Eerie photos capture BI's journey into the ghost town near Chernobyl. 50,000 people lived here before nuclear disaster struck.
Business Insider recently traveled to Pripyat, a city in northern Ukraine that was evacuated and abandoned after the ...
Radioisotope generators − inside the ‘nuclear batteries’ that power faraway spacecraft
Radioisotope thermoelectric generators do not rely on chemical reactions like the batteries in your phone. Instead, they rely on the radioactive decay of elements to produce heat and eventually ...
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Nation’s First Small Modular Nuclear Reactors Could Come to Michigan in 2030
Holtec International launches “Mission 2030” to build two SMRs at Palisades nuclear plant, nearly doubling energy output.
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These Floating Nuclear Reactors—Powered by Salt—Could Supercharge America’s Electrical Grid
By the mid-2030s, a fleet of smaller floating nuclear power plants (FNPPs ... the reactor will expand and stop the fission reaction inside. “There are also potential advantages in that you ...
Michigan nuclear plant shows the challenges the U.S. will face in safely restarting old reactors
The Palisades nuclear power plant aims to reopen in October, but the steam generators need major repairs that could delay the ...
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Radioisotope generators − inside the ‘nuclear batteries’ that power faraway spacecraft
While this concept sounds similar to that of a nuclear power plant, RTGs work on a different ... The whole assembly is inside a protective aluminum casing. The interior of the RTG and one side ...