The NRC on March 4 authorized a construction permit for TerraPower's Kemmerer Power Station Unit 1—the first commercial ...
China has begun operations of the world’s first fourth-generation nuclear reactor that uses gas for cooling unlike conventional power plants that use pressurised water. The power plant built in ...
These methods are how the nuclear industry safely manages the 10,000 metric tons of spent fuel waste that reactors produce as ...
Rigorous assessment of system components is a cornerstone of reliable nuclear power plant operations and key to the long-term sustainability of the industry. A three-year IAEA Coordinated Research ...
On Wednesday, the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced that it had issued its first construction approval in nearly a decade. The approval will allow work to begin on a site in Kemmerer, Wyoming ...
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Why advanced nuclear reactors need new materials
A materials expert told Friends of ORNL that advanced nuclear reactors need 21st-century materials to withstand extreme ...
Molten-salt reactors were first built in the 1950s but haven't been used in the US since the 1970s. The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission recently issued a permit to build a molten-salt nuclear plant.
The Department of Energy has signed an agreement with a nuclear technology company to provide up to $303 million for designing, building and commissioning a Tennessee test reactor. Kairos Power said ...
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Generation IV International Forum (GIF) have jointly committed to collaborate between their respective programmes, and share information in ...
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