UK-based consortium achieves mass-production of fusion-grade steel using an electric arc furnace and approaches that can deliver considerable cost savings.
The 13m-long (42.6 ft) unit is one of two reactors which will contain the nuclear chain reaction that will generate enough power for six million homes, when it opens in 2030. The giant steel ...
“With the advent of new and more efficient electrolyser technology, and with the deployment of advanced reactor technologies, such as high temperature reactors, on the horizon, nuclear energy is well ...
Engineers have lifted a steel roof onto a building which will house the first of two nuclear reactors at Hinkley Point in Somerset. Hundreds of people helped with the delicate operation to get the ...
Workers installed the 42-foot reactor pressure vessel on Tuesday night. The 500-tonne steel container will be used to safely house nuclear fuel. This in turn will heat water into steam that drives ...
(NDF) said Sept. 3 that the entire reactor building would be enveloped in a steel structure before being engulfed in water, according to the proposal. “No radioactive materials would be swirling ...