VCs have poured billions into a nascent nuclear technology — these are the 4 companies to watch
Just 4 small modular reactor companies have received $3B in VC funding. But leading experts tell BI it's unclear if SMRs will ...
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NASA's lunar nuclear reactor design has major flaw, claim China's scientists
Chinese engineers identify a design flaw in NASA's lunar nuclear reactor, suggesting improvements that could boost efficiency ...
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Germany unleashes sci-fi-style nuclear reactor design to take on China, Russia
About a decade ago, researchers at MIT showed how a commercial-scale fusion reactor using a tokamak design could be built. What followed was a series of startups working with the tokamak approach to ...
General Fusion fires up its newest steampunk fusion reactor
The reactor, called Lawson Machine 26 (LM26), is General Fusion’s latest iteration in a string of devices that have tested ...
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Fuel breakthrough paves way for cutting-edge nuclear reactor
The Idaho National Laboratory (INL) has cleared a major hurdle in making a Generation IV nuclear reactor practical. Using a ...
Texas lawmaker proposes $2 billion effort to jump start the state’s nuclear power industry
The $2 billion proposal is a priority bill in the Texas House. The fund would support grant and incentive programs to build a ...
Nanomaterials used to measure first nuclear reaction on radioactive nuclei produced in neutron star collisions
Physicists have measured a nuclear reaction that can occur in neutron star collisions, providing direct experimental data for a process that had previously only been theorized. The study, led by the ...
Glowing pains: Developing nuclear power could cost Utah tens of billions
The following story was reported by The Utah Investigative Journalism Project in partnership with Utah News Dispatch. Gov.
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Next up for nuclear power: small, transportable and made in a factory near Pittsburgh
Small, transportable and mass-produced “microreactors” are seen as part of the future of nuclear power. And it's underway in ...