Unlike nuclear power reactors, which generate electricity, research reactors are primarily used to produce neutrons for use in industry, medicine, agriculture, geological science and forensics, among ...

A new chemical process developed at a US national laboratory could save a week or more from the production schedule for californium-252, a rare radioactive isotope used to start nuclear reactors and ...

Wind energy continues expanding across the world as governments and industries push toward cleaner electricity systems. At the same time, nuclear power remains one of the largest sources of steady low ...

OAK RIDGE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Standard Nuclear, a reactor-agnostic producer of TRISO nuclear fuel, today announced it has secured $140M in Series A funding from investors led by Decisive Point ...

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Deep Fission has started drilling for its first-of-a-kind "gravity reactor" project in Kansas, which places a 15-megawatt reactor 6,000 feet underground to cut operational costs by up to 80%. The ...

OAK RIDGE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Standard Nuclear, Inc., a reactor-agnostic producer of TRISO nuclear fuel, today announced it successfully received a critical shipment of High-Assay Low-Enriched ...