Governments and private developers worldwide are accelerating nuclear fusion research amid technical breakthroughs that could bring commercial-scale, clean energy closer to reality.
The United States flew a reactor in space in the 1960s and has studied nuclear thermal propulsion for decades. Fuel is not the primary limitation either; the enriched uranium supply chain is ...
China breaks a historic barrier in nuclear fusion, bringing the dream of nearly infinite energy closer to reality.
The rewrite was done to speed up the construction of a new generation of nuclear reactors. Critics warn it could compromise ...
Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The plasma density barrier is a mathematical limit to the density of plasma that can exist in a tokamak before destabilizing. A new study led by a ...
The National Reactor Innovation Center (NRIC) has officially unveiled its Molten Salt Thermophysical Examination ...
Work is progressing fast just outside Kemmerer at TerraPower’s first-of-its-kind nuclear power project. Cowboy State Daily went on a tour to get an ...