Multi-day fast-spectrum reactor experiments at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Criticality Experiments Research Center generate modern benchmark data. The data supports Oklo’s ...

Russian scientists have developed a new heat-resistant austenitic steel. This material is specifically engineered ...

The Bill Gates-chaired company's Natrium 345 MWe sodium-cooled fast reactor with a molten-salt-based energy storage system ...

Liquid metal corrosion remains a critical challenge in the design and operation of fast reactors. The aggressive nature of molten coolants such as lead and lead–bismuth eutectic can induce a range of ...

Core disruptive accidents (CDAs) in sodium-cooled fast reactors represent a severe class of events in which the integrity of the reactor core is rapidly compromised, leading to the dispersal of molten ...

Having overcome multiple challenges, fuel loading at India's first prototype fast-breeder reactor in Tamil Nadu's Kalpakkam is expected to start next week. Nuclear scientists, working on the ...

Oklo Inc. (OKLO) is working on a next-generation nuclear design called the Aurora powerhouse. At its core is a liquid-metal-cooled, metal-fueled fast reactor, a technology that has already been tested ...