You may, however, be fortunate to be still writing your blog, as ATTEMPTING TO BUILD YOUR OWN REACTOR can be quite dangerous. That’s what [Richard] did using household items such as clock ...

If you’ve ever wanted to operate your own nuclear reactor, you probably aren’t going to get one in your backyard shop. However, thanks to the University of Manchester, you can get a simulated ...

The first generation of nuclear power plants were built in the 1950s and 1960s and were based on light water reactor technology. These reactors use water as a coolant and neutron moderator ...

Nicknamed “Chicago Pile-1,” the world’s first nuclear reactor kicked off the Atomic Age and has a complicated legacy, including the rise of both nuclear energy and nuclear weapons. As physicists came ...

Global interest in fast reactors has been growing since their inception in 1960 because they can provide efficient, safe and sustainable energy. Their closed fuel cycle can support long-term nuclear ...

One of Georgia Power’s two new nuclear reactors at Plant Vogtle has been offline for a week after a valve problem that emerged in one of the unit’s cooling systems triggered a shutdown.

But quality journalism must still be paid for. Google is backing the construction of seven new small nuclear reactors in the United States in order to fuel the ballooning demand for electricity ...

Chatting with HPCwire, James Walker, CEO of Nano Nuclear Energy, outlined how micro nuclear reactors could offer a viable ...

Initially developed in the 1950s, molten salt reactors have benefits in higher efficiencies and lower waste generation. Some designs do not require solid fuel, which eliminates the need for ...

US Opens Applications for $900 Million for Small Nuclear Reactors By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. on Wednesday opened applications for up to $900 million in funding to support ...

The tokamak, a donut-shaped reactor, has been their best bet. But these machines are complex, expensive, and take time to build. Scientists have now proposed that a smaller spherical tokamak could ...

"The idea was to put together technologies that were already established: a spherical tokamak and negative ... handling for future compact fusion reactors," he said. "Negative triangularity ...