Rosatom – has announced the beginning of pilot operations of its nuclear fuel fabrication/refabrication facility or its BREST-OD-300 reactor. The BREST-OD-300 is a lead-cooled fast neutron reactor – ...

Sodium cooled fast reactors, lead and lead–bismuth cooled fast reactors and gas cooled fast reactors are currently being developed at national and international levels in compliance with higher ...

Swedish nuclear energy company Blykalla and Germany-based pump manufacturer KSB have announced a new partnership to develop specialised pumps ...

Argonne National Laboratory is developing Gen-IV nuclear reactors, including sodium-cooled fast reactors (SFRs).

Norwegian shipbuilder Vard has partnered with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Ålesund and other key stakeholders to explore the potential of nuclear propulsion in maritime ...

Rosatom along with nuclear fuel manufacturer TVEL have announced the start of construction of the BREST-OD-300 lead-cooled reactor. Like the Natrium design, this is a Generation IV fast neutron ...

The unit for fabrication/refabrication of nuclear fuel for the BREST-OD-300 lead-cooled fast neutron reactor has been put into pilot operation, Rosatom has announced ...

France-based Newcleo has signed framework agreements with Slovakian companies JAVYS and VUJE  which could lead to up to four ...

Any fast reactor can in theory be used to breed fuel and burn it. Schematic of a sodium-cooled fast reactor. Changing an FBR design to FNR involves removing the 238 U blanket and installing ...

Newcleo has signed two framework agreements with Slovakian nuclear companies JAVYS and VUJE to build up to four nuclear reactors in Slovakia.

New designs also include alternative coolants, such as molten salt, lead, lead–bismuth and gas ... Already operating two sodium cooled fast reactors, Russia plans to deploy a next generation 1200 ...

Newcleo will partner with Maire's unit NEXTCHEM to accelerate the development and the commercialization of its lead-cooled fast reactor powered by reprocessed nuclear waste. Advanced modular reactors ...