Between 1963 and 1972, these efforts bore fruit with the creation of the Nuclear Engine for Rocket Vehicle Application (NERVA), a slow-fission solid core nuclear reactor designed for long-range ...

China has also made impressive strides in developing nuclear reactors that could power nuclear ... in developing nuclear power in space. Their NERVA concept was validated during the 1960s and ...

Russia's Rosatom has begun assembling the RITM-200 reactor vessel for the Leningrad nuclear-powered icebreaker, bringing the total number of RITM reactor units currently being produced at its ...

If you would like to learn more about the IAEA’s work, sign up for our weekly updates containing our most important news, multimedia and more. Molten Salt Reactors (MSRs) are nuclear fission reactors ...

The company announced yesterday that it had created plasma inside its prototype reactor – a major milestone in proving its technology. This proves General Fusion's Lawson Machine 26 (LM26 ...

Holtec International, teaming with Hyundai, seeks to be the first with U.S.-manufactured small modular nuclear reactors deployed. Holtec International plans to deploy the first US-made small ...

Assembly of the RITM-200 reactor vessel for Russia's nuclear icebreaker Leningrad has begun. Leningrad is the fifth nuclear icebreaker under the Project 22220 that will operate on the Northern Sea ...

COVERT, MI — Palisades nuclear plant owner Holtec International has signed an agreement with Hyundai to build the first of a new fleet of small reactors in Michigan. Hyundai Engineering ...

Holtec International doubled down on its plan to build the nation's first small modular reactors at the site of the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant in Covert Township by 2030, signing an expanded ...

The term “detonation” might be a misnomer—Zubrin could be describing a rapid, sustained fission process that’s more energetic than a typical reactor but less violent than a bomb. Still, the neutron ...

(Reuters) - Holtec International has signed an agreement with Hyundai Engineering and Construction to build two small modular reactors (SMRs) at the Palisades nuclear plant in Michigan, CNBC ...

Image by Wlad74 via iStock The European Commission has approved a revised Belgian support measure that will see the lifespan of nuclear reactors Doel4 and Tihange 3 extended. The Commission said ...