Since the construction of the first commercial light water nuclear ... design of their fuel rods hasn’t changed significantly. Mechanically robust and corrosion-resistant zirconium alloy ...

A team of researchers, including TPU physicists and their foreign collaborators, have substantiated the effectiveness of ...

The analysis revealed that the first piece of debris contained uranium and zirconium, a metal used in the cladding that encases fuel rods. JAEA said the debris was formed from melted nuclear fuel ...

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Read about the new fuel coating technique being developed by ORNL to shield nuclear thermal propulsion system components from extreme heat and radiation.