These Floating Nuclear Reactors—Powered by Salt—Could Supercharge America’s Electrical Grid
The small nuclear power plants will use molten salt in their fuel, making them safer and more versatile and portable than ...
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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 ...
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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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US nuclear firm readies first ZEUS microreactor core block for testing
NANO Nuclear Energy Inc. has assembled the first hardware for its ZEUS microreactor—a 1:2 scale block designed for ...
These nuclear companies are leading the race to build advanced small reactors in the U.S.
Leading players have significant financial backing already lined up, often from technology companies and future customers.
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Uranium, fuel rod casing found in Fukushima nuclear debris
a metal used in the cladding that encases fuel rods. JAEA said the debris was formed from melted nuclear fuel and reactor components that solidified. In November, Tokyo Electric Power Co ...
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NANO reactor core block ready for testing
NANO Nuclear Energy Inc has assembled the first reactor core hardware of its ZEUS solid core battery reactor for initial ...
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Britain’s worst nuclear disaster: the Windscale fire of 1957
When a routine procedure went wrong in October 1957, a fire broke out at the Windscale nuclear power station in Cumbria, UK.
NANO Nuclear Energy Assembles First ZEUS™ Advanced Portable Microreactor Hardware for Initial Testing
The assembled hardware consists of a 1:2 scale block, precisely engineered to be representative of a fuel element of the ZEUS ...