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China Achieves World’s First Non-Uranium Nuclear Reactor that is Much Safer
China has successfully reloaded its thorium-based molten salt reactor while it remained operational, marking a major ...
A Thorium Reactor in the Middle of the Desert Has Rewritten the Rules of Nuclear Power
In the remote expanse of the Gobi desert stands the first thorium (Th) reactor ever built. Last year, researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences showed that this two-megawat ...
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New nuclear reactor tests zero in on ghost-like particles tied to dark matter puzzles
A collaboration of US-based researchers has turned to the PROSPECT-I detector at ORNL in search of the elusive sterile ...
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New fuel switches US nuclear reactor from Regular to Premium
A US nuclear reactor has switched from Regular to Premium fuel with Southern Nuclear inserting four Lead Test Assemblies ...
Search for sterile neutrinos continues at nuclear reactors
Neutrinos, elusive fundamental particles, can act as a window into the center of a nuclear reactor, the interior of the Earth ...
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China refuels thorium reactor without shutdown
Chinese scientists have refuelled an experimental thorium-fueled molten salt reactor continuously without shutting it down.
Why Nuclear Energy Developers Are Suing Federal Regulators
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)—the federal body that regulates America's nuclear power plants—has long been ...
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How Dangerous Nuclear Waste Is Stored in the U.S.
These bundles of fuel rods are about 12 to 16 feet long and about 5 to 8 inches in diameter. In a nuclear reactor, the ...
Researchers, lawmakers look to turn Wisconsin into the 'Silicon Valley' for nuclear energy
Lawmakers introduced a package of bills to support nuclear fusion research, in hopes of creating a nuclear "Silicon Valley" ...