"...a reactor fuelled entirely by thorium would have significant advantages over conventional uranium or mixed-fuel reactors." They're a smart bunch, those Scandinavians.
"Enter the stellarator, an alternative plasma confinement method that uses no plasma currents, but one that loses energy at a high rate because the magnetic coils that generate the field are inef
"A series of tests run by Chinese scientists on an experimental thermonuclear reactor have found "the artificial sun" is a reliable energy generating process." For very short perio
"...Bussard has spent well over a decade [...] working on devices that could be the most practical approach to fusion ever developed. They’re cheap, small and produce helium as their only waste p
"These designs have a sustainable character: they are economical in their use of nuclear fuel and are capable of rendering a great deal of their own nuclear waste harmless. The ability to actuall
"New nuclear technology will cut waste so significantly that we may no longer need to dump it underground, according to an Australian government report." Electricity too cheap to meter, fors
"...Thiago is exhausting his love of physics on a project that has taken him more than two years and 1,000 hours to research and build -- a large, intricate machine that , on a small scale, creat
"Fusion researchers can breathe a sigh of relief now that the ink has dried on an international agreement to build the ITER fusion reactor at Cadarache in southern France."
"The molten salt reactor (MSR) does what it says on the tin. It uses molten salt at atmospheric pressure to cool the reactor. The radioactive fuel is also contained within the molten liquid. So,
"The scientists called the device "the first of its kind in operation in the world", but the report did not specify what tests it had passed." Progress or propaganda?
"A British nuclear plant recently constructed to make plutonium fuel for power reactors in Japan and Europe has been plagued with so many breakdowns that it may have to be shut down." One of
They have big old cracks in 'em, apparently. No doubt this will be used as proof that we should build more new ones...can't say I agree with that POV, as it happens.
The pebble bed reactor (PBR) or pebble bed modular reactor (PBMR) is an advanced nuclear reactor design. This technology claims a dramatically higher level of safety and efficiency. Instead of water,