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.

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 ...

French nuclear start-up Hexana has formed a strategic partnership with Belgian engineering firm Tractebel (part of France’s Engie) to ...

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About 100 cubic metres of slightly radioactive water flowed into rooms within the containment of Olkiluoto unit 3 after a ...

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 ...

A leakage of some 100 cubic metres of reactor coolant occurred at the Olkiluoto 3 (OL3) nuclear power plant in Finland on 10 ...

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).

A nuclear propelled containership designed by HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE) has received approval in principle ...