China is no longer just experimenting with advanced nuclear designs, it is standardizing them. The country’s Hualong One reactor, a Generation III pressurized water design, has moved from one-off ...

Burnable absorbers are key components in modern nuclear reactor design, serving to mitigate the excess reactivity inherent in fresh reactor cores while simultaneously enhancing operational safety and ...

China’s National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) has unveiled its design for a new next-generation nuclear reactor. Called a “crucial step” in the country’s future energy plans, the new reactor could ...

The Society of Professional Engineers and Associates (SPEA) congratulates Ontario Power Generation, the Government of Ontario, and all project partners on the successful completion of the Darlington ...

Engineers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory are testing how insider ...

The utilisation of heat pipes in nuclear reactor systems represents a transformative approach to thermal management, combining inherent safety with enhanced efficiency. Heat pipes offer a passive, ...

An Amentum-led consortium has won a $207m contract to support planning and development of new nuclear reactors in the Netherlands.

NASA engineers have completed first cold-flow tests of a full-scale nuclear thermal propulsion reactor, validating designs ...

The Department of Energy has announced a "categorical exclusion for authorisation, siting, construction, operation, ...

France-headquartered innovative reactor developer Newcleo announced that its LFR-AS-200 small modular lead-cooled fast reactor design has been accepted to enter the UK's Generic Design Assessment ...

Nuclear propulsion and power technologies could unlock new frontiers in missions to the moon, Mars, and beyond. NASA has reached an important milestone advancing nuclear propulsion that could benefit ...

When Oklo Inc., a nuclear power startup, applied in 2020 to operate its first reactor, the company rested largely on outsize ambition. Its MIT-educated co-founders, a married couple named Jacob and ...