The pressurized water reactor looks realistic and gives you controls that — we are fairly sure — are greatly simplified compared to the real thing. We suggest you start with the tour before ...

One type of SMR currently under the development in a number of countries is the integral Pressurized Water Reactor (iPWR). In this design, primary circuit components are placed within the reactor ...

the first reactor damaged in the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami to be restarted. The plant utilizes boiling water reactors (BWR), the same type as the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power ...

and Boiling Water Reactors (BWRs), which use the steam produced inside the reactor core directly in the steam turbine. All LWRs require fuel that is enriched in the fissile isotope, U-235. Heavy Water ...

Kansai Electric Power Co. on Aug. 3 announced a delay in the planned imminent restart of a reactor at its Mihama nuclear plant in Fukui Prefecture due to a leak of radioactive water. The utility ...