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NASA and General Atomics test nuclear fuel for future moon and Mars missions
NASA and General Atomics tested the fuel by exposing it to temperatures up to 3,000 Kelvin (4,940 Fahrenheit or 2,727 Celsius ...
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Utility companies just proposed a new nuclear plant in Arizona. What to know
All that’s in addition to several new natural-gas plants that can be turned on rapidly when demand peaks, such as during late ...
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Next-gen nuclear fuel breakthrough for reactors achieved by US firm
Co-extrusion for next-gen nuclear fuel. Lightbridge Fuel is a proprietary next-generation nuclear fuel technology for ...
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EU project to use low-enriched uranium fissile materials as nuclear fuels for reactors
The EU-CONVERSION research project aims to accelerate the use of low-enriched uranium in European nuclear reactors.
Germany has hit on gas: because of the abandonment of nuclear power plants and windlessness, expensive fuel is burned
In February, the share of electricity production at gas-fired power plants in Germany rose to a record level and almost equaled wind farms. Periods of calm and the abandonment of nuclear power are ...
A drone strike at Chernobyl has raised Ukraine's nuclear ghosts. What are the dangers?
Ukraine’s nuclear ghosts have been stirred up again after a drone armed with a ...
Sweeping US energy department layoffs hit offices of loans, nuclear security, sources say
The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has laid off about 1,200 to 2,000 workers at the Department of Energy, ...
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As coal plants close, Colorado towns consider nuclear waste storage
The federal government hopes former coal towns will help the nuclear industry grow, by taking on the decades-long challenge ...
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NASA and General Atomics test nuclear fuel for future moon and Mars missions
Rockets propelled by nuclear reactors could slash the time it takes ... General Atomics tested a new NTP reactor fuel to find out if the fuel could function in the extreme conditions of space.
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Bill defining nuclear energy as ‘clean’ clears first vote at Colorado Capitol
A bill that would add nuclear to the definition of “clean energy” under Colorado’s renewable energy standard cleared its ...
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Utility companies just proposed a new nuclear plant in Arizona. What to know
Nuclear plants of that generation were designed to ... that is dangerous for thousands of years,” including the spent fuel still sitting at Palo Verde. She considers even small modular reactors ...