A push for Integral Fast Reactors.

Suzanne Hobbs has posted to the ANS Social Media list a link to an article that anyone interested in nuclear energy will find very thought p...

71st Carnival of Nuclear Bloggers: @ NEI

NEI Nuclear Notes is hosting the 71st Carnival of Nuclear Bloggers. I highly recommend checking it out: NEI NUCLEAR NOTES - 71st CARNIVAL 4:...

Two brief TEPCO movies inside reactor buildings

TEPCO has released to the press for distribution two movies taken while crane-lifted equipment - and a camera - were being used to collect p...

APR Atomic Journal - Elk River part 2

In the first installment of this series, we discussed the origins of the Elk River Power Reactor (as it was called at the time) using as sou...

New TEPCO video on RPV, PCV measurements

CLICK HERE TO GET TO APR YOUTUBE CHANNEL TEPCO has released a new video detailing the status of instruments used to measure water level, pre...

High resolution photos of Fukushima Daiichi

This last week, TEPCO released some high-res photos of various parts of the Fukushima Daiichi site; we'll show a few of these below. The...

Fukushima Daiichi No. 3 RPI continuity test

TEPCO has reported the results of a series of tests to determine wire continuity in the position indication probes (Rod Position Indication ...

APR note: APR now on Twitter!

After much consideration, I have decided to open a Twitter account for Atomic Power Review in order to post relevant news and site updates. ...

Nuclear power in Japan, China: Resurgent?

Two interesting notes on our news desk this morning... Voice of America has carried comments by Japanese Prime Minister Noda that indicate h...

New TEPCO video: Fukushima Daiichi, Sept. 20

TEPCO has released a new video with scenes on-site at Fukushima Daiichi showing various parts of the operations there and which also shows s...

New nuclear power projects

On the wires today are the following announcements: -Brazil intends to build four nuclear plants to supplement the two it already operates, ...

Fukushima Daiichi: Reactor update

Two news reports on the reactors (as opposed to spent fuel pools or any other portions or locations) at Fukushima Daiichi... First, TEPCO ha...

70th Carnival!

The rotating Carnival this week is over at American Nuclear Society's NUCLEAR CAFE blog site. Be sure to check it out- especially Rod Ad...

Are we still dealing with the fallout of the energy crisis?

The recent failure of Solyndra, a solar power equipment manufacturer who had received from the US Government $527.8 million dollars (Jim Sny...

Fukushima Daiichi: Reactor buildings

Two types of brief updates on the reactor buildings at Fukushima Daiichi. First, the steel framework has been completed for the "first ...

Fukushima Daiichi: Reactor water injection

TEPCO will be very shortly beginning water injection to the No. 2 plant's reactor through the core spray line, exactly as has already be...

The Rabid Media - and the Marcoule incident

From time to time, I like to do the sort of thing you're about to see me do. I always thank Fintan Dunne for putting me on to this. Let&...

ASN release - Marcoule event closed

Here is the most recent release from Autorite de Surete Nucleare, ASN which translates as the Nuclear Safety Authority of France: ----- End ...

Explosion at French nuclear facility

Here are the details as of now on the explosion at the French nuclear waste processing facility in Marcoule - in Southern France. -The explo...

69th Carnival of Nuclear Bloggers

APR is proud to host, for the third time, the rotating Carnival of Nuclear Bloggers . This carnival is aptly named, travelling as it does fr...

APR Atomic Journal - ELK RIVER 1

-APR introduces a new recurring feature to its pages - the APR Atomic Journal . This non-uniformly cyclical feature will cover many historic...