Passive cooling systems for nuclear power plants operate without pumps or electricity: They rely solely on physical effects ...

Breakthrough in testing: PSI generated the first detailed, realistic measurements of passive cooling in small modular ...

Matthew Jasica is a member of a small team conducting large-scale experimental testing of reactors and their components at the NSTF. To create safe and efficient nuclear reactors, designers and ...

China's Tsinghua University has scored a world first by demonstrating the inherent safety of the first operating commercial pebble-bed nuclear reactor by shutting off the power and letting the passive ...

The commissioning of the first pump in the primary cooling circuit of the RA-10 multipurpose reactor has taken place as part of preparations for cold testing. (Image: CNEA) Argentina's National Atomic ...

Alternative ways of powering, cooling, and constructing reactors could help get more nuclear energy on the grid. This article is from The Spark, MIT Technology Review’s weekly climate newsletter. To ...

China’s ambitious plan to dramatically pull back from fossil fuels is perhaps most evident in the explosive growth of its nuclear energy program. The latest news suggests China may be tantalizingly ...

The installation of the inner and outer parts of the steel structures of the 215-tonne passive heat removal system was completed in two days on Rooppur 2 in Bangladesh, Rosatom says. The structure ...

The new eVinci accelerator hub will be home to engineering and licensing operations, testing, prototype trials, business development and sales. It also includes manufacturing space. (Photo: Business ...

Holtec International proposes building four small modular reactors (SMRs), a solar field, and battery storage at the former Oyster Creek nuclear plant site in Lacey. Holtec's CEO claims the SMRs are ...

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 ...