Idaho National Laboratory researchers have built the first microreactor control system in decades, replacing the traditional sliding control rods found in conventional nuclear plants with a set of ...

Researchers at Idaho National Laboratory have developed a compact reactivity control system for the MARVEL sodium-potassium-cooled microreactor.

NuScale Power has enlisted engineering company Curtiss-Wright to design the control rod drive mechanisms for its proposed small modular reactor (SMR). NuScale Power has enlisted engineering company ...

Sweden's Vattenfall reported that it has completed inspecting all of the control rods both in the Forsmark 3 reactor and in fuel storage pools. The company said that, of the 197 rods inspected, some ...