The reopening — among the first instances nationwide of a nuclear reactor restarting after it closed — is on track for as ...

A meltdown-proof nuclear reactor may alleviate fears Written by Tuan Nguyen, Contributor March 13, 2011 at 9:04 p.m. PT Until this weekend, the nuclear industry was arguably in the midst of a ...

Traditional nuclear reactors are between about 600 and 1,200 MW, but these small power modules are about 50 MW each and 12 of them can be put together to make a power plant up to 600 MW - a 12-pack.

TEPCO recently conducted a press tour of the wrecked reactor facility. — -- On March 11, 2011, a devastating earthquake and tsunami struck northeastern Japan, leaving nearly 19,000 people ...

In 1952, a nuclear reactor partially melted down in Canada. Then-U.S. Navy Lt. Jimmy Carter led a team of men to help with cleanup efforts.

US nuclear power plants use pressurized water reactors (PWR) and boiling water reactors (BWR), neither of which use graphite — instead, water works as both the coolant and the moderator for fission.

In 2011, the Fukushima nuclear reactor faced a rare problem where both regular and backup power supplies to its cooling system stopped working, causing a meltdown. While pebble-bed reactors do not ...

Technology Chinese nuclear reactor is completely meltdown-proof. The first ever full-scale demonstration of a nuclear reactor designed to passively cool itself in an emergency was a success ...

So when Canada's Chalk River nuclear research facility experienced a power surge that damaged its reactor, the U.S. sent Carter and his team. He was one of a few people in the world who could do it.

In 1952, a nuclear reactor partially melted down in Canada. Then-U.S. Navy Lt. Jimmy Carter led a team of men to help with cleanup efforts.