A Nuclear Reactor That Can’t Melt Down? Here’s How It Works

A new nuclear reactor design skips fuel entirely—eliminating meltdown risk while testing a safer future for nuclear power.

This reactor works with no fuel. It could change the future of fission.

Using lead as a coolant could save us from a nuclear catastrophe.
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How does a thorium reactor work? Explained in 5 steps

How does a thorium reactor work: Nuclear energy is one of the cleanest and most reliable energy sources, and one technology attracting attention is the thorium reactor. Seen as a safer and more ...

Canada cut a hole in the roof of a live nuclear reactor, pulled out eight 100-ton steam generators, and finished seven months ahead of schedule

Canada finished a major Bruce Power reactor overhaul seven months early after replacing eight giant steam generators.
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NASA successfully tests a nuclear reactor that works in space

NASA announced the results of its Kilopower Reactor Using Stirling Technology (KRUSTY) experiment, during a news conference Wednesday at its Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio. The Kilopower ...
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Ceremony to mark start of Brazilian Multipurpose Reactor infrastructure works

Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Luciana Santos, was present for a ceremony to mark the start of infrastructure works for the construction of the Brazilian Multipurpose Reactor in Iperó ...
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UW’s Nuclear Reactor leads research, provides students with experience

Outside of those in the Department of Nuclear Engineering & Engineering Physics within the College of Engineering, few know that the University of Wisconsin is home to a one-megawatt TRIGA research ...