Of the currently operating 442 reactors, 96 per cent are water-cooled. Many of these plants were originally ... Safety systems designed into today’s advanced WCRs have passive features that do not ...

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

Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, occupied by Russian forces since the early days of the war, could be restored and protected by US ownership – at least according to the Americans.

Over the past year, Tokyo Electric Power ... plant went into a triple meltdown following the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster that knocked out the site’s cooling system. The water ...