Pool-type experimental reactors have had safe and stable operation for the past 50 years. “It can be constructed either inner land or on the coast, making it an especially good fit for northern inland ...

Nine years after Apsara – the country’s first and oldest atomic reactor – was shut down, the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) set in motion Apsara-upgraded (U) on September 10 at 6.41pm. Apsara U ...

Kind of peaceful. The lights make the water a light blue that looks as if there should be fish swimming in it. Way down at the bottom are 78 fuel rods that will go to work in a minute and when that ...

Construction of China’s 600 MWe demonstration fast reactor at Xiapu, Fujian province, has officially begun with the pouring of the first concrete for the reactor’s basemat. The reactor is scheduled to ...

With the pending nuclear renaissance, a series of alternate reactor designs have been emerging based on smaller, modular designs. Although varied in type and state of development, these reactors offer ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nuclear laboratories in Canada have shown interest in exploring the commercialization of small reactor designs. A Request for ...

Apsara, the first research reactor of Asia, became operational in Trombay campus of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre in August 1956. Apsara is a light water swimming pool-type reactor with a maximum ...