The Topeka Capital-Journal

Six things to know about proposals for nuclear reactors in Kansas

Two companies, TerraPower and Deep Fission, have proposed building advanced nuclear reactors in Kansas. TerraPower, co-founded by Bill Gates, is exploring a utility-scale plant with energy storage ...
Futurism

Worker Falls Into Nuclear Reactor, Drinks a Little “Cavity Water”

Next time you think you’re having a bad day at work, spare a thought for the contractor who had to be hauled out of a nuclear reactor pool on Tuesday. The accident happened early in the morning at the ...
MLive

Michigan nuclear plant worker had to be decontaminated after falling into reactor pool

COVERT, MI – A worker at the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant fell into the reactor cavity this week and had to go through a decontamination process once they were pulled from the water, according to ...
BGR

The Largest Human Project Ever Just Entered Its Final Reactor Phase

In the heart of Provence, Southern France, the world's largest fusion energy experiment, which could be a step towards unlimited energy, has quietly entered perhaps the most critical stage yet. The ...
Tri-City Herald

Amazon bringing one of nation’s 1st new reactors to WA. Training center to open

Amazon and Energy Northwest advance Cascade Advanced Energy Facility near Richland Project will deploy X-energy Xe-100 advanced small nuclear reactors Education, simulator training planned for ...
Wall Street Journal

U.S. Army Plans to Power Bases With Tiny Nuclear Reactors

Nuclear projects are getting a boost of investment. WSJ in 2022 looked at how startups say their alternative designs can help solve past issues. Photo illustration: Eve Hartley The U.S. military is ...
AOL

Will small nuclear reactors start Europe’s atomic renaissance?

The capital of Finland could soon be heated with nuclear energy. A pilot project designed to test nuclear-powered district heating is set to be built at a highly symbolic site: Helsinki’s recently ...
The Economist

Burying nuclear reactors might make them cleaner and cheaper

Sometimes an idea is so elegant that it really deserves to work. One such is a proposal put forward by the boss of Deep Fission, an aspiring nuclear-power firm in Berkeley, California. Elizabeth ...
Space.com

NASA wants to put a nuclear reactor on the moon by 2030 – choosing where is tricky

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. In a bold, strategic move for the U.S., acting NASA ...
Phys.org

Room-temperature reactor uses electrochemistry to boost nuclear fusion rates

Using a small bench-top reactor, researchers at the University of British Columbia (UBC) have demonstrated that electrochemically loading a solid metal target with deuterium fuel can boost nuclear ...
app.com

Oyster Creek could generate more power than before with 4 proposed small nuclear reactors

Holtec International proposes building four small modular reactors (SMRs), a solar field, and battery storage at the former Oyster Creek nuclear plant site in Lacey. Holtec's CEO claims the SMRs are ...