The idea is to build a reactor that's under 30 inches (76 cm) wide and stick it down a mile-deep (1.6-km) drill shaft. With its promise of limitless energy by breaking down matter itself ...
Construction of Hermes, Kairos Power’s 35-MWth iterative non-power demonstration molten salt nuclear reactor, has officially kicked off in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The effort marks another major ...
SALT LAKE CITY — The United States is speeding up efforts to license and build a new generation of nuclear reactors to supply carbon-free electricity. Faster development is one thing Congress ...
About 67% of the operational reactor capacity—equivalent to 261.8 GWe from 295 reactors—has operated for over 30 years. Of these, 112.2 GWe from 142 reactors, or 29% of the total capacity ...
YEAH. LAURA, TO BE CLEAR, WE’RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE REACTOR UNIT. THAT WAS INVOLVED IN THAT 1979 PARTIAL MELTDOWN. BUT INSTEAD, THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF SPECULATION THAT THE OTHER REACTOR UNIT ...
A nuclear energy startup that wants to build reactors a mile underground has emerged from stealth and announced a $4 million pre-seed funding round. Deep Fission says that by using the natural ...