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Transportation Secretary and interim NASA Administrator Sean Duffy outlined the space agency’s fast-track plan to build a nuclear reactor on the moon on Tuesday. “We’re in a race to ...
In 2023, NASA awarded Lockheed Martin a contract to design, build and test a nuclear rocket that could help humans travel to ...
D printing is tipped to have a pivotal part to play in “a new era of nuclear construction.” The assertion comes after the U.S.'s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) successfully integrated 3D ...
The new timeline will be announced by interim NASA administrator Sean Duffy, according to a report citing internal documents.
A natural nuclear reactor Questions raised by a fission chain reaction that occurred billions of years ago, and making silver compounds lighter with light, in our weekly dip into Nature ’s archive.
Nuclear reactors and spacecraft are exposed to high levels of radiation and high temperatures, so it's critical the metals they're made of are strong and stable.
A northwest Iowa county is looking at changing its zoning code to permit nuclear power. Woodbury County Supervisor Mark Nelson says for the county to grow, more power is needed, and that could ...
Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have successfully 3D printed steel capsules that withstood rigorous testing inside a nuclear reactor — a first-of-its-kind achievement. Using ...
The United States Department of Energy (DOE) has opened application for producing nuclear fuel to support the development of advanced reactors. The Fuel Line Pilot Program seeks U.S. companies to ...
INDIANAPOLIS — Gov. Mike Braun is on a mission to make Indiana the nation’s leader in nuclear energy despite the state currently having no nuclear power plants. On Wednesday, Braun announced … ...
As countries around the world seek stable, abundant, and reliable baseload power, nuclear energy is becoming an increasingly appealing choice.