"We're very encouraged by the positive test results proving the fuel can survive these operational conditions, moving us closer to realizing the potential of safe, reliable nuclear thermal ...

Global Nuclear Fuels (GNF), and Framatome, which primarily produce uranium dioxide (UO₂) ceramic pellet fuel with enrichments below 5% U-235, categorized as Category III material. The pellets ...

Credit: General Atomics A new test of nuclear propellant fuel under space-like conditions has been hailed as a success by NASA and General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS), in what is ...

Kansai Electric Power is working to double the amount of spent nuclear fuel it will ship to France, increasing it by about 200 tons, informed sources said. The move comes as Fukui Prefecture ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. General Atomics and NASA have successfully tested a new type of nuclear thermal ...

Already, the cost of nuclear fuel has skyrocketed since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and future shocks are likely forthcoming if the market isn’t diversified soon.

The operator of the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant said it retrieved a tiny amount of melted fuel from one of the reactors that went into a triple meltdown following the 2011 ...

US intelligence agencies recently warned both the Biden and Trump administrations that Israel will likely attempt to strike facilities key to Iran’s nuclear program this year, according to ...

Since 2011, the NDA has been looking at potential alternatives to disposal, such as reprocessing the radioactive metal – a by-product of nuclear fission – into so-called mixed oxide fuel (MOX).

After an apparent drone strike blew a hole in the protective shell, there is an urgent need to patch what covers the wreckage of the world’s worst nuclear accident. The breach at the Chernobyl ...

Tokyo Electric Power Co. has announced that it has successfully begun retrieving melted nuclear fuel at the stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, the first step in the project to remove ...