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The fast neutron spectrum allows fast reactors to largely increase the energy yield from natural uranium as compared to thermal reactors. This high utilization of fuel can extend nuclear power ...
“The Natrium project is the only advanced nuclear developer to begin construction on a commercial-scale project in the U.S.
In the latest event, India has announced a significant milestone in nuclear technology. Its Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) is expected to be operational by the end of 2025. This ...
Fast reactors can also make new use of used fuel that older reactor technologies discarded and have been storing securely since the 1940s.
Workers at the Research Institute of Atomic Reactors (RIAR) in Dimitrovgrad, Russia, have installed what they call the world’s largest multipurpose fast neutron research reactor, or MBIR, at the ...
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) said it selected a sodium-cooled fast reactor design for its versatile test reactor that would be built at Idaho National Laboratory (INL).
India’s Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) will allow the country's flagship 500-MWe/1,250-MWth prototype fast-breeder reactor (PFBR) in Kalpakkam, Tamil Nadu, to approach criticality. The ...
Regulator nod for fuel loading in key N-reactor at Kalpakkam India's advanced 500 MWe sodium-cooled prototype fast breeder reactor in Kalpakkam, Tamil Nadu, received approval from the Atomic ...
The China Experimental Fast Reactor has been restarted and reconnected to the grid, marking its entry into its high-power operation phase. The sodium-cooled, pool-type fast reactor began a refuelling ...
A steel reactor base plate and the lower tier of the containment has been installed in what is being called a landmark moment for construction of the BREST-OD-300 generation IV fast neutron reactor in ...
Bill Gates' TerraPower broke ground on its nuclear reactor plant, making it the first advanced reactor project ever to start construction.
In a bid to further understand the technology behind Fast Nuclear Reactors a team up between Japanese researchers and the Researchers at INL will be about testing the technology behind fast ...