The Russian floating nuclear power station ... Receipt of fresh uranium fuel is done in special containers by Pevek, while the spent fuel is stored in the vessel so that it will be taken back to ...

Using low-enriched uranium (LEU) fuel ... where it can be reprocessed. Rosatom is also considering constructing four floating nuclear power plants with capacities of 100 MWe and a lifetime ...

Japan's Federation of Electric Power Companies has announced that a total of 400 tonnes of used nuclear fuel, instead of the ...

"We're very encouraged by the positive test results proving the fuel can survive these operational conditions, moving us closer to realizing the potential of safe, reliable nuclear thermal ...

The fuel was subjected to full reactor heat and hydrogen gas and kept there for 20 minutes – about what a nuclear engine would have to endure during a boost maneuver.

The company has successfully trialed a nuclear fuel that could one day drastically cut down the travel time to Mars and beyond. The tests showed the fuel can withstand the harsh conditions of a ...

Kansai Electric Power is working to double the amount of spent nuclear fuel it will ship to France, increasing it by about 200 tons, informed sources said. The move comes as Fukui Prefecture ...

A new type of nuclear thermal propulsion reactor fuel has been successfully tested at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, with hopes that the fuel could take humans to Mars in the not-too ...

Operational for over five years, the nuclear power plant also recently completed its first fuel cycle. Nuclear energy has its detractors. Some worry about the risks of radioactive waste generated by ...

FRM-II currently uses fuel enriched to over 95% uranium-235 to generate its dense neutron flux - and such high-enriched uranium (HEU) is seen as a nuclear proliferation risk. TUM has agreed with the ...