Valar Atomics' Ward 250 advanced reactor has completed a zero-power fuelled criticality demonstration, becoming the second to ...

June 10, 2024 TerraPower, celebrated the start of construction on the Natrium reactor demonstration project. This marks the first advanced reactor project to move from design into construction in the ...

Valar Atomics has achieved self-sustaining criticality and completed zero-power testing at Ward 250, its Gen IV ...

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 ...

In the small ranching and coal town of Kemmerer, Wyoming, construction crews are reshaping the landscape next to a retiring coal plant, laying the foundation for a nuclear reactor unlike any that has ...

Fast reactors cooled by liquid sodium offer significant advantages in breeding capability and thermal efficiency, but they introduce unique safety challenges associated with sodium’s high chemical ...

The executive order directed the Department of Energy to have three different reactor designs reach criticality in a bit over a year. On Thursday, a startup called Antares announced that a test ...

In China, large reactors are coming together at a stunning pace. The country has nearly doubled its nuclear fleet since 2016, reaching nearly 60 gigawatts of total power capacity. The new facilities ...

Graphite is a key structural component in some of the world's oldest nuclear reactors and many of the next-generation designs being built today. But it also condenses and swells in response to ...