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 ...

A rendering of TerraPower's Natrium Reactor. Image courtesy TerraPower Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), Mitsubishi FBR Systems (MFBR), and TerraPower have expanded ...

India's first fast breeder reactor, delayed for 15 years, has gone critical, marking a significant milestone in nuclear energy.

TerraPower of the USA and the Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Mitsubishi FBR Systems have agreed to expand their existing memorandum of understanding, signed in January ...

India's first fast-breeder reactor in Kalpakkam achieves criticality, marking a significant milestone in the nation's nuclear journey.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s Argonne National Laboratory teamed with the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) to develop a prototype sodium-cooled nuclear fast reactor. The ...

The Generation IV International Forum (GIF) and the IAEA are collaborating and sharing information in selected areas, including the safety of Sodium-cooled Fast Reactors (SFR) and in particular the ...

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 ...

A startup called First American Nuclear, or FANCO, wants to build something the United States has never had: a commercial ...

Oklo, a nuclear start-up, aims to design, build, and operate small modular reactors, projecting their first plant by late 2027. Despite skepticism about SMR startups, Oklo's leadership and regulatory ...