TerraPower CEO says company on track to deploy first-of-a-kind next-gen nuclear plant in 5 years
TerraPower CEO Chris Levesque offered a sunny picture Thursday for the work underway at the Bill Gates-backed nuclear power ...
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First-ever neutron-based nuclear reaction measurement to advance reactor design
An international team of researchers led by the University of Surrey has successfully measured a nuclear reaction that plays ...
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Fuel breakthrough paves way for cutting-edge nuclear reactor
The Idaho National Laboratory (INL) has cleared a major hurdle in making a Generation IV nuclear reactor practical. Using a ...
France Delays Target for New Nuclear Reactor Startup to 2038
The French government has asked Electricite de France SA to accelerate efforts to finalize its plans to build six new nuclear ...
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NASA's lunar nuclear reactor design has major flaw, claim China's scientists
Chinese engineers identify a design flaw in NASA's lunar nuclear reactor, suggesting improvements that could boost efficiency ...
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Reactor vessel assembled for El Dabaa's first unit
The 10-day process has been completed of welding the closing seam of the reactor vessel being manufactured for the first unit ...
Nanotech Breakthrough Unveils the Hidden Power of Exploding Stars
For the first time, scientists have directly measured a weak r-process reaction using a radioactive ion beam, shedding light ...
Nanomaterials used to measure first nuclear reaction on radioactive nuclei produced in neutron star collisions
Physicists have measured a nuclear reaction that can occur in neutron star collisions, providing direct experimental data for ...
US releases $57 million in financing to help reopen Michigan reactor
The U.S. Department of Energy said on Monday it has disbursed $57 million of an up to $1.52 billion loan guarantee for Holtec ...
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TerraPower plans global rollout of nuclear reactor
US-based nuclear technology company TerraPower and engineering company KBR (formerly Kellogg Brown & Root) have formed a ...
VCs have poured billions into a nascent nuclear technology — these are the 4 companies to watch
Just 4 small modular reactor companies have received $3B in VC funding. But leading experts tell BI it's unclear if SMRs will ...