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Why This Startup Wants to Bury Nuclear Reactors a Mile Underground

A new startup thinks an underground reactor could solve nuclear power's biggest problems.

AI companies plan to use nuclear energy for their energy-hungry data centers. But should they?

AI data centers may require 2.5 times more electricity than conventional data centers. Where will all this extra electricity come from?

What Are Molten Salt Reactors: The Saviors of Nuclear Power

A molten salt reactor (MSR) is a type of nuclear reactor that uses liquid fuel instead of the solid fuel rods used in conventional nuclear reactors.

What are nuclear reactors and how do they work?

The ultimate embodiment of ‘high risk, high rewards'.

Tiny nuclear reactors might power the first Martian settlements

It's the first space-bound nuclear reactor in 50 years.

Fission nuclear engines tested for deep space flight

Scientists at the Los Alamos National Laboratory have successfully tested out the prototype for a nuclear-reactor engine, meant to serve in the future as an  “a simple, reliable space power system.” Although the experiment, dubbed Demonstration Using Flattop Fissions (DUFF), rendered only 24 watts of power, barely enough to power a common household light bulb, the system […]

Armenia's Metsamor nuclear power station - most dangerous in the world?

In light of recent catastrophic events that plagued Japan, and the consequent nuclear crisis recently raised to level 7 on par with Chernobyl, the talk of the day in every scientific and political circle seems to be that of nuclear safety. Armenia’s 31-year old only nuclear power plant located in Metsamor is one of the […]