A mini-submarine with wireless connectivity is being used to transmit live data on conditions in a legacy fuel storage pond at the UK's Sellafield site. The company says this is a first for its decommissioning program.
The basic design for China's CAP1400 reactor has been approved ahead of construction of the first two units, which is set to start at Shidaowan in April.
Testing activities have been successfully completed for a first-of-a-kind helical coil steam generator for use in NuScale Power's small modular reactor design.
A newly published study of the radiation doses received by Fukushima residents has concluded that most people in the prefecture are unlikely to receive doses significantly different to normal background radiation levels as a result of the accident.
Babcock & Wilcox (B&W) has signed an agreement to support the development of TerraPower's travelling wave reactor._71x48.jpg "Scheme of Fukushima debris removal, February 2014 (Tepco) 71x48")
Japan has received around 200 international suggestions on concepts to remove the remains of the Fukushima Daiichi reactor cores._48.jpg "Sellafield ROV minid-sub (Sellafield Ltd)_48")
A mini-submarine with wireless connectivity is being used to transmit live data on conditions in a legacy fuel storage pond at the UK's Sellafield site. The company says this is a first for its decommissioning program._73x48.jpg "CAP1400 Shidaowan (SNPTC) 73x48")
The basic design for China's CAP1400 reactor has been approved ahead of construction of the first two units, which is set to start at Shidaowan in April.
An industry-academia research program aims to help develop the next generation of nuclear experts while tackling the UK's national clean-up program.
An underwater robot developed by Areva that can be maneuvered through a reactor's primary system has been used at a US nuclear power plant for the first time.