The tests may have been carried out with good intentions but the reality represented some significant oversights, gaffs, and ...

On March 12, 14 and 15, hydrogen explosions destroyed all three reactors, ejecting massive clouds of carcinogenic radionuclides over northern Japan and the Pacific Ocean, including iodine‐131, ...

dangerous or damaging gases like hydrogen and xenon are easily vented off by a simple chemical process. Because they operate at temperatures of about 600 °C (1,112 °F), molten salt reactors have ...

Moving toward the goal of having an operational molten salt nuclear reactor in the next decade, Southern Company and the Idaho National Laboratory have completed the inaugural run of a first-of ...

The US Department of Energy has granted regulatory clearance for Holtec International to transfer small modular reactor technology to India, partnering with Indian firms. This approval marks ...

Photo by Jordeene B. Lagare MANILA, Philippines — American startup Valar Atomics Inc. is building a 100-kilowatt nuclear reactor in the Philippines in cooperation with the Philippine Nuclear ...

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If you would like to learn more about the IAEA’s work, sign up for our weekly updates containing our most important news, multimedia and more. Molten Salt Reactors (MSRs) are nuclear fission reactors ...

Advanced reactor designs from competing firms are filling up the federal government’s regulatory pipeline as the industry touts them as a reliable, climate-friendly way to meet electricity ...

General Fusion announced on Tuesday that it had successfully created plasma, a superheated fourth state of matter required for fusion, inside a prototype reactor. The milestone marks the beginning ...

E&E News brought together four experts from government, industry and academia to explore the promises and pitfalls of an emerging nuclear technology. Tech companies and policymakers are betting ...