Abstract: In the future, advanced reactors will face harsh core environments. Using ex-core detection signals to invert the neutron distribution in the core is important for ensuring the safe ...

The world’s first commercial-ready deep borehole nuclear waste disposal solution is inching closer to reality. A Washington-based company has been selected for the U.S. Department of Energy’s ARPA-E ...

A Florida-based startup intends to build factory-produced nuclear systems designed to fit in shipping containers and run for 30 years without refueling. Here’s how the technology works—and where it ...

The second stage was reached on Tuesday PM Narendra Modi congratulated the scientists associated with the project In the next stage, the PFBR will use thorium-232 for fuel ...

In an important milestone, the prototype fast breeder reactor (PFBR) at Kalpakkam achieved criticality on April 6. The term ‘criticality’ is familiar to India: over the decades, it has been associated ...

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The award under the ARPA-E SCALEUP Ready programme will enable full-scale field testing of Deep Isolation's Universal Canister System. Deep Isolation's technology leverages proven drilling practices ...

Forget White Walkers, Peter Dinklage will soon have an even more terrifying creature to contend with in the second season of FX's sci-fi horror series Alien: Earth. Deadline has confirmed that ...

The Bharatiya Nabhikiya Vidyut Nigam Ltd (BHAVINI) was set up to build the reactor in 2003 under the then Atal Bihari Vajpayee government. Representational image India has made history. The country’s ...

Kalpakkam milestone boosts fuel self-reliance and advances thorium-based energy strategy The PFBR is a 500 MWe fast breeder reactor, designed to both generate power and produce more fuel than it ...

The current fleet of nuclear reactors are based in huge imposing facilities generally located in isolated locations away from population centers. This need not be the case. In the near future nuclear ...

Abstract: Installing shunt reactors is currently an effective solution for the problem of local reactive power absorption. However, conventional reactors have a large footprint and high noise ...