A nuclear power station which generated electricity for 46 years has had its final rods of uranium removed. Hinkley Point B became operational in 1976 and was once the most productive nuclear site in ...

Bob Woodruff is the first journalist allowed inside the Yongbyon nuclear plant. YONGBYON, North Korea, Feb. 22, 2008— -- For years, North Korea has been producing plutonium, though just how much ...

Nuclear fuel rods that work more efficiently, last much longer, and minimize nuclear waste may soon help generate more sustainable energy sources. Interesting Engineering shared the latest development ...

The operator of Japan’s ruined Fukushima nuclear power plant began removing radioactive fuel rods Monday at one of three reactors that melted down after an earthquake and a tsunami in 2011, a major ...

Flow-induced vibration (FIV) poses a substantial challenge in nuclear reactor design, particularly in the context of fuel rod assemblies. These vibrations arise from the complex fluid–structure ...

China has confirmed a major milestone in nuclear science after achieving the world’s first successful conversion of thorium into uranium fuel inside a working molten salt reactor. The experimental ...