Reactor Research
Nuclear power in space is approaching critical mass as the next limit to the last limit
An artist's conception shows a space probe firing its nuclear thermal propulsion system. (DARPA illustration)The idea of dropping atomic bombs in space may sound like a national…
NSF CAREER Award, Ministry of Energy grant for the investigation of atmospheric gases
“Our idea of air pollution is black smoke that rises from a chimney or an exhaust pipe,” says Gabriel Isaacman-VanWertz, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering. "But the truth…
Wage the wars of yesterday and lose those of the future
With its withdrawal from Afghanistan and the decision to end programs that have shaped America's conflicts for the past two decades, the Biden administration's Pentagon is planning long-term…
Fuel rod errors are to blame for the alarm at the Chinese nuclear power plant. • The Register
You may have seen panic on the news about a Chinese nuclear reactor going wrong and a warning of an "imminent radiological threat". Don't worry: it's a routine fuel rod problem.
CNN made exclusive…
Thomas J. Ruth, Ph.D., FRSC, FSRS, receives the SNMMI de Hevesy Nuclear Pioneer Award
PICTURE: Thomas J. Ruth, PhD, FRSC, FSRS, receives the Georg Charles de Hevesy Nuclear Pioneer Award from the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. view More
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French nuclear company tries to fix “performance problem” at the Chinese plant
The Taishan plant, a year-long Sino-French project, opened in 2018.
A French nuclear company said Monday it was working to resolve a…
SRS employees extend the lifespan of the spent fuel storage pool | Savannah River Site
A team at the Savannah River site has completed the safe removal of sediment from a tank for a basin that stores spent nuclear fuel from former production reactors and…
SHINE Partners with Missouri Nuclear Reactor to Manufacture Cancer Drugs | Local news
While SHINE Medical Technologies is working on expanding its future nuclear medicine manufacturing facility in Janesville, the company is also planning a new…