Scientists have discovered that a piece of uranium extracted from an African mine is a two billion-year-old natural nuclear ...

A geological marvel, a subterranean chamber where uranium ore, bathed in water, spontaneously ignited, creating Earth’s only natural nuclear reactor. This is not the plot of a science fiction ...

This happened 17 different times, and the average output of these natural reactors is estimated at about 100 kilowatts — a far cry from a modern human-created reactor that can reach hundreds or ...

Natural circulation in nuclear reactor systems is a critical area of research, particularly as the industry moves towards more passive safety systems in Small Modular Reactors (SMRs). These ...

TVA has selected the BWRX-300 SMR for potential deployment at the Clinch River Site near Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

Small modular reactor and nuclear recycling firm Oklo has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with RPower, a provider ...

The funding is through the U.S. Department of Energy’s Generation III+ Small Modular Reactor (SMR) Program, launched in 2024.

This project will aim first at identifying the different uses of cooling passive systems for available advanced reactor designs and the different kinds of natural phenomena associated to them. Once a ...

2 reactor, which was shut down in January 2012, boosts the number of Japan's operational reactors to 14, with a combined capacity of 13,253 MW. Japan's demand for liquefied natural gas and thermal ...