This means they use water as both a coolant and neutron moderator to control the nuclear reaction and produce ... the full-scale Experimental Breeder Reactor-II (EBR-II) and tested and validated ...

Germany shut down its last three nuclear power reactors, Isar 2 ... energy due to its high capital costs and technical chain ...

he built the first nuclear reactor, which induced and controlled a nuclear chain reaction, causing uranium atoms to continually split. These, and the earlier efforts of Rutherford, laid the ...

This means they use water as both a coolant and neutron moderator to control the nuclear reaction ... experiment—fast reactor technology is nothing new. In fact, Argonne designed, built and operated ...

Isotope production for nuclear ... believed breeder reactors could meet that long-term need. Meanwhile, Britain, which had fallen behind in reactor development during World War II, built a series of ...

To address this challenge, tritium must be produced (or 'bred') in a lithium-containing blanket that surrounds the fusion reaction. This 'breeder blanket' will perform ... included in these projects ...

Also known as the "dome" and the "sphere", the 41m (135ft) diameter structure contained the world's first fast breeder nuclear reactor. Nuclear Restoration Services (NRS), the company leading the ...

These reactors can adapt to a variety of nuclear fuel cycles (such as Uranium-Plutonium and Thorium-Uranium cycles), which allow for the extension of fuel resources. They can also be designed as ...

The new era of nuclear power generation greater than the force of the Sun has arrived and is ready for deployment. For the ...

The reactor type invented by Copenhagen Atomics is a thorium molten salt breeder reactor, which fits inside a custom built 40 foot shipping container and can be mass manufactured on assembly lines ...

X-energy, controlled by billionaire Kam Ghaffarian, rakes in another $200 million to become the best-funded startup ...