If the reactor were real, the pressure vessel would weigh as much as two 747 jets! Despite the high-tech, the business end is a conventional steam generator. The only difference is that the steam ...

US-based Kairos Power has completed design, construction, and installation of the reactor vessel for its second non-nuclear ...

Nuclear reactor pressure vessels (RPVs) are critical components in the safe operation of nuclear power plants. Their integrity is essential to prevent the release of radioactive materials ...

The VVER-1000 reactor pressure vessel (RPV) for unit 6 of India’s Kudankulam NPP in the southern state of Tamil ...

BWX Technologies Inc has been awarded contracts to manufacture the reactor pressure vessel for the first BWRX-300 small ...

BWX Technologies has secured contracts worth more than C$1bn ($695.4m) to support Ontario Power Generation's (OPG) nuclear ...

The central component for the second-iteration test unit for Kairos Power's Hermes reactor is the first reactor vessel to be ...

The installation of the first of two 13-metre-long reactor pressure vessels is a pivotal development. Once both units are operational, Hinkley Point C will supply 7% of Britain’s electricity.

Ontario Power Generation (OPG) has awarded BWX Technologies Inc. (BWXT) more than C$1 billion ($694.8 million) for two major ...

the company will manufacture the reactor pressure vessel for GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy's BWRX-300 small modular reactor. The Pickering life extension program is in its initial stages, with ...

BWX Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: BWXT) announced today contracts with a total value of more than C$1 billion for two major ...

Images taken by the robot under the No. 1 reactor at the plant also confirmed heavy damage to a concrete “pedestal” under the pressure vessel. The inspection by the robot started on March 29.