The West has big plans for nuclear power: Will geopolitics play ball?
As artificial intelligence ramps up energy needs, experts say we’ve reached a ‘nuclear revival’. Pledges are in place — but ...
Novel nuclear rocket fuel test could accelerate NASA's Mars mission
A team from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, joined by university students, recently traveled to The ...
SMR firms race to build a nuclear fuel supply chain
Small modular reactor (SMR) developers in the U.S. have announced a string of deals and investments to secure steady supplies ...
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Framatome secures Gösgen fuel deal
Framatome has been selected by Swiss operator Kernkraftwerk Gösgen-Däniken (KKG) for the long-term supply of high thermal ...
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Angra’s used fuel storage permit extended
Brazil’s National Nuclear Energy Commission (CNEN – Comissào National de Energia Nuclear) granted a 40-year extendable permit ...
Dow wants to power its Texas manufacturing complex with new nuclear reactors instead of natural gas
Dow, a major producer of chemicals and plastics, wants to use next-generation nuclear reactors for clean power and steam at a ...
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Molten salt test loop to advance next-gen nuclear reactors
That project, known as the Molten Chloride Reactor Experiment (MCRE), achieved a major milestone just last month, when it announced that it had used a prototype furnace to create a fuel based on ...
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Study reveals chromium's role in molten salt reactor corrosion
High temperatures and ionizing radiation create extremely corrosive environments inside a nuclear reactor. To design ...
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What Was Learned from Building New Nuclear Reactors?
Georgia Power’s Plant Vogtle 3 and 4 are the only new reactors that have been built in the U.S. in over 30 years. At the start, Georgia Power executives claimed that, unlike the first two ...
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Nearly 20 years after nuclear deal, DoE clears US firm to build & design reactors in India
The US Department of Energy has granted regulatory clearance for Holtec International to transfer small modular reactor technology to India, partnering with Indian firms. This approval marks ...