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ORNL tests fusion materials to build heat 'blanket' for future nuclear reactors

Oak Ridge National Laboratory is quietly tackling one of fusion energy’s toughest engineering problems: turning raw neutron ...
EurekAlert!

UMaine builds sensors that can withstand the next generation of nuclear reactors

This sensor developed by University of Maine researchers can withstand both the in-core radiation levels and the extreme temperatures that exist within these advanced nuclear reactors. Nuclear power ...
Interesting Engineering on MSN

US targets 500kW moon nuclear reactor by 2030; aims to power future space missions

NASA could place a powerful 500-kilowatt-electric (kWe) nuclear reactor on the Moon by the ...
WFAE

Trump's rush to build nuclear reactors across the U.S. raises safety worries

Valar and other companies plan to build smaller reactors than those currently used in the nuclear industry, and that makes a Chernobyl or Fukushima-type accident impossible, noted Nick Touran, an ...
Gizmochina

US Will Build Nuclear Reactor On Moon By 2030: Makes Radical Plans For Space Leadership

The United States has confirmed plans to build its first nuclear power plant on the Moon by 2030. NASA and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) signed a Memorandum of Understanding on January 13 to ...
Iowa Public Radio

Trump's rush to build nuclear reactors across the U.S. raises safety worries | Iowa Public Radio

In May, President Trump sat in the Oval Office flanked by executives from America's nuclear power industry. "It's a hot industry. It's a brilliant industry," the president said from behind the ...