The Idaho National Laboratory (INL) has cleared a major hurdle in making a Generation IV nuclear reactor practical. Using a new process, a team has developed a new way of processing fuel efficiently ...

Thu, April 24, 2025 at 6:00 PM UTC It is possible to recycle the U-233 decay into new fuel, or continue fueling the machine with it as is, the latter of which is usually done with molten salt reactors ...

Aalo Atomics, a US developer of sodium-cooled small modular reactors for data centres, has signed a fuel fabrication contract ...

Unfortunately, there’s currently no way to fuel this reactor. The plant has already been under-construction since 2024, and a ...

The United States has taken a step toward a 21st-century renaissance in civilian nuclear power as the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has given the go-ahead for TerraPower's Natrium Gen IV reactor ...

Deep Fission, which aims to place small modular reactors in boreholes a mile underground, has signed an agreement to purchase ...

IDAHO FALLS — Scientists at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) have achieved a historic breakthrough in nuclear energy by launching full-scale production of enriched fuel salt for the Molten Chloride ...

Undeniably, ambitions for a nuclear renaissance are thriving. The UK is building its first nuclear power station in 30 years, France plans a new fleet of 14 reactors and, in total worldwide, 100 new ...

The Trump administration has called for a “wholesale revision” of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to speed the rollout of new reactors. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Friday approved its first ...

Scientists have built the first-ever thorium reactor. Thorium is both more easily accessible and less dangerous than uranium—the most common fission fuel. The system also uses molten salt instead of ...