Mass-produced floating nuclear reactors use super-safe molten salt fuel

Copenhagen startup Seaborg Technologies has raised an eight-figure sum of Euros to start building a fascinating new type of cheap, portable, flexible and super-safe nuclear reactor. The size of a shipping container, these Compact Molten Salt Reactors w… Continue reading Mass-produced floating nuclear reactors use super-safe molten salt fuel

Mass-produced floating nuclear reactors use super-safe molten salt fuel

Copenhagen startup Seaborg Technologies has raised an eight-figure sum of Euros to start building a fascinating new type of cheap, portable, flexible and super-safe nuclear reactor. The size of a shipping container, these Compact Molten Salt Reactors w… Continue reading Mass-produced floating nuclear reactors use super-safe molten salt fuel

Smashing Security podcast #230: Flash card f-up and energy pipe pilfering

The US military has been caught exposing its nuclear weapons secrets, and we explore the world of nerdy miners.

All this and more is discussed in the latest edition of the award-winning “Smashing Security” podcast by computer security veterans Graha… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #230: Flash card f-up and energy pipe pilfering

China claims new fusion record with its “artificial sun” nuclear reactor

China’s Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) is one of a number of promising nuclear fusion research devices in operation around the world, and over the past few years we’ve seen it take some impressive steps forward. Chinese state medi… Continue reading China claims new fusion record with its “artificial sun” nuclear reactor

Nuclear tests forged “impossible” crystals out of sand and copper wiring

Scientists have discovered a strange new form of crystal that was forged in the world’s first nuclear weapons test. Known as a “quasicrystal,” the curious creation is made out of desert sand and copper wiring arranged in an extremely rare atomic struct… Continue reading Nuclear tests forged “impossible” crystals out of sand and copper wiring

Spectroscopic sensors speed up recycling of spent nuclear fuel

To reduce high-level radioactive waste and make nuclear reactors more economical, researchers at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) are working on ways to use real-time spectroscopic monitoring to improve the recycling of spent nuclear fu… Continue reading Spectroscopic sensors speed up recycling of spent nuclear fuel

Kairos and TVA partner to build demonstration pebble-bed nuclear reactor

The US Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) and Kairos Power have announced a new agreement to build Kairos’ Hermes low-power demonstration molten-salt cooled, pebble-bed reactor at the East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP) in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.Continue… Continue reading Kairos and TVA partner to build demonstration pebble-bed nuclear reactor