Kiwi startup OpenStar's bold move to use levitating dipole reactor for fusion achieved a key milestone with its first plasma.

This publication represents a general consensus among participating experts of the best common practices that can be used at nuclear power plants ... strategies and how to optimize reactor reload ...

Several aspects of nuclear reactor core physics including neutron diffusion ... and some energy removal considerations are treated. General reactor core design and safety considerations are also ...

Nuclear Science and Engineering ... irradiation swelling; heat transfer in the reactor core and its effect on core design; coolants including sodium and lead-bismuth alloy; coolant circuits; pumps; ...

Small modular reactors allow for more scalable and flexible instillation of nuclear power that would allow for wider adoption ...

A small start-up in New Zealand claims it has created plasma, the first step towards nuclear fusion, in under two years and ...

Traditional nuclear reactors are expensive and can take decades to build. Compact modular alternatives are cheaper, and can ...

Fusion reactors aim to reproduce on Earth what happens in the core of the Sun, where very light elements merge ... but the ...

Oklo, a fission power and nuclear fuel recycling company, announced it has received letters of intent (LOIs) and is ...

Without the ability to cool the core, the risk is a meltdown ... notably in terms of reactor design, and therefore accident implications. Nuclear safety in the former Soviet Union was once ...

Under water photo of irradiated ANEEL™ fuel rodlets in ATR canalCHICAGO, Nov. 12, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Clean Core Thorium ...