Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have definitively answered a long-standing question: the tiny, natural pores inside graphite blocks do not affect the material’s performance as a ...

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Nuclear reactors – both old and new designs – use a lot of graphite as it is a key component. It is also one of the components in a reactor that gets deformed due to the radiation. The reason behind ...

The world's first industrial-scale nuclear reactor—one designed specifically to generate plutonium for nuclear weapons—has been designated a National Historic Landmark by the Department of Interior's ...

The Integral MSR is also based on the MSR Experiment but has been modified to have a more sealed, passive approach. The design team is based in Canada with international involvement and support. An 80 ...

ARTIFICIAL graphite for use in graphite-moderated nuclear reactors, as anodes for mercury vapour rectifiers, and crucibles for vacuum fusion work should contain little gas. Otherwise, when the ...

The Hanford B Reactor in Washington State - the world's first industrial-scale nuclear reactor - has been designated as a US National Historic Landmark. Meanwhile, the former Fernald uranium ...

Texas-based Natura Resources has received a DOE GAIN voucher to advance its MSR-100 molten salt reactor toward planned 2030 deployment.

Leningrad 1, the oldest operating RBMK unit, has been reconnected to the grid after the completion of work to resolve deformation of its graphite moderator. Leningrad 1, the oldest operating RBMK unit ...

PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Westinghouse Electric Company announced today at the Waste Management Symposia that recent success in the market has propelled Westinghouse to a clear global leadership ...