How would you like to visit your local nuclear power facility and maybe go for a swim in its indoor pool? Or hang out and ...

Microreactors are a class of very small modular reactors targeted for non-conventional nuclear markets. The U.S. Department ...

Experimental Breeder Reactor II (EBR II), prototype to the US Integral ... uranium along with 3% of ‘waste’ isotopes and about 1% of plutonium isotopes. While most fast reactors are used ...

The Aurora powerhouse is a liquid-metal-cooled fast reactor that is designed to operate on both fresh high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) and used n ...

The nuclear fuel for the first load at the research reactor being built in Bolivia has been manufactured and accepted, with ...

OpenStar Technologies completes New Zealand's first fusion energy device core component - a half-tonne doughnut-shaped magnet ...

The U.S. Department of Energy has been funding development of small modular reactors. On October 16, the DOE announced $900 million in funding for deployment of small modular reactors. And both ...

Nicknamed “Chicago Pile-1,” the world’s first nuclear reactor kicked off the Atomic Age and has a complicated legacy, including the rise of both nuclear energy and nuclear weapons. As physicists came ...

MSRE plant diagram: (1) Reactor vessel, (2 ... with the BN-600 operating since 1980. The similar US EBR-II operated from 1964 to 1994, including simulated emergencies like a sudden shutdown ...

Oklo's ambitious timeline for its first nuclear site by 2027 looks unrealistic, due to regulatory concerns. Read why I think ...

Global interest in fast reactors has been growing since their inception in 1960 because they can provide efficient, safe and sustainable energy. Their closed fuel cycle can support long-term nuclear ...

The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has granted Abilene Christian University (ACU) the construction permit for an ...