You have to balance the control rods, the coolant pumping ... The only difference is that the steam is made by the heat of the nuclear reaction instead of by burning coal or gas.

If this chain reaction went too fast, it became an atomic explosion, but under control ... adjusting the rods. Fermi's idea had worked, and the first controlled, self-sustaining nuclear chain ...

The U.S. Department of Energy said on Monday it has disbursed $57 million of an up to $1.52 billion loan guarantee for Holtec's Palisades nuclear plant in Michigan, which the company hopes will be the ...

The Micro–Physics Nuclear Reactor Simulator was developed by Nuclear Engineering ... available The transient conditions that can be simulated include: Abnormal Control Rods Withdraw at Hot Zero Power ...

It shut two weeks ahead of schedule over a glitch with a control rod, despite a $6 billion federal program to save nuclear plants suffering from rising costs. Holtec wants to reopen the plant late ...

BEIJING--A Chinese nuclear power plant near Hong Kong had five broken fuel rods in a reactor but no radioactivity ... regulators would oversee measures to control radiation levels within the ...