Using currently known uranium resources, "fast reactors operating in a closed fuel cycle would be able to provide energy for thousands of years as well as easing concerns about waste," says Stefano ...

India's most advanced reactor has set the country on a path towards potentially cutting its dependence on uranium.

Multi-day fast-spectrum reactor experiments at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Criticality Experiments Research Center generate modern benchmark data. The data supports Oklo’s ...

France-headquartered Newcleo has confirmed the successful installation of the main vessel for PRECURSOR, its ...

Metallic fuels, commonly composed of uranium–zirconium and uranium–plutonium–zirconium alloys, offer high thermal conductivity and fissile density, making them prime candidates for next-generation ...

China’s ambitious plan to dramatically pull back from fossil fuels is perhaps most evident in the explosive growth of its nuclear energy program. The latest news suggests China may be tantalizingly ...

France's Hexana has formed a strategic partnership with Belgian engineering firm Tractebel to support the development of its sodium-cooled fast neutron reactor energy platform. Meanwhile, Swedish and ...

Oklo Inc. (OKLO) is working on a next-generation nuclear design called the Aurora powerhouse. At its core is a liquid-metal-cooled, metal-fueled fast reactor, a technology that has already been tested ...

Scientists at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) have achieved a historic breakthrough in nuclear energy by launching full-scale production of enriched fuel salt for the Molten Chloride Reactor ...

The turbogenerator for the BREST-OD-300 lead-cooled fast neutron reactor has been delivered to the construction site at the Siberian Chemical Combine site in Seversk, in the Tomsk Region of Russia.