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37 Years After Chernobyl, RBMK Reactors Are Still Operating in Russia
37 Years After Chernobyl, RBMK Reactors Are Still Operating in Russia

20 Feb 2023, 03:29 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Even almost 40 years after the most devastating nuclear accident in human history, the RBMK class reactor isn't a relic of the distant past

 
Thorium: The "87-Octane" of Nuclear Fission Fuels
Thorium: The "87-Octane" of Nuclear Fission Fuels

12 Feb 2023, 18:19 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / While it's pretty darn hard to get our hands on any more tritium, or even sustainable nuclear fusion for that matter, there are always other options

 
Stellarator Reactors: The Once Forgotten, All-American Approach to Nuclear Fusion
Stellarator Reactors: The Once Forgotten, All-American Approach to Nuclear Fusion

31 Jan 2023, 02:32 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / 25 years after his death in 1997, perhaps the most underappreciated theoretical physicist in American history might be about be vindicated

 
ITER: A Global Scientific Dream Team Building the World's Largest Fusion Reactor
ITER: A Global Scientific Dream Team Building the World's Largest Fusion Reactor

29 Jan 2023, 19:43 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / It took the world's two preeminent global superpowers coming together for a shared purpose of deciphering the same mechanisms that power every star

 
Tritium: A “High-Octane”, Ultra-Rare Fusion Fuel We Can’t Make Nearly Enough Of
Tritium: A “High-Octane”, Ultra-Rare Fusion Fuel We Can’t Make Nearly Enough Of

28 Jan 2023, 00:38 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / It's easy to forget that nuclear fusion and fission are two sides of the same coin. But nuclear fission reactors will be crucial to making fuel for fusion.

 
This One Nuclear Power Plant Makes a Fifth of Its Nation’s Energy, Could One Day Be More
This One Nuclear Power Plant Makes a Fifth of Its Nation’s Energy, Could One Day Be More

21 Jan 2023, 03:14 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / It was the Canadians who supplied technology, the personnel, and considerable financial backing to help Romania achieve this profound point of Romanian pride

 
South Korea Stands With Japan, Will Not Back Down on Nuclear Energy
South Korea Stands With Japan, Will Not Back Down on Nuclear Energy

18 Jan 2023, 17:43 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Like their strategic neighbors in the Japanese, South Korea aims to ditch the stigma behind nuclear energy in any of its forms.

 
Helion Energy Built the V8 of Nuclear Fusion Reactors, Company Rep Explains How
Helion Energy Built the V8 of Nuclear Fusion Reactors, Company Rep Explains How

3 Feb 2023, 18:06 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Though we're far from nuclear engineers, Helion did a wonderful job explaining Helion's fusion reactors in a way regular folks can understand

 
France's Nuclear Energy Grid Is the Toast of Europe, But It's Not Enough to Save Everyone
France's Nuclear Energy Grid Is the Toast of Europe, But It's Not Enough to Save Everyone

3 Jan 2023, 23:24 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / The French nuclear reactor fleet dotted across the French landscape were built to solve the 1973 OAPEC-driven oil crisis. Some decay has taken place since then

 
11 Years Post Fukushima, Japan Won't Back Down From Nuclear Energy
11 Years Post Fukushima, Japan Won't Back Down From Nuclear Energy

25 Dec 2022, 23:02 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / According to reports from NPR, Japan has recently backtracked a substantial amount of the anti-nuclear political sentiment held since the Fukushima disaster

 
Here's How Nuclear Fusion Could Change the Auto Industry Forever, It's Great News for EVs
Here's How Nuclear Fusion Could Change the Auto Industry Forever, It's Great News for EVs

24 Dec 2022, 21:42 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / What does this mean for the auto industry? Let's put it this way. If you think electric vehicles will be expensive to charge, it won't be with fusion energy

 
Helion Trenta: A Nuclear Fusion Reactor Unlike Anything You've Seen Before
Helion Trenta: A Nuclear Fusion Reactor Unlike Anything You've Seen Before

20 Dec 2022, 19:12 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Founded less than a decade ago in 2013, Helion Energy's already staked its claim as one of the most important private alternative energy companies

 
Next-Gen Micro Nuclear Reactors Could Be the Answer for Carbon-Free Electricity
Next-Gen Micro Nuclear Reactors Could Be the Answer for Carbon-Free Electricity

1 Jul 2021, 13:07 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Researchers are developing a nuclear reactor that is so small that is can be called a "nuclear battery", which could provide sustainable energy for all sectors.

 
The Famed Lada, Redesigned and Geared Toward Autonomous Mobility for 2050
The Famed Lada, Redesigned and Geared Toward Autonomous Mobility for 2050

6 Nov 2020, 09:10 UTC · By: Cristian Curmei / A Lada-branded autonomous vehicle for the year 2050. Unlike the classic off-roader, this one is designed to run on nuclear energy and can’t do much off roading.