Yet despite improvements in the design of nuclear-fission reactors ... The most common hybrid design consists of a fusion reactor core surrounded by a blanket of fissile material such as uranium ...

In what can only be called a phoenix-like moment, a decision has been made to wake up the nuclear power plant at Three Mile ...

The first semester takes place at EPFL; the second semester at ETH Zurich; the third semester includes core subjects offered at PSI and Industrial-Internship; the fourth semester comprises the ...

Small modular reactors are compact nuclear reactors that can be combined ... model GENE reached a high level of maturity to predict core turbulence.

There are a number of different nuclear fusion reactions happening in the Sun. The simplest is when four hydrogen nuclei become one helium nuclei.

In scientific terms, the energy released from the core or the nucleus of an atom ... Nuclear energy can be produced by two processes – nuclear fission and nuclear fusion. Nuclear fission is ...

Molten Salt Reactors (MSRs) are nuclear fission reactors in which either the fuel and/or the coolant is a molten salt. Molten salt is salt which liquifies at elevated temperatures and can store ...

Many of the features of the reactor are designed to control the speed of the reaction and the temperature inside the shielding. An uncontrolled fission reaction is the basis of an atomic bomb.

Mikal Bøe, CEO of CORE POWER, said “Nuclear fission is a well-understood and practized process. It allows us to access an enormous energy resource safely, reliably, and on demand without ...

On Dec. 12, 1952, the world witnessed its first-ever nuclear reactor accident at Chalk River Laboratories right here in ...