An ambitious 17-year-old named David Charles Hahn, from Michigan, USA, shocked the world in 1994 by constructing a nuclear ...

In the world of nuclear energy, the fast-breeder reactor is considered the power source of the future. Not only do breeders have longer lasting fuel elements than standard, water-moderated ...

Although it was just a byproduct of developing a new type of reactor, the generation of electricity from nuclear energy signaled a bright future ahead ...

Jimmy Carter formed the Department of Energy, opposed a major Oak Ridge nuclear project and responded to Three Mile Island.

Copenhagen Atomics is a Danish molten salt technology company developing mass manufacturable molten-salt reactors. The ...

which led to increased R&D in so-called fast reactors, which in the fast-breeder reactor (FBR) configuration can use uranium fuel significantly more efficiently by using fast neutrons to change ...

Its Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) is expected to be operational by the end of 2025. This announcement underscores India’s commitment to sustainable energy solutions and its ...

As a warning about how close we are to atomic holocaust, the Doomsday Clock stands at 90 seconds to midnight, the closest it has ever been since its invention in 1947. After creating the world's first ...

But rapid construction in recent years has swept away trees and undergrowth to build one of the most sophisticated and closely-guarded government projects: “fast breeder” nuclear reactors.

India’s indigenous nuclear reactor prototype and abundant thorium reserves hold the key to the country’s future energy security.

India unveils a bold scientific vision with the government planning a space station and moon landing by 2047 and boosting ...

MHI has experienced setbacks in developing a fast reactor. The “Monju” prototype fast-breeder reactor, the preliminary stage of a demonstration reactor, encountered a spate of problems ...