Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have definitively answered a long-standing question: the tiny, natural pores inside graphite blocks do not affect the material’s performance as a ...
Aalo Atomics has unveiled its Critical Test Reactor at INL to validate the core physics and control systems of its Aalo-X ...
These two were in the ADS (Accelerator-driven Systems) breakout session. I think it’s safe to say that everyone in the room was blown away. Cost of neutrons in kg/Joule has gone down by SEVEN orders ...
Molten salt reactors – nuclear power reactors that use liquid salt as primary coolant or a molten salt mixture as fuel – have many favourable characteristics for nuclear safety and sustainability. The ...
The explosion at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant turned a routine safety test into a slow-motion war against an invisible enemy, fought while the ruined reactor kept burning. As the graphite core ...