Nuclear fission reactors struggle with two key problems: poor fuel utilization and complicated radioactive waste handling. To ...

Chinese engineers identify a design flaw in NASA's lunar nuclear reactor, suggesting improvements that could boost efficiency ...

Nuclear energy’s potential can be viewed as two stories: nuclear for ships and nuclear for future fuels. Both offer a wealth ...

Scientists have been building nuclear weapons for more than 80 years, but crafting this technology remains a challenge.

For decades, the U.S. has led the race to clean, limitless nuclear fusion energy. Now China is catching up, spending twice as ...

Molten Salt Reactors (MSRs) are nuclear fission reactors in which either the fuel and/or the coolant is a molten salt. Molten salt is salt which liquifies at elevated temperatures and can store ...

Scientists are conducting experiments to generate clean energy through fusion, the same sub-atomic reaction that powers our Sun, with the aim of constructing plants that produce more energy than they ...

There are some potentially valid criticism about the Nuclear Salt Water Rocket (NSWR). The criticisms highlight real physical ...

Scientists gained shocking proof of natural nuclear fission when they made this discovery. Researchers found the Oklo natural nuclear reactor inside the Oklo region of Gabon, which lies in West Africa ...

Scientists use light-emitting crystals and solar panels to turn the latent energy in nuclear waste into microbatteries.