reactor
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Reactor 2 was taken offline on August 4 for refuelling, during which 20 of the 121 fuel assemblies in the reactor core were replaced.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
“That cooperative agreement is about preparing safety protocols, infrastructure, and regulatory readiness for small modular reactor technology as it matures,” Hacegaba said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
Axpo said the second reactor at the Beznau plant in northern Switzerland, Europe's oldest nuclear power plant still in operation, went back online Thursday.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
A massive influx of jellyfish has led to the partial shutdown of a nuclear reactor in northern France.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
A reactor that is producing fewer neutrons than it is losing will eventually wind down, the chain reaction broken.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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The country has four ageing nuclear reactors, including the two at Beznau, which produce around a tenth of Switzerland's electricity demand.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
Alan J. Kuperman, a professor and coordinator of the Nuclear Proliferation Prevention Project, told the Associated Press that reactors are uneconomical and his organization is concerned about the spread of nuclear weapons.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
It hopes to eventually develop reactors that could produce the equivalent of 15,000 homes’ worth of electricity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
Tiny nuclear reactors are coming to Army bases.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Fissionable material could be stolen from nuclear reactors.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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