A collaboration of US-based researchers has turned to the PROSPECT-I detector at ORNL in search of the elusive sterile ...

Neutrinos, elusive fundamental particles, can act as a window into the center of a nuclear reactor, the interior of the Earth ...

Scientists have built the first-ever thorium reactor ... While the fission of Th-232 produces protinactium, which decays into U-233 and can be used in nuclear weapons, U-233 isn’t nearly ...

Researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences revealed the successful refueling of an operational Thorium-powered nuclear reactor.

A US nuclear reactor has switched from Regular to Premium fuel with Southern Nuclear inserting four Lead Test Assemblies ...

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)—the ... takes into account the small size and inherent safety of our reactors." Deep Fission is also negatively impacted by the rule.

2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Deep Fission Inc. (Deep Fission), the pioneering nuclear energy startup revolutionizing the industry by placing reactors a mile underground, and Deep Isolation, a leader in ...

Deep Fission Inc. (Deep Fission), a pioneering nuclear energy company placing small modular reactors (SMRs) a mile underground, today announced that it has joined a federal lawsuit aimed at ...

On the other hand, if a reactor overheats, the expansion in the slurry spreads out the nuclear fuel making it harder for fission to continue, effectively shutting the plant down. Additionally ...

The original Oak Ridge lab’s nuclear salt reactor used U-233 atoms that experienced nuclear fission when bombarded with neutrons. The U-235 that Core Power is planning to use in its reactors is ...

The system also uses molten salt instead of water to cool the fission reactor, which is reportedly much safer in the event of a meltdown. Uranium (U) is the poster child for nuclear fission ...