More than 440 commercial reactors generate almost 10 percent of global electricity, a carbon‑free flow that has quietly been ...

Rosatom has completed research and development (R&D) on a technology for the processing of liquid radioactive sodium coolant, ...

It is for these reasons that fast reactors have been under development for decades in several countries, primarily as breeders and, in recent years, also as high-level waste burners. Sodium cooled ...

One of the most important lessons from the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is that a reliable containment venting system can be crucial for effective accident management during ...

The design selected was a tank type sodium-cooled fast reactor ... stage of a demonstration reactor, encountered a spate of problems, including a sodium leak accident in 1995, and was barely ...

Developed by Bharatiya Nabhikiya Vidyut Nigam Limited (BHAVINI), the PFBR is a 500 MWe sodium-cooled reactor located in Kalpakkam, Tamil Nadu. Unlike traditional nuclear reactors, the PFBR ...