Nuclear fission is a substantial part of the world’s energy mix, but out in the broader universe, fission is much harder to come by. Now, a new study from Los Alamos National Laboratory and North ...

Nuclear fission—when the nucleus of an atom splits in two, releasing energy—may seem like a process that is fully understood. First discovered in 1939 and thoroughly studied ever since, fission is a ...

In a single experiment, physicists have measured the "excess" emission of high-energy gamma rays from more than a dozen heavy ...

Deep Fission has started drilling for its first-of-a-kind "gravity reactor" project in Kansas, which places a 15-megawatt reactor 6,000 feet underground to cut operational costs by up to 80%. The ...

An international team of scientists has identified an unexpected region of heavy, neutron-deficient isotopes in the nuclear chart where nuclear fission is predominantly governed by an asymmetric mode.

Deep Fission wants to place small nuclear reactors about a mile underground, where rock and water pressure could replace some costly safety structures. ・The company has started testing in Kansas with ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A company with a vision of installing “discreet, bespoke,” small, nuclear reactors 1 mile underground for data centers and other ...

California-based Deep Fission has signed a letter of intent with an undisclosed partner to put a nuclear reactor 1 mile underground in Kansas. A company with a vision of installing “discreet, bespoke, ...

BERKELEY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Deep Fission Inc. (Deep Fission), a nuclear energy company pioneering a new approach to clean power by placing safe, small modular reactors (SMRs) in boreholes a ...

The future of American leadership in space will hinge on one factor: the ability to generate high power on orbit and on the surface of celestial bodies such as the moon. From a physics standpoint, ...