Idaho National Laboratory has produced what the Department of Energy describes as the first batch of fuel for the world’s first fast-spectrum molten salt reactor, clearing one of the longest-standing ...

The NRC on March 4 authorized a construction permit for TerraPower's Kemmerer Power Station Unit 1—the first commercial ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The US Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded Dallas-based battery technology provider, Solidion Technology Inc., a grant to scale ...

Scientists at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) have achieved a historic breakthrough in nuclear energy by launching full-scale production of enriched fuel salt for the Molten Chloride Reactor ...

Commercial quantities of the required fuel are currently only available from one vendor: the Russian state.

When asked to describe her job within the Molten Chloride Reactor Experiment (MCRE), Kristy Spencer smiled. "Whenever the project needs anything, I'm there and ready to help because I'm kind of ...

The Integral MSR is also based on the MSR Experiment but has been modified to have a more sealed, passive approach. The design team is based in Canada with international involvement and support. An 80 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The global demand for sustainable energy solutions is growing at an unprecedented pace. Governments and private institutions ...

From the world’s first in-reactor thorium breeding confirmation to a dual PWR-HTGR plant and commercial supercritical CO₂ ...

Multi-day fast-spectrum reactor experiments at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Criticality Experiments Research Center generate modern benchmark data. The data supports Oklo’s ...

Core disruptive accidents (CDAs) in sodium-cooled fast reactors represent a severe class of events in which the integrity of the reactor core is rapidly compromised, leading to the dispersal of molten ...