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More than 440 commercial reactors generate almost 10 percent of global electricity, a carbon‑free flow that has quietly been ...
In this course, you will get a thorough introduction to the physics of a nuclear reactor. We discuss the fission chain reaction and nuclear criticality, reactor materials and safety, and use what we ...
Scientists have built the first-ever thorium reactor. Thorium is both more easily accessible and less dangerous than ...
Small modular reactor (SMR) developers in the U.S. have announced a string of deals and investments to secure steady supplies ...
British startup Pulsar Fusion has unveiled Sunbird, a space rocket concept designed to meet spacecraft in orbit, attach to them, and carry them to their destination at breakneck speed using nuclear ...
In natural settings, U-235, the uranium isotope that can sustain nuclear fission chain reactions, makes up around 0.7% of uranium. The rest is U-238. Before its use in nuclear settings ...