Molten Salt Reactors (MSRs) are nuclear fission reactors in which either the fuel and/or the coolant is a molten salt. Molten salt is salt which liquifies at elevated temperatures and can store ...

Radiation-resistant nanomaterials enhance durability in nuclear systems by mitigating damage, improving structural integrity, ...

UK-based Core Power has announced that it plans to mass produce a fleet of floating nuclear power plants (FNPPs) using advanced reactor design and modular shipbuilding to be anchored off the US ...

Developer TerraPower and contractor Bechtel will work under union pact to build a proposed 345-MW sodium-cooled fast nuclear ...

Small, transportable and mass-produced “microreactors” are seen as part of the future of nuclear power. And it's underway in ...

For 75 years, high-flux thermal irradiation testing has driven U.S. nuclear innovation, supporting reactor development and ...

Thorizon of the Netherlands announced it has secured EUR20 million (USD22 million) in funding to accelerate the development ...

On Dec. 12, 1952, the world witnessed its first-ever nuclear reactor accident at Chalk ... fuel rods and significant damage to the reactor core. On that fateful date, at approximately 3 p.m ...

The late 1950s were such an optimistic time in America. World War II had been over for less than a decade, the economy boomed thanks to pent-up demand after years of privation, and everyone was ...

Federal government announces loan of up to $304-million to AtkinsRéalis toward development of proposed Monark reactor, billed ...