Fusion-based propulsion (e.g., Daedalus) offers superior potential but awaits technological breakthroughs. Beamed power ... Pulse Propulsion (e.g., Project Orion) Description: This concept, developed ...

Nuclear pulse propulsion is a technology that would work ... The reasons not to use Project Orion or to not massively rely on nuclear power fade away on Mars, the moon and the rest of the solar system ...

It was a bold choice but also a symbolic announcement that there couldn’t just be endless installments of Bond at it again, ...

A large, standing vehicle with a fairing initiates a controlled explosion ... for Nuclear-Electric Propulsion (NEP). This method consists of a nuclear reactor generating electrical power for ...

A team from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, joined by university students, recently traveled to The ...

He also worked on the famous Project Orion, which used nuclear bombs for propulsion. In this article we’ll take a look at these and other parts of Mr. Dyson’s legacy, as well as the influence ...

The two California-based companies have formed a strategic partnership to develop the first commercial nuclear-powered ...

Tech companies have shown a willingness to pay big money for reliable power. Nuclear technology has advanced as well, with much hype around the potential for small modular reactors (SMRs ...

President Macron said that without nuclear power in France there would be no nuclear weapons, and vice versa. The proponents of nuclear power rely on an excessive optimism which, once again, sits in ...

But will the future of nuclear power be dominated by emerging technologies like modular reactors, new mega-projects like Plant Vogtle, or the revitalization of old and decommissioned nuclear fleets?

A nuclear power renaissance—driven in part by power-hungry AI data centers—has revived a thorny problem: what to do with the radioactive waste left behind. Already, more than 90,000 metric ...