A technological marvel called Small Modular Reactors, or SMRs, is emerging from the shadows. Imagine miniature nuclear power plants, capable of producing up to 300 MWE, whilst also being mass-produced ...

New concepts for advanced reactors are thriving, and boosted by new government funding, but there are serious detriments to ...

Nations are racing to deploy advanced reactors for cleaner, more secure nuclear energy, which provides about nine percent of the world’s commercial electricity. There are currently 440 operating ...

The kings of modern navies are aircraft carriers, but to flex their military might, they need to be able to output enormous ...

As India deregulates the nuclear power sector, NPCIL CMD Bhuwan Chandra Pathak explains how the company will play a “motherly role" in fostering private participation through technology, project ...

The results are good news for the thorium-HALEU fuel cycle, set to grow in relevance as advanced reactors grow smaller and ...

In a world first, the US Department of Defense (aka the Department of War) airlifted a complete 5-MW nuclear reactor using a C-17 Globemaster III transport from March Air Reserve Base, California to ...

China’s rapidly expanding nuclear program has entered a new phase. A new report from the China Nuclear Energy Association ...

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 ...

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) defines first nuclear fuel loading as the initial placement of fuel assemblies ...

The University of Utah is preparing an unusual nuclear experiment this summer. Its TRIGA ...

It was in the 1960s that the United States tried something new. It was called Project Pluto and its goal was to develop a nuclear-powered missile. However, the project was left uncompleted due to ...