Although to most the term ‘fission reactor’ brings to mind something close to the commonly operated light-water reactors (LWRs) which operate using plain water (H 2 O) as coolant and with sluggish, ...

A nuclear reactor is a device that generates heat through a controlled release of energy from splitting the atoms of certain elements. In nuclear power plants, the heat produces steam, which drives ...

The preliminary design of the Yanlong pool-type low-temperature reactor for district heating has been completed, China National Nuclear Corporation announced yesterday. A model of the Yanlong reactor ...

Researchers have developed a unique chemical reactor, the ‘spinning disc reactor’. This is a cylinder containing a rotor that increases the safety and efficiency of chemical production processes ...

Of the reactors covered here: The Chinese HTR-PM (250 MWe) is scheduled to begin construction in September of this year and is to be completed in 2013. The Hyperion Power Generation company has ...

Getting the construction permits took nearly two years. For the first time in 50 years, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued a construction permit for a new type of nuclear test reactor.

Fusion power's big advantages would be that it’s a virtually limitless source of electricity that doesn’t add carbon to the ...

In the quest to safely generate limitless clean energy, China has just taken a giant step closer. Scientists in Gansu province in the country's west have achieved the milestone of reloading fuel to an ...

A packed suitcase sits in the corner of Andreas Pautz's office. The nuclear researcher has just arrived from Lausanne, where he teaches at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL). He ...