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 ...

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

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 ...

Duke plans to build its first small modular reactor at Belews Creek in about 10 years. A federal grant could help with that ...

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 ...

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

BWX Technologies Inc has been awarded contracts to manufacture the reactor pressure vessel for the first BWRX-300 small ...

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

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 ...