Idaho National Laboratory researchers have demonstrated a surrogate reactor concept that replaces neutron-driven signals with beams of LED light, creating a zero-radiation test environment for reactor ...

Scientists in the US have developed a new glowing surrogate nuclear reactor that replaces ...

A team of Chinese researchers has reported reaching a temperature of 100 million degrees Celsius—six times hotter than the core of the Sun—inside a fusion ...

Preliminary testing has taken place of an ultrasound system which is designed to provide an additional picture of the BN-800 fast neutron reactor core at Beloyarsk Nuclear Power Plant. Beloyarsk unit ...

An innovative algorithm for detecting collisions of high-speed particles within nuclear fusion reactors has been developed, inspired by technologies used to determine whether bullets hit targets in ...

At 8 o’clock in the morning on 24 June 2025, as part of a worldwide emergency preparedness and response exercise, an email alert lit up monitors inside the Incident and Emergency Centre (IEC) at the ...

The interiors of fusion reactors can get seriously chaotic. But for obvious reasons—like extreme temperatures and pressures—researchers aren’t typically able to peek directly inside a reactor. Some ...

The U.S. Department of Energy has selected 11 projects for a nuclear reactor pilot program, with hopes of fully developing three of the projects by July 2026. Under the program, the department will ...

Associate Professor of Construction Management; Director of Research, Applied Research Center, Florida International University As U.S. electricity demand rises and technology companies seek to build ...

Employees at the U.S. Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory recently reached an important milestone in developing the nation's next generation of nuclear reactors by the completion of the ...