Nuclear reactors already in operation ... so they fuse together. Meanwhile, fission splits a heavy element (with a high atomic mass number) into fragments. In both cases, energy is freed because ...

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

A controlled nuclear fission reaction releases one million times more energy per kg of fuel than a chemical reaction such as burning coal, oil or gas. Nuclear power creates well-paid employment ...

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 ...

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 ...

has forced Valar Atomics to develop its test reactor overseas. In early April, Valar Atomics, in addition to another nuclear startup, Deep Fission, as well as the states of Florida, Louisiana, ...