The global total of used nuclear fuel produced by nuclear power plants is about 448,000 tonnes of heavy metal, with three ...

ANEEL, a new nuclear fuel made by combining thorium and enriched uranium, has successfully completed a multiyear irradiation test at the Advanced Test Reactor in the US. Developed by Clean Core ...

The U.S. is exploring the use of Cold War-era plutonium from dismantled nuclear warheads as alternative fuel for advanced nuclear reactors due to uranium supply shortages and reliance on foreign ...

OAK RIDGE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Standard Nuclear, a reactor-agnostic producer of TRISO nuclear fuel, today announced it has secured $140M in Series A funding from investors led by Decisive Point ...

A US startup has joined forces with the nation’s first national laboratory to recycle spent nuclear fuel into energy for fast reactors by using advanced pyroprocessing technology. New York-based ...

Energy Secretary Chris Wright announced plans during a visit to Paris last week to reinvigorate America’s nuclear fuel supply, including a partnership with the French company Orano to help build a ...

The elevator display reads "433", the number of metres below ground. The doors slide open, revealing the entrance to what is ...