Ion beams can now qualify nuclear reactor materials up to 1,000 times faster than ...

It's a new type of nuclear reactor core. And the materials that will make it up are novel -- products of Oak Ridge National Laboratory's advanced materials and manufacturing technologies. With a tight ...

Researchers at the US Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory have unveiled a breakthrough ...

It looks like nothing more than a hole in the ground at the moment – but site preparations for Europe's newest research reactor, the Jules Horowitz Reactor (RJH), are nearly complete. It looks like ...

The National Reactor Innovation Center (NRIC) has officially unveiled its Molten Salt Thermophysical Examination ...

Battelle Energy Alliance (BEA), the entity that manages Idaho National Laboratory (INL), has initiated contract negotiations with a team lead by Bechtel National Inc. (BNI) and supported by GE Hitachi ...

The dome of the Jules Horowitz Reactor, under construction at Cadarache in southern France, has been installed. Once in operation, the reactor will be used for testing current and future fuel designs.

Copenhagen Atomics has signed a Letter of Intent with Rare Earths Norway to explore long-term thorium supply from the Fensfeltet deposit.

Seventy-five years ago, the sweeping landscape of the Idaho desert over the Snake River Aquifer was a land of sagebrush, brown grass and lava rock. Today, the desert site facilities of Idaho National ...

Idaho National Laboratory has produced what the Department of Energy describes as the first batch of fuel for the world’s first fast-spectrum molten salt reactor, clearing one of the longest-standing ...

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) said it selected a sodium-cooled fast reactor design for its versatile test reactor that would be built at Idaho National Laboratory (INL). If funding is ...