Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have definitively answered a long-standing question: the tiny, natural pores inside graphite blocks do not affect the material’s performance as a ...

This TECDOC provides guidance on strategy definition for decommissioning graphite moderated nuclear reactors, including the assessment of key external drivers and the identification of the main ...

Aalo Atomics’ Aalo-X Critical Test Reactor (CTR)—dubbed “Project First Light”—has reached criticality at Idaho National Laboratory (INL), marking the fourth Department of Energy (DOE)–authorized ...

Italy's Societa Gestione Impianti Nucleari SpA has signed a memorandum of understanding with the UK's Nuclear Decommissioning Authority to launch a joint effort on decommissioning techniques for ...

This IAEA publication consolidates the current state of knowledge on irradiation induced creep in nuclear graphite - a key phenomenon governing the structural integrity and lifetime of graphite ...

CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Graphite is a key structural component in some of the world’s oldest nuclear reactors and many of the next-generation designs being built today. But it also condenses and swells in ...

Microreactor startup Radiant Industries and Amsted Graphite Materials have agreed to work together to reduce reliance on foreign sources of nuclear-grade graphite, with Radiant placing a "significant" ...