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Integral Pressurized Water Reactor Simulator (SMR)

There is continuing global interest in the development of Small Modular Reactors (SMR). One type of SMR currently under the development in a number of countries is the integral Pressurized Water ...
Energy Intelligence

Advanced Nuclear and SMR Projects Progress Across North America

Developers of the BWRX-300 and Xe-100 are close to locking in fleet-scale deployments of these advanced reactors.
The Globe and Mail

Lightbridge Completes Loading of Capsules Containing Lightbridge Fuel Material Samples into an Experiment Assembly for Irradiation Testing in the Advanced Test Reactor

RESTON, Va., Oct. 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Lightbridge Corporation (Nasdaq: LTBR), a leader in advanced nuclear fuel technology, today announced the successful completion of the loading of ...
Hartford Courant

CT nuclear reactor is 50 years old. What to know

When the second reactor opened at Connecticut’s Millstone Nuclear Power Station on Sept. 26, 1975, nuclear power was at the height of a golden age in the United States. Millstone, situated on a ...
Lawrence Times

Q&A: How new technology would fuel a different kind of nuclear power plant in Kansas

Construction of a TerraPower Natrium nuclear power plant is underway in Wyoming. Evergy and the Kansas Department of Commerce are exploring the idea of building a Natrium plant in Kansas. (TerraPower) ...
IEEE

Thermal-Hydraulic Analysis of 7-Rod Bundle Fuel Assembly in Lead-Cooled Fast Reactor

Abstract: Thermal-hydraulic analysis of fuel assemblies in lead-cooled fast reactors plays a crucial role in ensuring safe and efficient reactor operation. To precisely characterize the ...
Power Engineering

SMR startup Deep Fission eyes Texas, Utah, and Kansas for new reactor projects

Deep Fission, a California-based nuclear startup aiming to place small modular pressurized water reactors in boreholes one mile underground, has announced the selection of its first three planned ...
autoevolution

China Touts Second "Meltdown-Proof" Sodium-Cooled Fast-Reactor, but There's One Huge Catch

If nuclear energy lobbies were as effective as petroleum lobbies, there'd be a reactor to power every home in the union. At least, that's the image they'd surely like to convey. However, one project ...
WGCU

Safety Deferred: FPL has delayed core enclosure tests at S. Florida nuclear plant for nearly 20 years

Shortly after Florida Power & Light brought the Turkey Point nuclear power plant online 53 years ago in south Miami-Dade County, a detailed safety plan was put in place to monitor the structural ...
recordonline

Indian Point teardown: A look inside the process of shutting down a nuclear power plant

Piece by piece, bolt by bolt, the Indian Point nuclear power plant is being stripped down to its parts, each one a snapshot in time from the plant’s six decades supplying electricity to New York City ...
NextBigFuture

NRC and Holtec Reversing 2022 Shutdown of Pallisades Nuclear Reactor

The Palisades nuclear reactor was permanently shut down on May 20, 2022, which was 11 days earlier than its scheduled closure date due to a performance issue with a control rod drive seal. Entergy was ...