The main function of the control rod guide tubes (CRGT) in a nuclear power plant is to ensure that the rod cluster control assembly drop (RCCA) meets safety requirements, stopping the chain reaction ...

The operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant Tuesday offered the first glimpse of the operation to remove its fuel rods, the most dangerous job since the runaway reactors were brought under ...

Officials of the Tokyo Electric Power Co. stand at H4 tank area where radioactive water leaked from a storage tank in August, at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima ...

The restart, initially scheduled for Tuesday, had been pushed back after another technical issue related to the control rods' removal was detected last weekend. The restart of the world's largest ...

The operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant Tuesday offered the first glimpse of the operation to remove its fuel rods, the most dangerous job since the runaway reactors were brought under ...

Japanese nuclear engineers were today preparing to move uranium and plutonium fuel rods at Fukushima, their most difficult and dangerous task since runaway reactors were brought under control two ...