Enriched Lithium is a critical ingredient in fusion reactors. Making it is a toxic nightmare, but scientists may have found a ...

U.K. start-up Pulsar Fusion has unveiled plans to build a fleet of reusable nuclear fusion-powered rockets, known as Sunbirds ...

Lithium-6 is a crucial material for nuclear fusion reactors, but isolating it is challenging – now researchers have found a way to do this without using toxic mercury ...

Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed an isotope tracking method driving molten salt reactor innovation.

An international team of researchers led by the University of Surrey has successfully measured a nuclear reaction that plays ...

Nuclear energy’s potential can be viewed as two stories: nuclear for ships and nuclear for future fuels. Both offer a wealth ...

The fate of the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has been a concern since Moscow’s forces stormed the facility in March 2022.

The loan disbursement by President Trump's Department of Energy signals continued support for the Biden-era initiative to ...

Perhaps Liu’s return to China signaled his belief that his native country was about to take the lead in the world fusion race. China’s Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) is a nuclear ...

The lab's Molten Chloride Reactor Experiment (MCRE) is testing a reactor design that replaces traditional fuel rods with a ...

It completed the conceptual design phase in September 2024, and is in the planning stage of a vendor design review with the Canadian nuclear regulator. Candu reactors currently operate in seven ...