The main function of the control rod guide tubes (CRGT) in a nuclear power plant is to ensure that the rod cluster control assembly drop (RCCA) meets safety requirements, stopping the chain reaction ...

Idaho National Laboratory researchers have built the first microreactor control system in decades, replacing the traditional sliding control rods found in conventional nuclear plants with a set of ...

Maintenance outages at Forsmark 3 and Oskarshamn 3 have been extended after defects were found in control rods. The units, totalling 2323 MWe of capacity, are not expected to restart until the end of ...

Westinghouse Electric Company today announced that it has signed a contract with Forsmarks Kraftgrupp AB for the delivery of control rods to Forsmark Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) Units 1 and 2. The ...

With reciprocal threats of annihilation, US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un appear to have brought us to the brink of war. The underlying problem is North Korea’s relentless ...

Minneapolis-based Xcel Energy will replace four control rod blades at its Monticello Nuclear Power Plant next month after a major nuclear industry manufacturer reported a potential “substantial safety ...

This publication is based on the experience of an IAEA coordinated research project on control rod withdrawal and sodium natural circulation tests performed during the Phénix end-of-life experiments.