While this concept sounds similar to that of a nuclear power plant, RTGs work on a different principle. Most RTGs are built using plutonium-238 as their source of energy, which is not usable for ...

A supplier of fuel for nuclear power plants has announced a $60 million expansion in Tennessee, promising more manufacturing of high-tech centrifuges there to enrich uranium ...

The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was located about 97 kilometres from the earthquake epicentre. The nuclear plant’s systems immediately shut down the reactors after detecting the earthquake.

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The damaged Unit 1 reactor, back, and the exhaust stack shared by the Unit 1 and 2 reactors are seen at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, operated by Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings ...

Nuclear power comes with almost zero greenhouse gas emissions, but has its own issues in the form of radioactive waste. A new study proposes one way to repurpose this waste: powering batteries for ...

That's the nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania whose reactor #2 had a partial meltdown in 1979. There were no injuries, and nobody died, but it set the nuclear industry back years. Only two new ...

Vietnam’s central coastal province of Ninh Thuan aims to complete the site clearance for Ninh Thuan 1 nuclear power plant in 2025. Ninh Thuan Chairman Tran Quoc Nam made the statement during an ...

He added that his government was “talking seriously” with France, Europe’s only nuclear power aside from Britain and Russia, about the possibility of extending the French nuclear umbrella to ...

Danielle Khan Da Silva believes in the power of art to help solve even some of Earth’s most intractable ... such as the natural elements, animals, and plants. It offers a more nuanced and ...

of Energy found no significant impacts in its final environmental review of infrastructure planned to support the estimated $4-billion next generation nuclear ... coal-fired power plant in Wyoming.

Getty Images Two cooling towers of the Civaux nuclear power plant, in central France (file photo) Last month the likely next German chancellor Friedrich Merz surprised the country's partners by ...