Thu, April 24, 2025 at 6:00 PM UTC It is possible to recycle the U-233 decay into new fuel, or continue fueling the machine with it as is, the latter of which is usually done with molten salt reactors ...

These methods are how the nuclear industry safely manages the 10,000 metric tons of spent fuel waste that reactors produce as ...

OAK RIDGE, Tenn. (AP) — Near signs that warn of radioactive risk at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, a half-dozen workers from the nuclear power company X-energy are making what appear to be gray ...

Studies suggest that nearly half a million people died in the U.S. alone from complications related to pollution from coal-fired electrical plants in the 21 years from 1999 to 2020, yet nobody seems ...

Scientists have built the first-ever thorium reactor. Thorium is both more easily accessible and less dangerous than uranium—the most common fission fuel. The system also uses molten salt instead of ...