Corium behavior and heat transfer during severe nuclear reactor accidents are critical areas of research aimed at improving safety and mitigating the consequences of potential meltdowns.
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The research project contains two stages: The safety case of an aged advanced gas-cooled reactor (AGR) was investigated at the first stage, and fundamental studies on the turbulence and heat transfer ...
The US government built a nuclear powered jet engine in the 1950s. It was called the Heat Transfer Reactor Experiment – 3, or HTRE-3 for short. It used liquid salt as opposed to water for the ...
French nuclear start-up Hexana has formed a strategic partnership with Belgian engineering firm Tractebel (part of France’s Engie) to ...
The world is racing to curb emissions of planet-heating carbon dioxide (CO2). Industrial plants are among the numerous sources contributing to emissions. In recent years, carbon capture technology ...
This was attributed to radiative energy transport, in which heat energy is radiated ... coupling modify a chemical reaction via cavity-mediated radiative energy transfer, Nature Chemistry (2025).