Collaborate Disseminate
While harnessing the power of the Sun has progressed in leaps and bounds in recent years, harnessing the process that powers the Sun is proving a tough nut to crack. However, progress continues to be made on the various approaches to practical nuclear … Continue reading KSTAR fusion device maintains 100 million degrees for record 20 seconds
The US Department of Energy (DOE) is backing five projects to develop advanced nuclear reactor designs to be built in the United States by private industry. Under the Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program (ARDP), the DOE’s Office of Nuclear Energy’s U… Continue reading US Department of Energy backs five advanced nuclear reactor concepts
Normally we like hearing about old military gear going on the surplus market. But if you encounter some late-model Russian radio and crypto equipment for sale you might want to make sure it isn’t hot (English translation). If you prefer not picking through the machine translation to English, the BBC …read more
NuScale Power has released the results of a new evaluation that indicates that a single small nuclear NuScale Power Module (NPM) could economically produce almost 50 tonnes of hydrogen fuel per day. The study, originally conducted by the Idaho National… Continue reading Modular nuclear reactors promise cost-competitive hydrogen production
President Emmanuel Macron has announced that France will be replacing the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle with a nuclear-powered carrier in 2038. While on a visit to the French nuclear reactor company, Framatome, in Le Creusot, he said the decision … Continue reading Macron says France’s next aircraft carrier will be nuclear-powered
Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority is asking people to contact it via phone or fax, as it is unable to receive emails from the outside world.
The reason? It turned off its email following a suspected cyber attack. Continue reading Japanese nuclear agency warns of cyber attack, turns off email systems
Seattle-based Ultra Safe Nuclear Technologies (USNC-Tech) has developed a concept for a new Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (NTP) engine and delivered it to NASA. Claimed to be safer and more reliable than previous NTP designs and with far greater efficienc… Continue reading New nuclear engine concept could help realize 3-month trips to Mars
DARPA has awarded a US$14-million contract to the Gryphon Technologies engineering firm to develop and demonstrate a nuclear rocket engine for the agency’s Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations (DRACO) program. The High-Assay Low Enriched … Continue reading Gryphon Technologies to develop nuclear rocket engine for DARPA
DARPA has awarded a US$14-million contract to the Gryphon Technologies engineering firm to develop and demonstrate a nuclear rocket engine for the agency’s Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations (DRACO) program. The High-Assay Low Enriched … Continue reading Gryphon Technologies to develop nuclear rocket engine for DARPA
Do you remember in 1989 when two chemists announced they’d created a setup that created nuclear fusion at room temperature? Everyone was excited, but it eventually turned out to be very suspect. It wasn’t clear how they detected that fusion occurred and only a few of the many people who …read more