Scientists use light-emitting crystals and solar panels to turn the latent energy in nuclear waste into microbatteries.
Resurgent interest in atomic power means the world’s second-biggest provider of enriched uranium is expanding even in Germany ...
China has made a significant breakthrough in nuclear fusion technology, achieving record temperatures in its EAST experiment, ...
Proxima Fusion, a Munich-based nuclear fusion technology company, aims to start a test reactor in 2031 as it works towards ...
When the nucleus of a heavy atom, such as uranium or plutonium, is split into smaller parts (a process called nuclear fission), a huge amount of energy is released. This nuclear reaction is the ...
Molten Salt Reactors (MSRs) are nuclear fission reactors in which either the fuel and/or the coolant is a molten salt. Molten salt is salt which liquifies at elevated temperatures and can store ...
Scientists at the United States Idaho National Laboratory (INL) are carrying out tests for ‘fusion blanket’ technologies to ...
A cutting-edge project to test “fusion blanket” technologies is taking shape, with the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) ...
CHINA aims to commercialise nuclear fusion technology for use in emissions-free power generation by 2050, according to the ...