The analysis revealed that the first piece of debris contained uranium and zirconium, a metal used in the cladding that encases fuel rods. JAEA said the debris was formed from melted nuclear fuel ...

Several justices seemed sympathetic to arguments from Texas and Fasken Land and Minerals that the laws prohibit private, off-site storage of the highly radioactive fuel rods used to power nuclear ...

Since the construction of the first commercial light water nuclear power plants (LWR) the design of their fuel rods hasn’t changed significantly. Mechanically robust and corrosion-resistant ...