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A new nuclear reactor design skips fuel entirely—eliminating meltdown risk while testing a safer future for nuclear power.

From molten salt to TRISO fuel, here’s how technological advancements could upend an old power technology. Commercial nuclear reactors all work pretty much the same way. Atoms of a radioactive ...

Here's what you'll learn when you read this story: Nuclear reactors can be an enormous hazard. The Chernobyl nuclear disaster is so famous that it almost goes without saying, and Japan was so shaken ...

Nuclear reactors are traditionally powered with dense fuel rods that can produce about 1 gigawatt of carbon-free electricity, ...

America’s only fully digital nuclear reactor has entered a new phase of operation. Engineers at ...