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Nuclear fusion reactors’ magnet wire put to factory test with high-pulse lasers

A factory trial now underway in Japan could solve one of the biggest bottlenecks ...
Forbes

Are Advanced Nuclear Reactors As Good As They’re Promoted To Be

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ian writes on fossil energies, climate, and transition to renewables. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This ...
ScienceBlog

Two billion years ago a uranium deposit in Gabon switched itself on as a natural nuclear reactor, operating in pulses as groundwater boiled away and slowly returned

Groundwater moderated fission in uranium-rich rock at Oklo, while heating and boiling removed the water and interrupted the reaction. Original editorial illustration created for this article. Nearly ...
Popular Mechanics

This Reactor Works with No Fuel. It Could Change the Future of Fission.

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Designed by Newcleo, an Italian tech company looking for a more sustainable solution to nuclear reactors, the PRECURSOR reactor uses lead as a ...
Purdue University

At the nation’s only all-digital nuclear reactor, engineers conduct the first experiments of their kind in the U.S.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Underground on Purdue University’s campus is the only nuclear reactor of its kind in the U.S. Although used just for research purposes — the total energy the reactor generates ...
Pulse 2.0

Deep Fission: $156 Million IPO Launched For Underground Nuclear Reactor Technology

Advanced nuclear energy company Deep Fission (See Pulse 2.0 profile here) announced the launch of its proposed underwritten initial public offering of 6 million shares of common stock. The company ...