Nuclear waste is either a millennia's worth of lethal garbage or the fuel of future nuclear reactors--or both [This is Part 3 of an In-Depth Report on The Future of Nuclear Power.] A 98-foot-wide ...

The thermal reactor fuel they’ve created can survive under peak temperatures of 2,600 Kelvin (4,220 Fahrenheit). The company says that each cycle it tested included a 20-minute hold at peak ...

NASA has achieved a critical milestone in space exploration with the successful testing of advanced nuclear thermal ...

A new type of nuclear thermal propulsion reactor fuel has been successfully tested at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, with hopes that the fuel could take humans to Mars in the not-too ...

Scientists and engineers are diligently working on innovative concepts to make the next era of human spaceflight more ...

Nuclear-Powered Rockets Could Be The Best Option For Bringing Humans To Mars Nuclear rocket technology might be the fastest, safest way to get to the red planet. But if NASA wants to go, it should ...

Fuel Testing for Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Puts Mars Within Human Reach. Published: 21 Jan 2025, 08:05 UTC • By: Daniel Patrascu. ... Without naming the nuclear fuel it used, ...

New nuclear fuel made from U and Th, called ANEEL, can address several issues with nuclear power – cost, proliferation and waste, especially when used in CANDU/PHWR reactors. And it will be here ...

Ninety-six aboveground, aquamarine pools around the country that hold the nuclear industry’s spent reactor fuel may not be as safe as U.S. regulators and the nuclear industry have publicly asserted, a ...

Ounce for ounce, spent nuclear fuel may be the Earth’s most toxic substance, and it will remain a danger “for time spans seemingly beyond human comprehension,” as the Court of Appeals for ...

From dry fields to melting glaciers, IAEA scientists and experts are collecting, analysing and sharing data to advance peace, security and sustainable development. Data help us to identify the root ...

Uranium ore that miners dig up is relatively harmless. But it contains tiny amounts of a rare radioactive isotope, Uranium ...