The small nuclear power plants will use molten salt in their fuel, making them safer and more versatile and portable than ...

The license paves the way for Ontario to build a commercial GE Hitachi reactor as U.S. utilities eye the same technology.

The plant utilizes boiling water reactors (BWR), the same type as the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, which suffered triple meltdowns following the earthquake and tsunami. The resumption ...

In addition, the majority of nuclear reactors under development and construction ... which produce steam for the turbine in separate steam generators; and Boiling Water Reactors (BWRs), which use the ...

The global nuclear energy sector is experiencing a renaissance with increased interest and expansion plans, but faces the ...

Two of the four shortlisted small modular reactor vendors - GE Hitachi and Rolls-Royce SMR - have announced they have ...

The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) on Friday granted Ontario Power Generation (OPG) a license to construct a ...

Like traffic cops, heavy water's deuterium atoms effectively curb the pace of neutrons without capturing them. Nuclear reactors that use heavy water can employ a form of uranium commonly found in ...

The opening of the reactor pressure vessel of Hamaoka 2 (Image: Chubu) Hamaoka 1 and 2 are both boiling water reactors ... on 18 December last year the Nuclear Regulation Authority approved Chubu's ...