized water reactor looks realistic and gives you ... If the reactor were real, the pressure vessel would weigh as much as two 747 jets! Despite the high-tech, the business end is ...
Nuclear Engineering International1 天
Tractebel to support LDR-50 SMR development
Tractebel has signed a contract with Finland’s Steady Energy, a startup company spun out from the VTT Technical Research ...
world-nuclear-news7 天
In pictures: First reactor vessel in place at Hinkley Point C
The reactor pressure vessel has been installed for the first of the two EPR reactors at the Hinkley Point C nuclear power ...
Yahoo5 天
Cargo container-sized ‘world’s simplest’ nuclear reactor to offer cheap heat
According to the Swedish company, the LDR-50 is a simplified pressurized light water reactor that operates at significantly ...
Britain installs first new nuclear reactor in 30 years
The first new reactor at a British nuclear power station in more than 30 years has been lifted into place at Hinkley Point C ...
AZoM on MSN1 个月
How to Design Custom Reactor Pressure Vessel Seals
Isar 2 is a 1450 MWe pressurized water power reactor that faces a shortage of reactor pressure vessel (RPV) seals. These ...
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US nuclear fuel rods endure 3452°F for 120 days, raising reactor safety standards
GA-EMS' SiGA nuclear fuel cladding successfully completes 120-day irradiation test, demonstrating exceptional resistance to ...
Reactor installed at UK's newest nuclear power station
Workers have fitted a reactor into the first nuclear power station to be built in Britain for 30 years. Hundreds of engineers ...
ISA4 年
ISA67.03, Reactor Coolant-Pressure-Boundary Leak Detection
The purpose of this committee is to standardize criteria, methods and procedures for assuring the design and operational adequacy of reactor coolant pressure boundary leak detection systems used in ...