— -- Since the 1979 Three Mile Island accident, there have been 18 "significant precursors," or equipment failures, at U.S. nuclear plants that sharply raise the chance of a reactor core meltdown ...

China's Tsinghua University has scored a world first by demonstrating the inherent safety of the first operating commercial pebble-bed nuclear reactor by shutting off the power and letting the passive ...

Smart students at Cornell created a nuclear reactor simulator for the Raspberry Pi Pico A bug in the system enhances the experience as the reactor goes critical Simulated reactor includes visuals, ...

The one quick solution to the crisis at the Fukushima nuclear power facility is to restore power to it. There is an irony to that observation: a nuclear power plant in need of power. But the problem ...

ORANGEBURG, S.C. (WCSC) - South Carolina State University introduced cutting-edge technology that represents a major leg up for the college’s nuclear engineering program. The school cut a ribbon on a ...

Iran's nuclear professionals are now able to train using a fully Iranian-designed and built reactor simulator. The simulator was unveiled in the presence of Eslami (centre) and AEOI deputy heads Seyed ...

Curtiss-Wright Corp. said it has been awarded two contracts from TerraPower to design and supply plant simulation and digital control solutions for the Natrium advanced nuclear reactor design. Under ...

A few days before the announcement, a meme shared on Twitter claimed Carter led a team of men after the world’s first nuclear reactor meltdown while he was serving in the U.S. Navy at age 28. The meme ...

Fukushima, Three Mile Island, and Chornobyl—these are the three lasting images that remain in the public eye when people think of commercial nuclear energy and the consequences that occur when things ...

Russia’s foreign intelligence service has accused Western powers of preparing a “sabotage” operation at the Zaporizhzhia ...