Since initiating the program’s design phase two years ago, the DARPA-NASA management team has encountered the challenges inherent in sending a nuclear reactor into space for the first time in ...

President Richard Nixon named the Clinch River Breeder Reactor Project the highest priority national research effort in the early 1970s. Once operational, the demonstration project at the Oak ...

The 1,200-acre tract owned by the Tennessee Valley Authority could one day be home to the nation's first commercially operating small modular nuclear reactors, but it is also haunted by a failed ...

In the world of nuclear energy, the fast-breeder reactor is considered the power source of the future. Not only do breeders have longer lasting fuel elements than standard, water-moderated ...

To win a race at Reims-Gueux, a driver needed patience. The 5.6-mile circuit was built on roads carving through the French countryside, in a roughly triangular shape. To have the edge, you needed ...

After a long absence, Canada is back in the business of exporting nuclear reactors. In November, Montreal-based AtkinsRéalis Group Inc. (formerly SNC-Lavalin) announced it will participate in a ...

India was also on the threshold of starting the second stage of its three-stage nuclear power programme with the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) granting approval to operationalise the 500 MWe ...

India was also on the threshold of starting the second stage of its three-stage nuclear power programme with the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) granting approval to operationalise the 500 MWe ...