Innovative startup Deep Fission is pioneering next-generation nuclear energy by deploying a "gravity reactor" in a mile-deep borehole, a design that promises to slash operational costs by up to 80% ...

We took a look at the element tritium a short time ago. A "high octane" and ultra-rare nuclear isotope of which we have a global supply you could fit in an XL-sized suitcase. A supply that small could ...

Advanced computing is being utilized to predict a key occurrence in nuclear fission reactions, which could help improve energy production in future plants, according to a new stud ...

Ultra-pure nuclear fuel is quietly becoming one of the most strategic technologies in the energy transition, with the United States racing to build its own supply for a new generation of compact ...

These methods are how the nuclear industry safely manages the 10,000 metric tons of spent fuel waste that reactors produce as they churn out 10% of the world’s electricity every ...

Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) reports it has tested a high-temperature fission chamber prototype built by Curtiss-Wright Nuclear that operated steadily at 800 degrees Celsius (about 1,472 ...

BERKELEY, Calif., February 10, 2026--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Deep Fission, Inc. ("Deep Fission" or the "Company"), a pioneering advanced nuclear energy company placing small modular pressurized water ...

The training error decreases with increasing neuron count and plateaus beyond 28 neurons per hidden layer. For the two-hidden-layer network, error stabilization is ...

Antineutrinos generated in nuclear fission can be measured to remotely monitor the operation of nuclear reactors and verify that they are not being used to produce nuclear weapons, report scientists.

The Citation for Chemical Breakthrough Award celebrates breakthrough publications, books, and patents worldwide that have been revolutionary in concept, expansive in scope, and impactful in the long ...

Analytical chemist Friedrich Strassmann played a crucial role in discovering nuclear fission with Otto Hahn and Lise Meitner, but his principled opposition to Nazi ideology nearly destroyed his career ...