The first stage of design work on a prototype molten salt reactor has been completed, Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom has said. (Image: Rosatom) A preliminary design was unveiled in February ...

WASHINGTON, May 29 (Reuters) - The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Thursday approved NuScale Power's (SMR.N), opens new tab design for 77 megawatt reactors, clearing a hurdle for the company as ...

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems has concluded the conceptual design phase for a new helium gas-cooled fast reactor, advancing the project toward preliminary design and technology maturation.

Proxima Fusion, a venture-capital-backed company working on making nuclear fusion a reality, has open-sourced its reactor ...

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission finished its review in record time as the agency faces pressure from the White House to streamline operations. Nuclear developer NuScale Power on Thursday won ...

Oklo, a nuclear start-up, aims to design, build, and operate small modular reactors, projecting their first plant by late 2027. Despite skepticism about SMR startups, Oklo's leadership and regulatory ...

France-headquartered innovative reactor developer Newcleo announced that its LFR-AS-200 small modular lead-cooled fast reactor design has been accepted to enter the UK's Generic Design Assessment ...

Reactor radiation-shielding optimization methods are proposed by combining many-objective evolutionary algorithms with particle-transport calculation software that can optimize the reactor ...

In the proverbial shadow of the Naughton Power Plant, a station in Kemmerer, Wyoming, that will stop burning coal at the end of this year, TerraPower is constructing what it calls “the only advanced, ...

Burnable absorbers are key components in modern nuclear reactor design, serving to mitigate the excess reactivity inherent in fresh reactor cores while simultaneously enhancing operational safety and ...

TerraPower submits reactor design for UK approval Natrium technology aims for integration with renewable resources UK government's nuclear expansion includes big, smaller reactors Oct 28 (Reuters) - ...

The Trump administration is accelerating plans to place a nuclear reactor on the moon to power a base for humans. The reactor would launch to the moon by 2030, according to a directive by acting NASA ...