A new venture in Sweden has started work on building a test nuclear reactor that will aim to steer the country’s interest towards a next-generation small modular reactor (SMR) design. Germany-based ...

Scientists at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL), in collaboration with the private firm Clean Core Thorium Energy, have announced initial results from testing a new nuclear fuel. The fuel, a ...

X-energy has launched a critical 13-month test of its advanced TRISO-X nuclear fuel at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL). This is the first time the company’s “fuel pebbles” will undergo irradiation ...

In October, the National Reactor Innovation Center (NRIC) kicked off a ceremony to repurpose the iconic Experimental Breeder Reactor-II (EBR-II) containment structure at Idaho National Laboratory (INL ...

Seventy-five years ago, the sweeping landscape of the Idaho desert over the Snake River Aquifer was a land of sagebrush, brown grass and lava rock. Today, the desert site facilities of Idaho National ...

Days after announcing the start of accelerated irradiation testing and qualification of its patented ANEEL thorium and high-assay low-enriched uranium fuel at Idaho National Laboratory, Clean Core ...

RESTON, Va., Nov. 19, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Lightbridge Corporation (LTBR), a leader in advanced nuclear fuel technology, today announced the start of irradiation testing of its enriched ...

NANO Nuclear Energy Inc has assembled the first reactor core hardware of its ZEUS solid core battery reactor for initial non-nuclear testing. The fuel element being prepared for testing (Image: NANO ...

Burnable absorbers are key components in modern nuclear reactor design, serving to mitigate the excess reactivity inherent in fresh reactor cores while simultaneously enhancing operational safety and ...