These methods are how the nuclear industry safely manages the 10,000 metric tons of spent fuel waste that reactors produce as they churn out 10% of the world’s electricity every ...

Breakthrough hailed for allowing 100 times more energy to be extracted from the same type of fuel used in water-cooled reactors China has tested a new residual heat removal system that could make its ...

Advanced nuclear technology firm Oklo has broken ground on its inaugural 75-MWe sodium-cooled fast reactor at an Idaho National Laboratory (INL) site. The project—one of three awarded to the company ...