Reactor internals have been installed at unit 4 of China’s Haiyang Nuclear Power Plant, where two CAP1000 reactors are under ...

The pressure vessel for the Westinghouse AP1000 nuclear reactor in China was put into place Sept. 22. China’s State Nuclear Power Technology Corp. (SNPTC) is building one of the world’s first ...

The reactor pressure vessel for unit 5 of the Fuqing nuclear power plant has completed hydraulic pressure tests. The unit – the first of two demonstration Hualong One units being built at the site in ...

The reactor pressure vessel for unit 1 of the Lianjiang nuclear power plant has arrived at the construction site in China's Guangdong province. It will be the first of two CAP1000 reactors planned for ...

ReportsnReports.com adds "Nuclear Reactor Pressure Vessel and Head - Global Market Size, Competitive Landscape and Key Country Analysis to 2020" research report to its store. In the global nuclear ...

The sort of catastrophic scenario described by the commenter here is highly unlikely. PhD student in nuclear engineering ...

The original plan, nearly 20 years ago, was to plop the retired nuclear reactor pressure vessel on a barge and ship it off — via the Panama Canal or all the way around the tip of South America ...

U.S. federal government efforts to expedite nuclear permitting could help accelerate the industry but have sparked concerns ...

The first stage of the tests involved raising the pressure within the vessel to 21.5 megapascals (MPa) and maintaining it at that pressure for 10 minutes to check the integrity of the vessel. The ...

If you’ve ever wanted to operate your own nuclear reactor, ... If the reactor were real, the pressure vessel would weigh as much as two 747 jets! Despite the high-tech, ...