A nuclear reactor is a device that generates heat through a controlled release of energy from splitting the atoms of certain elements. In nuclear power plants, the heat produces steam, which drives ...

Burnable absorbers are key components in modern nuclear reactor design, serving to mitigate the excess reactivity inherent in fresh reactor cores while simultaneously enhancing operational safety and ...

NEW YORK, March 19 (Reuters) - Nebraska Public Power District reduced the 758-megawatt Cooper nuclear power station in Nebraska for a control rod pattern adjustment, a spokesman for the plant said ...

NEW YORK, March 5 (Reuters) - Entergy Corp was reducing the 620-megawatt Vermont Yankee nuclear power unit to about 72 percent power for a planned control rod pattern exchange, a spokesman for the ...

Beneath the stands of the University of Chicago’s athletic field, the first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction transpired in 1942. In a wooden frame, graphite blocks interspersed with uranium ...