My first encounter with one of the devices was about six decades ago (and only three decades after its improvement as an ...

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The investigative minds at How to Survive map the horrific progression of thermal radiation, pressure waves, and ionizing ...

A University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa student-led team has developed a new algorithm to help scientists determine direction in ...

Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Kairos Power unite in a $27M deal to accelerate molten salt reactor technology.

A giant virus discovered in Japan is adding fuel to the provocative idea that viruses helped create complex life. Named ushikuvirus, it infects amoebae and shows unique traits that connect different ...

ORNL is committed to supporting U.S. energy needs by pursuing strategic research that advances a wide variety of affordable, abundant and competitive nuclear technologies, and strengthens national ...

The surge in demand for data centers and nuclear power to keep them running is stressing the global uranium supply, raising concerns about a potential shortage of fuel for reactors. World uranium ...

X-energy’s Xe-100 Gen IV reactor uses TRISO fuel and helium cooling to deliver meltdown-resistant, modular nuclear power.

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“The theoretical framework we developed explains how quasiparticles emerge in systems with an extremely heavy impurity, ...

The reactor is expected to begin Eight modules of the Ward 250 microreactor were transported aboard three C-17 Globemaster ...