Categories: Nuclear Fuel, Technology & Innovation
At the core of every nuclear reactor lies the most energy‑dense fuel source on Earth: nuclear fuel, composed of millions of precisely engineered uranium pellets.
Categories: Nuclear Fuel, Technology & Innovation
For decades, the nuclear industry followed a familiar path: machining massive metal blocks into precise, safety critical components. This approach was reliable, but it came at a cost: slow production, significant material waste and limited design flexibility.
Categories: Operating Plants
The US nuclear energy industry faces significant challenges in attracting and retaining sufficient qualified workers to meet current and future needs of the industry. Based on projections of US demographic data, there will be a lack of available skilled workers, and demographic shifts will create a highly competitive labor market where the industry will vie for limited talent.
Categories: General Topics, AP1000
by Chris Stocker, Crane Nuclear
Categories: General Topics
Severely damaged fuel rods, broken fuel rods and loose fissile material are not allowed to be transported away from a nuclear power plant in a standard transportation cask. Westinghouse Quiver, shaped and handled as a Fuel Assembly, solves this problem by creating an additional barrier around the damaged fuel components. The Quiver can be licensed for all downstream handling, from the nuclear powerplant to transportation cask, intermediate storage and final repository.
