Now, a nuclear startup wants to bury a small reactor underground, using depth as a substitute for the tons of concrete required to safeguard aboveground reactors. The company, Deep Fission ...

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

All U.S. nuclear reactors, which currently provide more than half of the nation's carbon-free power, are first- or ...

Nuclear graphite plays a crucial role in the operation of high-temperature gas-cooled reactors (HTGRs), serving as a moderator that slows down neutrons to sustain nuclear fission reactions.

Nuclear fission also doesn’t produce the same byproducts ... both of which were major nuclear reactor meltdowns. While these disasters have caused major health and environmental damage, nuclear ...