From molten salt to TRISO fuel, here’s how technological advancements could upend an old power technology. Commercial nuclear reactors all work pretty much the same way. Atoms of a radioactive ...
From the hand powered Turtle of the American Revolution to modern nuclear submarines, this explores the engineering that lets submarines remain hidden for months. Inside the reactor, oxygen systems, ...
The United States has taken a step toward a 21st-century renaissance in civilian nuclear power as the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has given the go-ahead for TerraPower's Natrium Gen IV reactor ...
INDIANAPOLIS — On Tuesday, Nov. 4, First American Nuclear (FANCO) announced they were moving to Indiana and planning to build their first energy park using their EAGL-1 small modular reactors (SMRs).
China’s Institute of Modern Physics, part of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, is building what it calls the world’s first ...
The Trump administration is accelerating plans to place a nuclear reactor on the moon to power a base for humans. The reactor would launch to the moon by 2030, according to a directive by acting NASA ...
The US Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Kairos Power have entered into a USD27 million strategic partnership to accelerate the technology needed to deploy a new generation of ...
A materials expert told Friends of ORNL that advanced nuclear reactors need 21st-century materials to withstand extreme ...