The reactor, Microreactor Applications Research Validation and Evaluation (MARVEL), is being led by Idaho National Laboratory ...

Small modular reactors (SMRs) represent a paradigm shift in nuclear energy, delivering enhanced safety, scalability and economic flexibility compared with large‐scale plants. Typical SMR designs ...

The delivery of the microreactor’s primary coolant system (PCS) in September will allow a “stable nuclear chain reaction” that INL said is an “important step..." ...

Terrestrial Energy has submitted its Thermal and Electric Facility (TEF) Topical Report to the ...

The operator of the Hoger Onderwijs research reactor in the Netherlands has enhanced safety since a previous review mission in September 2021, a follow-up International Atomic Energy Agency mission ...

All U.S. nuclear reactors, which currently provide more than half of the nation’s carbon-free power, are first- or second-generation light water reactors. This means they use water as both a coolant ...

The Department of Energy’s MARVEL microreactor project recently cleared more milestones as Idaho researchers prepare the ...

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 ...

Deployable Energy is moving its Unity Nuclear Battery from zero-power criticality toward a full-power test inside Idaho ...

A small nuclear reactor at Idaho National Laboratory is approaching its first criticality test ...

Newswise — 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 ...