Core disruptive accidents (CDAs) in sodium-cooled fast reactors represent a severe class of events in which the integrity of the reactor core is rapidly compromised, leading to the dispersal of molten ...

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 ...

Restart of No 6 reactor at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant suspended after malfunction related to control rods.

LYNCHBURG, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BWX Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: BWXT) announced today that work has commenced to fabricate the reactor core for the Pele microreactor at its BWXT Innovation Campus in ...

Keywords: Earthquake engineering, high temperature gas reactor, horizontal HTGR, reactor core, graphite block assembly, shake-table experiments, numerical simulations, analytical models Abstract: The ...

As night descends on the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR) bursts with activity. A rigorous 24-day fuel cycle concludes and neutron production ...

Antares, a nuclear fission energy company developing microreactors for defense and space applications, today announced that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has approved the company's Preliminary ...

Nuclear power plants are exposed to high-energy radiation, which degrades materials over time. Particles and rays interact with critical components, particularly in the reactor core, leading to ...

Argentina’s RA-10 reactor has begun cooling pump tests and dummy fuel installation, boosting isotope production and research.

The nuclear technology company is holding a groundbreaking ceremony at Idaho National Laboratory for the Aurora-INL sodium-cooled fast reactor. (Image: @CongMikeSimpson/X) Oklo's Aurora powerhouse is ...

The U.S. government will not get involved in Cameco's (CCJ) core uranium mining business under the massive nuclear reactor deal announced last week, CEO Tim Gitzel said Wednesday. The U.S. Commerce ...