Learn how nuclear fission produces electricity, how reactors work and how scientists and engineers approach safety, fuel and waste.
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Nuclear power generates heat from fission, the splitting of heavy atomic nuclei such as uranium. A power plant uses that heat to make steam and drive a turbine-generator, so the electricity-producing part of the process resembles other.
Small modular reactors, or SMRs, are nuclear fission reactor designs intended to have lower electrical output per module than many traditional large…
A nuclear reactor controls a self-sustaining fission chain reaction so that heat can be removed safely and used for a practical purpose such as gener…
Nuclear waste is radioactive material that requires controlled handling because its radioactivity or other hazardous properties persist after use. Th…
The box-shaped uranium was sent to Professor Koeth with a message: 'It was taken from Germany, from the nuclear reactor Hitler sought to build. Gift…
In a move for sustainable nuclear waste management, Finland will become the first country to bury spent nuclear energy rods underground for long-term…
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NuScale's mini-reactor design has been certified as safe and could be operational in the next few years.
A 17-year-old boy who shocked the nation by building a nuclear reactor in his family's shed has died at the age of 40, but not from radiation poisoning.
Westinghouse Corporation introduces an advanced reactor design that could provide nuclear power to areas where water is scarce and heat is needed.
Nuclear power is a long-standing energy technology, and is used by many developed countries to solve particularly urgent energy problems.
According to information published by Space News, this large-capacity nuclear reactor was designed by the Chinese Academy of Sciences and can generate 1 megawatt of elec…
Rolls-Royce's nuclear fission reactor is expected to be just 1 meter wide and 3 meters long, providing stable energy for astronauts.
Japan is about to restart production activities at the Kashiwazaki - Kariwa nuclear power plant after a long period of closure due to the impact of the Fukushima disaste…
Shivlinga is a sacred symbol in Hinduism, representing the god Shiva. But are these statues also ancient nuclear reactors built by aliens?
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After the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima I power plant in Japan, Germany and many developed countries planned to phase out nuclear power plants. The Japanese government…
Americans are more cautious with nuclear power after the nuclear reactor meltdown at the Fukushima power plant in Japan, according to a recently published survey.
Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan said yesterday that it will gradually reduce its dependence on nuclear energy and aim to achieve the ultimate goal of not using nuclear…
Besides the immediate benefits, nuclear power in general still has potential harms that are very dangerous. So what is it? Let's find out in this article.
According to AFP and Voice of Russia, for the first time since the incident at the Fukushima 1 nuclear power plant in March 2011, reactors of nuclear power plants in Jap…
Efforts to bring the reactors in the Fukushima I nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan to a state of permanent shutdown may last up to 2050.
According to AFP, Prime Minister Noda will hold a press conference at 18:00 (local time) with the press and media of this country, to announce the closure of the Fukushi…
Humans still need nuclear power to meet the growing demand and mitigate the impact of climate change, the International Energy Organization (IEA) said.
The rare earthquake in the east coast of the United States last month caused many nuclear power plants' waste tanks to move a few centimeters, but have not caused any da…
The need for nuclear energy for humanity and the urgency is ever more advanced in terms of nuclear safety and radiation safety.
The Japanese Power Development Company (J-Power) on October 1 resumed the construction of Oma Nuclear Power Plant in Aomori Prefecture.
On the afternoon of December 3 (VN time), Reuters reported an incident occurred at the Zaporizhye nuclear power plant - southeast Ukraine, which prompted the prime minis…