A multibillion-dollar project is set to be constructed in China, the country's latest move in a push for nuclear energy.

Researchers have found an environmentally safer way to extract the lithium 6 needed to create fuel for nuclear fusion ...

If 100 megawatt hybrid plant is on schedule, it could put China decades ahead of comparable efforts in the rest of the world ...

July 16, 1945, marked a turning point in history with the first nuclear test, named Trinity, in the New Mexico desert in the United States. This event, the result of the Manhattan Project, ushered in ...

China is set to build the world’s first fusion-fission hybrid power plant, a revolutionary step in nuclear energy. The ...

The just-opened Hall of Nuclear Power at the Nehru Science Centre in Worli will aim to demystify the oft-misunderstood ...

Uranium (chemical symbol U) is a naturally occurring radioactive element. In its pure form it is a silver-coloured heavy metal, similar to lead, cadmium and tungsten. Like tungsten it is very dense, ...

How is the splitting of heavy nuclei used to produce energy in nuclear reactors? In this course, you will get a thorough introduction to the physics of a nuclear reactor. We discuss the fission chain ...

The small nuclear power plants will use molten salt in their fuel, making them safer and more versatile and portable than ...

Students explore nuclear facilities in virtual reality and learn about the ethical dimensions of nuclear technology in a ...

Many scientists say “subcritical” experiments and computer simulations make nuclear weapons testing unnecessary.