The Pentagon and the Energy Department have airlifted a small nuclear reactor from California to Utah, demonstrating what ...

Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) reports it has tested a high-temperature fission chamber prototype built by ...

In a world first, the US Department of Defense (aka the Department of War) airlifted a complete 5-MW nuclear reactor using a C-17 Globemaster III transport from March Air Reserve Base, California to ...

As night descends on the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR) bursts with activity. A rigorous 24-day fuel cycle concludes and neutron production ...

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A resurgent nuclear industry cannot succeed unless the U.S. invests in the entire nuclear fuel cycle—from uranium mining to long‑term waste storage. Without strengthening this industrial backbone, ...

HFIR reactor operators working from a motorized bridge use hand tools that are 30 feet long to work on the reactor core submerged in a pool 17 feet deep. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not ...

Researchers at the US Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory have unveiled a breakthrough ...

A next-generation nuclear micro-reactor has completed its journey from Southern California to northern Utah, marking the first physical step in a federal push to prove that small, transportable ...

Oak Ridge National Laboratory has developed ULIMES liquid metal fuel to boost efficiency and safety in light water reactors.