Tennessee energy leaders plan fusion campus at Bull Run coal plant

Researchers at the new campus coming to the former Bull Run coal plant in Clinton will test how materials react under intense ...

Longer missions to Mars and the moon could be closer than you think

The U.S. Department of Energy is working with NASA to develop a fission surface power system, which aims to extend missions ...
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Kansas may get mile-deep nuclear reactor, and the groundbreaking is Tuesday

Parsons, Kansas, may be the site of a California startup’s first ever 1-mile-deep nuclear reactor — with support from county commissioners, both Republican Kansas U.S. senators and Democratic Gov.
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Underground nuclear reactor construction to begin in Parsons

PARSONS, Kan. (KOAM) - Deep Fission, a company that makes small advanced nuclear reactors, has chosen a location in Parsons, Kansas, to build a test version of its new underground reactor. This is ...
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Groundbreaking set for next week on underground nuclear reactor in Parsons

PARSONS, Kan. (WIBW) — A groundbreaking ceremony is set for next week on an underground nuclear reactor in southeast Kansas, officials said. Deep Fission Inc., based in Berkeley, California, announced ...
Interesting Engineering

Powering next-gen solar panels: Breakthrough tech hits 30% efficiency, cooler temperature

Researchers from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) Sydney have developed a solar cell technology that could lead to higher-efficiency silicon photovoltaics. The team has devised a new method ...
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'This technology is possible today': Nuclear waste could be future power source and increase access to a rare fuel

One physicist says his design to use nuclear waste as fuel for nuclear fusion could help the U.S. be a leader in the fusion economy. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...
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Scientists propose plan to turn nuclear waste into nuclear energy

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Although nuclear fission, which powers nuclear reactors, can provide plenty of energy, it also produces potentially dangerous ...
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Scientists propose turning nuclear waste into potentially safer nuclear fuel

Although nuclear fission, which powers nuclear reactors, can provide plenty of energy, it also produces potentially dangerous radioactive waste as a by-product. Now, researchers say they may have ...
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US agency doles out major funding that could forever change what happens to nuclear waste: 'More difficult to use for nefarious purposes'

Two projects developing new nuclear fuel transmutation technologies received $10 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy. Both of these ...
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Researchers make groundbreaking discovery with major implications for next-gen energy source: 'The picture has really changed'

A research team from Chalmers University of Technology recently explored the process of nuclear fission in 100 nuclei and published its findings in Nature. With a thorough study that investigated ...