The first European pressurized water reactors are expected to be switched on next year, but they have been hit by redesigns, cost hikes and delays, as Michael Banks reports Waiting game Hinkley Point ...

GE Hitachi, Holtec, Rolls-Royce SMR and Westinghouse have been issued with an Invitation to Submit Final Tenders, with Great British Nuclear saying it remains on track to select the chosen technology ...

The next generation of nuclear reactors is on the way, and a new lead-cooled test reactor being built in Italy is blazing the ...

Two of the four shortlisted small modular reactor vendors - GE Hitachi and Rolls-Royce SMR - have announced they have submitted their final tender responses as part of Great British Nuclear's ongoing ...

From a riverside industrial hub in eastern France, a piece of steel engineering the size of a small house is beginning a carefully managed trip to the UK. The 500‑tonne reactor pressure vessel for ...

Countercurrent flow limitations (CCFL) represent a critical safety and operational consideration in pressurised water reactors (PWRs). In these systems, opposing flows of coolant and vapour within ...

Sometimes an idea is so elegant that it really deserves to work. One such is a proposal put forward by the boss of Deep Fission, an aspiring nuclear-power firm in Berkeley, California. Elizabeth ...

Passive cooling systems for nuclear power plants operate without pumps or electricity: They rely solely on physical effects ...