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The area requirements to cover electricity consumption of 60 000 Norwegian households (1 terawatt hour) for all energy technologies. Translation: Vindkraft: wind power; havvind: Offshore wind power; Solkraft: solar energy; Vannkraft: hydropower; Gasskraft; Gas-fired power plants; Kjernekraft: Nuclear power; Bioenergi: Bio energy. Illustration: NTNU
Nuclear power is a clear winner in protecting ecosystems
The area requirements to cover electricity consumption of 60 000 Norwegian households (1 terawatt hour)
A strategy to charge electric heavy-duty vehicles with small modular nuclear reactors
Donna Kemp Spangler, INL Communications A strategy to charge electric heavy-duty vehicles with small modular
BYU chemical engineering professor Matthew Memmott works in his lab on campus. Photo by Brooklyn Jarvis Kelson/BYU Photo
Producing nuclear energy more safely: A molten salt micro-nuclear reactor
BYU chemical engineering professor Matthew Memmott works in his lab on campus. Photo by Brooklyn
Could nuclear batteries play a significant role in carbon-free energy strategies?
Photo Credit: Courtesy of the researchers Could nuclear batteries play a significant role in carbon-free
Triso particles are an alien-looking fuel with built-in safety features that will prevent reactor meltdowns
COURTESY OF X ENERGY Triso particles are an alien-looking fuel with built-in safety features that
A cheaper more compact route to nuclear fusion?

Nuclear fusion powers the stars and offers the promise of unlimited, clean energy on Earth.

The future of nuclear energy

Findings suggest new policy models and cost-cutting technologies could help nuclear play vital role in

Oceans hold more than four billion tons of uranium—enough to meet global energy needs for the next 10,000 years

The oceans hold more than four billion tons of uranium—enough to meet global energy needs

Nuclear powershift: Supercritical CO2-cooled micro modular reactor

Throughout the world, interest is moving towards small modular reactor systems. Although most currently proposed

ORNL technique could set new course for extracting uranium from seawater

An ultra-high-resolution technique used for the first time to study polymer fibers that trap uranium

The New Atomic Age We Need – Nuclear Power

THIS past summer, the Group of 7 nations promised “urgent and concrete action” to limit

Time to reactivate nuclear energy in Mexico

PhD Lorenzo Martínez Gómez argued that it is a real alternative to mitigate climate change

Nuclear should be in the energy mix for biodiversity

Leading conservation scientists from around the world have called for a substantial role for nuclear

This illustration shows a possible configuration of a floating offshore nuclear plant, based on design work by Jacopo Buongiorno and others at MIT's Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering. Like offshore oil drilling platforms, the structure would include living quarters and a helipad for transportation to the site. Illustration courtesy of Jake Jurewicz/MIT-NSE
Floating nuclear plants could ride out tsunamis

New power plant design could provide enhanced safety, easier siting, and centralized construction. When an

Thorium Ore (Photo credit: Christopher S. Penn)
Thorium, an element named after the Norse god of thunder, may soon contribute to the world’s electricity supply

Thorium reactors: Asgard’s fire WELL begun; half done. That proverb—or, rather, its obverse—encapsulates the problems which