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

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

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 ...

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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 ...

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

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

Isar 2 is a 1450 MWe pressurized water power reactor that faces a shortage of reactor pressure vessel (RPV) seals. These ...

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.

BWX Technologies secures nuclear energy contracts valued at more than C$1B to support Ontario Power Generation initiatives.

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

The major expense in a standard PWR is the enormous reactor pressure vessel made of 8 to 12-inch thick steel, the large pressurizer, and the huge containment building with concrete walls 3 to 6 ...