Nuclear is now embedded in Indonesia’s long-term energy mix. Indonesia is closing out 2025 with its most significant shift ...
Road Rash was a huge success in the 90s, but got cancelled almost as quickly as it left the starting line, because beyond the ...
China’s Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics (SINAP) in November reported it had achieved thorium-to-uranium fuel conversion inside an operating molten salt reactor (MSR). The milestone provides the ...
Chinese scientists successfully converted thorium-232 into uranium-233 within an experimental thorium molten salt reactor, validating the technical feasibility of the thorium fuel cycle. This ...
Next time you think you’re having a bad day at work, spare a thought for the contractor who had to be hauled out of a nuclear reactor pool on Tuesday. The accident happened early in the morning at the ...
Giving a whole new meaning to underground power, startup Deep Fission Nuclear has secured US$30 million in funding to install a micro-reactor in a mile-deep borehole by July 4, 2026 as part of the US ...
This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. In a bold, strategic move for the U.S., acting NASA ...
Researchers at the University of British Columbia have shown that a small bench-top reactor can enhance nuclear fusion rates by electrochemically loading a metal with deuterium fuel. Unlike massive ...
Clive Neal receives funding from NASA. Apart from the geopolitical importance, there are other reasons why this move is critically important. A source of nuclear energy will be necessary for visiting ...
Michelle L.D. Hanlon is affiliated with For All Moonkind, Inc. a 501(c)(3) nonprofit focused on protecting cultural heritage in outer space. The first space race was about flags and footprints. Now, ...
Placing an atomic energy source on the lunar surface is “not science fiction,” experts say, but does pose technical challenges. By Kenneth Chang Nuclear reactors have been generating power on Earth ...