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 ...

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, ...

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

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 ...

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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 ...

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

The 317-tonne reactor pressure vessel, the heart of the nuclear reactor, was installed in design position at Unit 4 of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) on January 24.

Reactor pressure vessels (RPVs) constitute a critical safety barrier in nuclear power plants, safeguarding against the potentially catastrophic release of radiation. The structural integrity of ...

“The pressure vessel may be the most important component of the reactor because it encases water on the highly radioactive reactor core,” the Sept. 14 news released said.