Nuclear propulsion could be the future of space travel and NASA and General Atomics just brought us one step closer.

A new type of nuclear thermal propulsion reactor fuel has been successfully tested at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, ...

The company has successfully trialed a nuclear fuel that could one day drastically cut down the travel time to Mars and ...

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) has successfully tested the nuclear fuel that may one day propel and power the spacecraft of the future. The trials verify that the fuel can survive ...

Nuclear fuel thermal conductivity is a critical property that influences the performance and safety of nuclear reactors. Recent research has focused on various materials, particularly uranium ...

One of the key areas of research is the analysis of low-enriched uranium (LEU) nuclear thermal propulsion reactors. Studies have demonstrated the importance of integrating various physical ...

Angry Astronaut and Nextbigfuture commenter are making the case that SpaceX and Elon Musk must switch to nuclear thermal rockets to colonize Mars. I will ...

A DRACO ground test would need to capture plume exhaust fully to ensure no radioactive materials are released to the ...

Westinghouse Electric Company and Idaho National Laboratory (INL) today announced the successful demonstration of a new ...

General Atomics has completed several key tests for nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP) reactor technology at NASA’s MSFC.

A new 1 megawatt thermal nuclear molten salt reactor will be built in 2026 and will be lowered into a cement encased trench in a new building in Texas. Rusty Towell of Nature Energy showed the new ...

A new type of nuclear thermal propulsion reactor fuel has been successfully tested at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, with hopes that the fuel could take humans to Mars in the not-too ...