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China: World’s most widely deployed nuclear reactor enters batch-scale builds
China’s third-generation nuclear reactor, Hualong One, is entering a new phase of faster, batch-scale ...
Nuclear power isn't just for naval ships anymore as demonstrated by the Nuclear Propulsion in merchant Shipping (NuProShip II ...
With $800 million in federal aid, developers of light-water small modular reactors are racing to build supply chains, ...
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US lab probes insider sabotage risks in next-generation nuclear reactors
Engineers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory are testing how insider ...
New reactors use novel materials and compact designs to make nuclear power safer and cheaper. Nuclear power has been a critical part of the electricity grid for decades, but old reactor designs—which ...
From molten salt to TRISO fuel, here’s how technological advancements could upend an old power technology. Commercial nuclear reactors all work pretty much the same way. Atoms of a radioactive ...
A feasibility study carried out as part of the USA's Project Phoenix scheme has backed the suitability of small modular reactors in the Slovak Republic. (Image: US Embassy in Slovakia/X) The Project ...
The continued presence of highly enriched uranium (HEU) in civilian installations such as research reactors poses a threat to national and international security. This report assesses the status of ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Facebook parent Meta has reached nuclear power deals with three companies as it continues to look for electricity sources for its artificial intelligence data centers. Meta ...
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Can a nuclear meltdown be stopped?
Few manmade threats inspire as much fear as the potential of a nuclear meltdown. The fact that "Chernobyl," once an obscure Ukrainian town, is now globally recognized as a synonym for catastrophe ...
You might assume that an Idaho project involving salt would also include butter, pepper, and potatoes. But experts at the Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory are working with molten salt, ...
AMARILLO, Texas — On a 5,800-acre swath of dusty plains outside the barbed-wire fence of the Pantex nuclear weapons plant, crews are piling up mounds of dirt for a colossal monument to Donald Trump’s ...
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