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 ...

China has successfully reloaded its thorium-based molten salt reactor while it remained operational, marking a major ...

While the particle remains elusive, the team is hopeful since they know exactly where to look for sterile neutrinos – at the ...

A US nuclear reactor has switched from Regular to Premium fuel with Southern Nuclear inserting four Lead Test Assemblies ...

Neutrinos, elusive fundamental particles, can act as a window into the center of a nuclear reactor, the interior of the Earth ...

Lawmakers introduced a package of bills to support nuclear fusion research, in hopes of creating a nuclear "Silicon Valley" ...

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)—the federal body that regulates America's nuclear power plants—has long been ...

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 ...

Unlike traditional nuclear bombs, it doesn’t rely on fission or fusion. Instead, it uses a chemical reaction with magnesium hydride to create a powerful explosion without nuclear materials.