Initially developed in the 1950s, molten salt reactors have benefits in higher efficiencies and lower waste generation. Some designs do not require solid fuel, which eliminates the need for ...
A Washington-based company has announced contract winners for the first Natrium plant reactor enclosure system (RES). Awarded by TerraPower, the contracts are aimed at advancing the development ...
Now a nuclear startup wants to bury a small reactor underground, using depth as a substitute for the tons of concrete required to safeguard aboveground reactors. The company, Deep Fission ...
The Oklo reactor’s two-billion-year-old uranium ore. Ludovic Ferriere/Vienna Natural History Museum Long before humans conceptualized nuclear energy, nature had already engineered its own reactor.
France on Saturday connected its most powerful nuclear power reactor to the national electricity grid in what leaders hailed as a landmark moment despite years of delays, budget overruns and technical ...
Taking inspiration from how nature—including lightning—produces ammonia, a team led by the University at Buffalo has developed a reactor that produces the chemical commodity from nitrogen in ...
The site will also host the proposed single 35-MWth Hermes 1 test reactor, a non-nuclear engineering test unit, and potentially a Kairos Power fuel fabrication facility. Construction on Hermes 1 ...
Flamanville 3 is the fourth EPR reactor in the world and the most powerful in France, with a capacity of 1,600 MW. It is the 57th reactor in the French nuclear fleet, which generates around three ...