The United States is chasing a new age of nuclear power that banks on domestic production of reactor fuel like X-energy is ...

Researchers in the Oregon State University College of Engineering have developed new technology for uranium enrichment ...

State news agency Xinhua reported that the milestone demonstrates a “green, safe, intelligent and efficient” mining approach. The breakthrough is expected to enhance China’s competitiveness in uranium ...

Researchers have now documented the unique chemistry dynamics and structure of high-temperature liquid uranium trichloride salt, a potential nuclear fuel source for next-generation reactors.

“Ideal system design for these future reactors relies on an understanding of the behavior of the liquid fuel salts that distinguish them from typical nuclear reactors that use solid uranium ...

The US used to get most of its enriched uranium from Russia. ... Emerging from its furnace, a glowing orange cast filled with the hot liquid uranium is slowly lowered into a cooling chamber.

Liquid uranium exhibits strange behavior under the effect of heat. Instead of expanding, its atomic bonds contract. This surprising phenomenon could influence the design of future nuclear reactors. At ...

Demand for low-carbon nuclear energy could boost uranium prospects on Alaska’s Seward Peninsula. But residents of the small ...

Looking at replacing the liquid uranium salt solution with a gaseous uranium mixture. Performance Considerations. Density and Feed Rate: Gases have lower densities than liquids, potentially reducing ...

Molecular and Supramolecular Study of Uranium/Plutonium Liquid–Liquid Extraction with iN/i,iN/i-Dialkylamides. Journal: Inorganic Chemistry Published: 2024-10-07 DOI: ...

The US used to get most of its enriched uranium from Russia. ... Emerging from its furnace, a glowing orange cast filled with the hot liquid uranium is slowly lowered into a cooling chamber.

The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory is a world leader in molten salt reactor technology development — and its researchers additionally perform the fundamental ...