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Fusion reactors may create dark matter particles in their walls

A new theory suggests fusion reactors could help scientists search for axions, mysterious particles that may explain dark ...
Interesting Engineering

Inside the first fast-spectrum molten chloride reactor fuel ever produced

The milestone marks the first production of uranium chloride fuel for a fast-spectrum molten chloride reactor in the United ...
Idaho Business Review

Idaho lab produces first-ever fuel for fast molten salt reactor experiment

Idaho National Laboratory launches full-scale molten chloride fuel production for the MCRE, marking a historic milestone in ...
Crude Oil Prices

The World’s First Thorium Molten Salt Reactor

China’s experimental thorium molten salt reactor has reportedly achieved sustained thorium-to-uranium fuel conversion, marking a major scientific first. The breakthrough could ease China’s dependence ...
Seeking Alpha

Cameco says U.S. will not get involved in core mining business under reactor deal

The U.S. government will not get involved in Cameco's (CCJ) core uranium mining business under the massive nuclear reactor deal announced last week, CEO Tim Gitzel said Wednesday. The U.S. Commerce ...
Futurism

Worker Falls Into Nuclear Reactor, Drinks a Little “Cavity Water”

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 ...
BGR

The Largest Human Project Ever Just Entered Its Final Reactor Phase

In the heart of Provence, Southern France, the world's largest fusion energy experiment, which could be a step towards unlimited energy, has quietly entered perhaps the most critical stage yet. The ...
SlashGear

The World's Largest Fusion Energy Experiment Is Entering A Critical Phase In The Project

A project of almost unimaginable scale is kicking into high gear in the south of France. The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) is humanity's biggest and boldest attempt to ...
The Conversation

Earth’s inner core: nobody knows exactly what it’s made of – now we’ve started to uncover the truth

Alfred Wilson-Spencer receives funding from the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) grants NE/T000228/1 and NE/V010867/1. He works for the University of Leeds. The iron-rich core at the centre ...
The Economist

Burying nuclear reactors might make them cleaner and cheaper

Sometimes an idea is so elegant that it really deserves to work. One such is a proposal put forward by the boss of Deep Fission, an aspiring nuclear-power firm in Berkeley, California. Elizabeth ...
Gizmodo

China Takes a Key Step Toward Its ‘Meltdown-Proof’ Nuclear Reactor

China’s ambitious plan to dramatically pull back from fossil fuels is perhaps most evident in the explosive growth of its nuclear energy program. The latest news suggests China may be tantalizingly ...
The Hill

Duffy confirms fast-track plan to build nuclear reactor on the moon

Transportation Secretary and interim NASA Administrator Sean Duffy outlined the space agency’s fast-track plan to build a nuclear reactor on the moon on Tuesday. “We’re in a race to the moon, in a ...