Thermo-acoustic nuclear fuel rods could scream for help when stressed, ... and despite nearly unlimited interest from the public we still have virtually no idea what's going on in there.

SiGA is a silicon carbide (SiC) composite material that forms the basis for the development of nuclear reactor fuel rods that can survive temperatures far beyond that of current materials.

High-burnup fuel rods, manufactured by GE Vernova’s Nuclear Fuel business, Global Nuclear Fuel (GNF), have been delivered to the U.S. Department of ...

Since the construction of the first commercial light water nuclear power plants (LWR) the design of their fuel rods hasn’t changed significantly. Mechanically robust and corrosion-resistant z… ...

Several of the reactor’s more than 60,000 fuel rods have been damaged, prompting regulators to reassess the levels of radioactive gases around them. By Keith Bradsher SHANGHAI — The Chinese ...

Nuclear fuel rods at a quake-stricken Japanese nuclear reactor are now fully exposed, Jiji news agency said, quoting the plant's operator, Tokyo Eletcric Power Co . Skip to main content.

A 12-foot-long fuel rod — called a “pin” — at North Anna 2 contains either 360 or 372 pellets, depending upon the vendor. The reactor has 157 fuel assemblies, each of which hold 264 rods.