In fact, Argonne designed, built and operated the full-scale Experimental Breeder Reactor-II (EBR-II) and tested and validated molten sodium technology for 30 years until the lab safely shut down ...

All nuclear fission reactors generate radioactive waste, some of which will be highly hazardous for many generations (up to hundreds of thousands of years). This is true even for those reactor ...

Renditions of NANO Nuclear Energy’s newly acquired technologies: Pylon for terrestrial (bottom) and space (top) applications and the Modular Micro Reactor (MMR®) Energy System (right).

As of May 2023, 32 countries have a total of 436 working nuclear reactors, generating about 10% of the world’s demand for electricity. Note that these numbers reflect the number of reactors, not ...

A tiny neutrino detector has found its footing in a fresh setting — at a nuclear reactor. Conventional detectors of the subatomic particles require metric tons of material. But the new detector ...

Just as today's nuclear industry promotes small modular reactors developed in partnership with tech giants as a key to a clean energy future, proponents of breeder reactors were greatly optimistic ...

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A total of 104 prospective reactors are currently in development across 22 nuclear power plants in the country, accounting for 118 GW of capacity. If they are completed and the present 58 GW of ...

Since founding TerraPower in 2008, Bill Gates has had his eye on developing a safe, efficient, and clean next-gen nuclear plant ... 2020 as part of its Advanced Reactor Demonstration Project ...

Acquisition immediately adds one of the highest technology readiness level advanced nuclear reactors in development and significantly expands NANO Nuclear’s patent portfolio. Acquisition also ...

France's energy sector recently marked a significant milestone with the successful start-up of the Flamanville 3 nuclear reactor. After 12 years of delays and challenges, the reactor finally began ...