The small nuclear power plants will use molten salt in their fuel, making them safer and more versatile and portable than ...

The license paves the way for Ontario to build a commercial GE Hitachi reactor as U.S. utilities eye the same technology.

The plant utilizes boiling water reactors (BWR), the same type as the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, which suffered triple meltdowns following the earthquake and tsunami. The resumption ...

Two of the four shortlisted small modular reactor vendors - GE Hitachi and Rolls-Royce SMR - have announced they have ...

In addition, the majority of nuclear reactors under development and construction ... which produce steam for the turbine in separate steam generators; and Boiling Water Reactors (BWRs), which use the ...

The global nuclear energy sector is experiencing a renaissance with increased interest and expansion plans, but faces the ...

The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) on Friday granted Ontario Power Generation (OPG) a license to construct a ...

The first dismantling of a commercial reactor in Japan has started, ushering in a new period of decommissioning but with the ...

The opening of the reactor pressure vessel of Hamaoka 2 (Image: Chubu) Hamaoka 1 and 2 are both boiling water reactors ... on 18 December last year the Nuclear Regulation Authority approved Chubu's ...