The US Department of Energy (DOE) has officially greenlit a critical safety blueprint for ...

Patent filings cover advanced coolant flow distribution and variable-speed pump systems for small modular reactors and ...

The Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station has signed an agreement with advanced small modular reactor company ZettaJoule to explore building a very-high temperature modular reactor that could ...

The United States has taken a step toward a 21st-century renaissance in civilian nuclear power as the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has given the go-ahead for TerraPower's Natrium Gen IV reactor ...

The international effort to build the world’s largest fusion reactor in southern France has entered a critical new phase, with project leaders adopting a revised 2024 baseline that acknowledges years ...

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The best, in fact, the only, candidate for this is the Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (NTP) system or nuclear rocket. First conceived of in 1945, this is a rocket that replaces burning chemical fuel with ...

General Atomics and NASA have successfully tested a new type of nuclear thermal propulsion reactor fuel at the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama. The new fuel could help power propulsion ...

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued a construction permit to Abilene Christian University (ACU) to build the Natura MSR-1, marking the first U.S. university research reactor approved in ...

Newcleo subsidiary SRS has been awarded a €36M contract to advance lead-cooled reactor research and development in Romania.

Researchers have developed a safer and thermally resistant microreactor to power smart devices with fuel cell-compatible fuels. (Nanowerk News) A new portable reactor based on solid oxide fuel cell ...

A new portable reactor based on solid oxide fuel cell solves thermal management and safety issues, as reported by researchers from Japan. This miniaturized reactor can start up rapidly within 5 ...