A steel reactor base plate and the lower tier of the containment has been installed in what is being called a landmark moment for construction of the BREST-OD-300 generation IV fast neutron reactor in ...

The Fuel Division of Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom has manufactured and accepted a unique OS-5 fuel assembly based on mixed nitride uranium-plutonium nuclear fuel with a liquid metal ...

The milestone marks the first production of uranium chloride fuel for a fast-spectrum molten chloride reactor in the United States.

June 10, 2024 TerraPower, celebrated the start of construction on the Natrium reactor demonstration project. This marks the first advanced reactor project to move from design into construction in the ...

If nuclear energy lobbies were as effective as petroleum lobbies, there'd be a reactor to power every home in the union. At least, that's the image they'd surely like to convey. However, one project ...

The BN-800 sodium-cooled fast reactor at unit 4 of Russia’s Beloyarsk NPP has registered a year of reliable and safe operation using an almost full load of uranium-plutonium mixed oxide (MOX) fuel.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) once again brings together the fast reactor and related fuel cycles communities by organizing the International Conference on Fast Reactors and Related ...

Advanced nuclear technology firm Oklo has broken ground on its inaugural 75-MWe sodium-cooled fast reactor at an Idaho National Laboratory (INL) site. The project—one of three awarded to the company ...

Oklo Inc. (OKLO) is working on a next-generation nuclear design called the Aurora powerhouse. At its core is a liquid-metal-cooled, metal-fueled fast reactor, a technology that has already been tested ...

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 conference will be held as an in-person event, with the possibility of remote connection. Persons who would like to attend the conference virtually can register as an observer here. The ...