The global demand for sustainable energy solutions is growing at an unprecedented pace. Governments and private institutions across the globe are working on increasing the adoption of renewable energy ...

Russia's 150 MWt MBIR fast neutron research reactor at Dimitrovgrad has reached 80% construction, and is set for 2028 startup ...

Russia’s 150 MWt MBIR fast reactor has received key refuelling equipment ahead of commissioning of the new international research centre.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has completed its draft safety evaluation (SE) a month ahead of schedule—albeit with open items—for TerraPower’s Kemmerer Power Station Unit 1, a ...

One of the key areas in both the Generation IV International Forum (GIF) and the IAEA programmes on innovative nuclear systems is the harmonization of safety approach, safety requirements, safety ...

Bill Gates-backed nuclear energy firm Terrapower announced that it has received approval from the Wyoming Industrial Siting Council (ISC) on its permit for the first Natrium plant, Kemmerer Power ...

Core disruptive accidents (CDAs) in sodium-cooled fast reactors represent a severe class of events in which the integrity of the reactor core is rapidly compromised, leading to the dispersal of molten ...

New reactors use novel materials and compact designs to make nuclear power safer and cheaper. Nuclear power has been a ...

Bo Feng, national technical director of DOE-NE's Fast Reactor Program and manager of Argonne’s Reactor and Fuel Cycle Analysis Group, discusses research with engineers in the METL facility. Nuclear ...

The scope of this first Joint Workshop between the IAEA and the Generation IV International Forum (GIF) covers various national Sodium Cooled Fast Reactor (SFR) operational and safety approaches. The ...