In this video, we’ll take you through the intricate process of how uranium is extracted from the earth and enriched for use ...

As the drive to transition to clean-energy sources intensifies, so does the hunt for natural resources to power this ...

A single kilogram of uranium-235 (the most popular fissile isotope of uranium) can theoretically produce the same amount of power as 1.5 million kilograms of coal. Nuclear fission also doesn’t ...

China has successfully reloaded its thorium-based molten salt reactor while it remained operational, marking a major ...

Scientists have built the first-ever thorium reactor. Thorium is both more easily accessible and less dangerous than ...

Southern Nuclear recently loaded four lead test assemblies containing Westinghouse Electric Company's ADOPT fuel pellets, ...

Ray Smith. One of the central breakthroughs of the plant was the barrier material with microscopic holes that separated splitable uranium-235 isotopes from heavier uranium-238 isotopes.

In this capacity he had supervision of the research and development connected with, and the design, construction and ...

The U.S. government decommissioned K-25 in 1985 and permanently shut it down in 1987, kicking off a long process of ...