It is generally recognized that long term development of nuclear power as part of the world's future energy mix will require fast reactor technology with a closed fuel cycle. The fast neutron spectrum ...

They finished on the evening of Dec. 1, 1942. A nuclear reactor is designed to split atoms. Some elements, like uranium, naturally throw off particles called neutrons as time goes by. The way a ...

The small nuclear power plants will use molten salt in their fuel, making them safer and more versatile and portable than ...

Like traffic cops, heavy water's deuterium atoms effectively curb the pace of neutrons without capturing them. Nuclear reactors that use heavy water can employ a form of uranium commonly found in ...

Russian nuclear regulator Rostekhnadzor has approved a 15-year life extension to 2040 for the Beloyarsk nuclear power plant's unit 3, a BN-600 fast neutron reactor. (Image: Rosenergoatom) It follows a ...

So why would you want your fuel to be fluid rather than a solid pellet like in most reactors today? Aircraft Reactor Experiment. General diagram ... of the Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion (ANP ...