A critical shortage of fuel for nuclear fusion reactors may have a rather counterintuitive solution. A physicist at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) says that fusion reactor fuel could be ...

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. In a bold, strategic move for the U.S., acting NASA ...

For a second time in three weeks, a swarm of jellyfish has forced the closure of a nuclear reactor in France in another curious incident in which jellyfish entered the filters of the water cooling ...

The Reactor Pilot Program has its pros, but it needs to be paired with money and action from Congress and the presidency. Last month, the US Department of Energy (DOE) announced the selection of ten ...

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Although specifications are scant, they appear to encourage scalability, suggesting this is just the beginning for Moon-based power systems. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens ...

Westinghouse has signed memorandums of understanding with six UK suppliers to support nuclear new build projects based on its AP1000 and AP300 reactor technologies in the UK and around the world.

The installation of the metal shell of the central cavity of the BREST-OD-300 lead-cooled fast neutron reactor is due to begin this month, following delivery of large-sized parts for it. (Image: ...

Google, Kairos Power, and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) are partnering to build and operate Hermes 2, a first-of-its-kind advanced nuclear reactor. This project aims to address growing energy ...

The new experiment, published in Nature, uses a compact, room-temperature fusion reactor. It doesn’t aim for large-scale energy production—yet. Instead, it focuses on a way to improve the fusion ...

Sometimes an idea is so elegant that it really deserves to work. One such is a proposal put forward by the boss of Deep Fission, an aspiring nuclear-power firm in Berkeley, California. Elizabeth ...

Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) are often hailed as the future of nuclear power—compact, scalable, and potentially capable of delivering clean energy anywhere it’s needed. From powering remote mining ...