A Nuclear Reactor That Can’t Melt Down? Here’s How It Works

A new nuclear reactor design skips fuel entirely—eliminating meltdown risk while testing a safer future for nuclear power.

Detecting neutron sources by borrowing inference tools from cosmology

Neutron sources can be directly identified from measured spectra rather than proxies using inference tools adapted from ...
KSL

New partnership touts nuclear-powered AI with minimal water use

Valar Atomics, an advanced nuclear power startup, announced a collaboration with Nvidia on Wednesday afternoon to explore the ...

This engineer literally lit up the world — and now wants to power it

Shuji Nakamura already transformed the world once. His invention of blue light-emitting diodes (LEDs) changed everything ...
New Atlas

General Atomics pushes ahead with self-fueling nuclear fusion tech tests

General Atomics has received tax-credit funding from the state of California to design and develop a new facility in San ...

Nuclear start-up showcases its tech with an Nvidia DGX Spark, though its web demo needs it more

HTGR does brrrr. PC's CPU running the demo goes brrrr-er.
Interesting Engineering

Scientists use ultrasound and imaging to inspect the nuclear power fleet in the US

PNNL researchers have cracked usage of ultrasound and X-rays to carry out non-destructive evaluation of nuclear power plants ...
Interesting Engineering

First time in US: Next-gen nuclear reactor generates electricity to power Nvidia chip

California-based Valar Atomics has successfully used its Ward 250 reactor to power an Nvidia chip, a first-of-its-kind ...

U.S. to Overhaul Radiation Safety Rules to Spur Nuclear Expansion

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission plans to end longstanding guidance that radiation exposure be “as low as reasonably achievable.” ...