The US Department of Energy has greenlit the safety basis for the MARVEL microreactor, clearing the path for its first experiments.

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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 ...

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From molten salt to TRISO fuel, here’s how technological advancements could upend an old power technology. Commercial nuclear reactors all work pretty much the same way. Atoms of a radioactive ...

Fusion power has the potential to rewrite trillion-dollar energy markets, but first, startups have to prove their designs will work and won’t be too costly. Neither is easy, especially when ...

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 ...

Researchers at the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, have developed advanced robotic technologies to support the assembly and maintenance of future fusion ...

Google LLC’s DeepMind research unit is partnering with the nuclear fusion startup Commonwealth Fusion Systems LLC to see if it can help it generate almost unlimited amounts of clean energy using its ...

A project of almost unimaginable scale is kicking into high gear in the south of France. The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) is humanity's biggest and boldest attempt to ...

Kairos Power is building advanced nuclear reactors on a 185-acre site in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The company is collaborating with Google and the Tennessee Valley Authority to supply power for AI data ...

When the second reactor opened at Connecticut’s Millstone Nuclear Power Station on Sept. 26, 1975, nuclear power was at the height of a golden age in the United States. Millstone, situated on a ...