The University of Manchester has been awarded a grant for a program to change the graphite lifecycle in nuclear reactors. The program, led by the University of Manchester, will also see participation ...

Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have definitively answered a long-standing question: the tiny, natural pores inside graphite blocks do not affect the material’s performance as a ...

Moltex Energy Limited subsidiary MoltexFLEX has received a research grant to work with researchers at the University of Manchester to investigate how its FLEX reactor's molten coolant salt interacts ...

Graphite dust is generated as a by-product of normal operations in high temperature gas-cooled reactors (HTGRs), predominantly arising from mechanical wear of graphite-based components. Typically ...

CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Graphite is a key structural component in some of the world’s oldest nuclear reactors and many of the next-generation designs being built today. But it also condenses and swells in ...