A San Diego-based firm has achieved a breakthrough in the development and testing of a new type of nuclear fuel cladding technology. General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) confirmed that it ...

An innovative algorithm for detecting collisions of high-speed particles within nuclear fusion reactors has been developed, inspired by technologies used to determine whether bullets hit targets in ...

Preliminary testing has taken place of an ultrasound system which is designed to provide an additional picture of the BN-800 fast neutron reactor core at Beloyarsk Nuclear Power Plant. Beloyarsk unit ...

Theoretically, there's no better, more practical source of reliable, carbon-free energy than the current generation of nuclear reactors. In practice, the theory holds water, but there are still a few ...

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 ...