Tests carried out on high burnup fast reactor fuel as part of a collaboration between the USA and Japan are the first of ...

Global interest in fast reactors has been growing since their inception in 1960 because they can provide efficient, safe and sustainable energy. Their closed fuel cycle can support long-term nuclear ...

This is where fast neutron reactors are highly attractive. Fast neutron reactors can also fission other fissile elements, covering the full spectrum of neutron cross sections. TerraPower’s ...

These reactors promise to be safer, more efficient and produce less waste than their predecessors. One of the most promising Gen-IV designs is the sodium-cooled fast reactor (SFR). “SFRs with ...

The industry ministry picked Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. as a company to play the core role in developing a next-generation nuclear reactor with a demonstration sodium-cooled fast reactor ...

Japan has agreed to work with a U.S. company in technological cooperation to develop a sodium-cooled fast reactor. People involved in the project stress that the new technology will contribute to ...