Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The global demand for sustainable energy solutions is growing at an unprecedented pace. Governments and private institutions ...

Core disruptive accidents (CDAs) in sodium-cooled fast reactors represent a severe class of events in which the integrity of the reactor core is rapidly compromised, leading to the dispersal of molten ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bill Gates-backed nuclear energy firm Terrapower announced that it has received approval from the Wyoming Industrial Siting ...

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved construction of TerraPower’s Natrium reactor in Wyoming, ...

One of the key areas in both the Generation IV International Forum (GIF) and the IAEA programmes on innovative nuclear systems is the harmonization of safety approach, safety requirements, safety ...

The scope of this first Joint Workshop between the IAEA and the Generation IV International Forum (GIF) covers various national Sodium Cooled Fast Reactor (SFR) operational and safety approaches. The ...

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 ...

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 ...