Where Will All of Big Tech’s Nuclear Waste Go?
Nuclear waste is spread across 94 different nuclear sites in the U.S. and has no permanent home. Big Tech is going to add more to the pile.
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nuclear fuel
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 ...
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Uranium, fuel rod casing found in Fukushima nuclear debris
The analysis revealed that the first piece of debris contained uranium and zirconium, a metal used in the cladding that encases fuel rods. JAEA said the debris was formed from melted nuclear fuel ...
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China nuclear: Taishan reactor shut down over damaged fuel rods
China General Nuclear Power Group (CGN) said in a statement on Friday that the reactor was "completely under control". Engineers would find the cause of the damage and replace the fuel rods ...
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General Atomics Completes SiGA Cladded Nuclear Fuel Rod Irradiation Testing
SAN DIEGO, CAPELLEN / ACCESSWIRE / December 4, 2024 / General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) announced today that unfueled nuclear fuel rods using the company's SiGA® fuel cladding ...