Seventy-five years ago, the sweeping landscape of the Idaho desert over the Snake River Aquifer was a land of sagebrush, ...

Painters are wanted for a job worth up to £500,000 at the Dounreay nuclear power site's "golf ball". Also known as the "dome" ...

A "fast reactor" is a type of nuclear reactor that uses fast neutrons to sustain a chain reaction, while a "breeder reactor" is a specific design of fast reactor that produces more fissile fuel (like ...

Japan has promised to reduce its stockpile of plutonium. But its project to develop fast-breeder reactor technology to use plutonium as fuel has fallen through despite massive government spending.

Its Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) is expected to be operational by the end of 2025. This announcement underscores India’s commitment to sustainable energy solutions and its ...

Jimmy Carter formed the Department of Energy, opposed a major Oak Ridge nuclear project and responded to Three Mile Island.

The $800 million grant is part of the U.S. Department of Energy's Generation III+ Small Modular Reactor Program and will go ...

Five fast reactors are now in operation: two operating reactors (BN-600 and BN-800) and one test reactor (BOR-60) in Russia, India’s Fast Breeder Test Reactor (FBTR) and the China Experimental Fast ...

When President Jimmy Carter said he was coming to Oak Ridge in 1978 after announcing he planned to defer the Breeder Reactor ...

The prototype fast breeder reactor uses MOX fuel, which is a combination of plutonium and uranium oxide. "We will replace some bundles with actual fuel bundles then reactor/unit may become critical.