Imagine this: Little black pellets made of uranium dioxide are stacked on top of each other in a silver, cylindrical rod. A rogue neutron hits a U-235 nucleus inside a pellet, causing the nucleus to ...
Unit 2 reactor is seen at Luminant's Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant near Glen Rose, Texas, Wednesday, March 23, 2011. (Tom Fox/The Dallas Morning News) Tom Fox/Staff Photographer / THE DALLAS ...
Microreactors offer portable, autonomous nuclear power for towns, campuses, industry, and military bases, with lower upfront costs than traditional plants. Despite their promise, investors remain wary ...
Nuclear energy is said to provide a more reliable, 24/7 energy source compared to renewables, which can be more intermittent. Investments in the nuclear value chain through 2050 are projected to ...
Skeptics doubt new reactors, but AI demand, defense projects, and federal financing could spark a real US nuclear energy revival. In the sea of enthusiasm for the global expansion of commercial ...
AUSTIN, Texas — For Clay Sell, it is an exciting time. His company, X-energy, is making progress on possibly becoming the first to energize a small modular nuclear reactor in the U.S. The four planned ...
AUSTIN -- For Clay Sell, it is an exciting time. His company, X-energy, is making progress on possibly becoming the first to energize a small modular nuclear reactor in the U.S. The four planned ...